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14th August 2002

From:  Full Goose Shelter
To: Frye Notch Lean-to
State: MAINE
Miles: ? 1907.8 (1452.8)
Miles today: 15.5 

Well, today 'Blaze' and I hiked through the famous, Mahoosuc Notch, which is a one mile section of huge boulders to negotiate. It took us exactly two hours. I understand it can take some people us to five hours! We had a lot of fun here and it was an interesting test in gymnastics. When we came out of it we found a cold coke that was left by a trail angel, so we split it between us. We then went up the Mahoosuc Arm, which is a very long, steep rock scramble that took us 1 1/2 hours.

As we wanted to be certain of catching a ride into Andover tomorrow, we decided to hike to the Frye Notch Lean-to. Given the difficult terrain, this was a tough hike for the day. There were some really great views and a very interesting climb over Baldpate, which was a huge monolith with hundreds of stepped ledges to climb over.

Well, tomorrow it's a short hike, then into Andover to stay overnight at the Andover Guest House.

That's it folks. Goodnight all.

 

 

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