| September 21, 2005 |
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I'm getting ready to break camp. I
have to take the tent down yet and get things packed up. It's
now 8:15am. Getting ready to head over Blue Mountain. It
started to sprinkle, so before I could get my tent down everything
got wet. It was just a passing rain, but enough to get
everything wet. |
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I'm certainly that I didn't have to hike
that section that I just came through last night. It was all
boardwalk hiking through swamp and deep water and a stream running
down through it. I had trouble hiking as it was with the rocks
and roots, and the ups and downs last night, plus I had some board
walk, but for a short duration. |
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Heard the thunder roaring just a few
minutes ago! So far I think it's far off in the valley.
I can see to know if I'm going around the hill or how I'm going. |
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Starting a real steep rocky upgrade.
I am what I believe to be the summit of Blue Mountain. The
pine trees do have a tendency to be bluish in color. The wind
is really strong up here this morning. This is the first view
that I've had today. Old Blue elevation is 3,600 feet. |
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I had to come down a wooden ladder and I
see another wooden ladder here that is down on the ground. I
have to go down some steel rebar's. This mountain is really
steep going down off. This is the first that I've seen this;
they have steel rebar's into the rock to help you go up the rocks
and then for coming down they have a big log with slit notches cut
in to help you get off. |
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This mountain is like the other ones in
Maine. The rocks are really slippery now, because it
sprinkling and making it very dangerous. The fog is getting
worse, it just lays down in the valley. This is really rocky,
I think it comes out to Soft Comfort Road. I'm still coming
off the hill. They've taken me around on switch backs through
big boulders, up over them, down over them and rebar steps again and
notch steps. I can look down over the side of the trail and it
was straight down solid rock. I wouldn't want to take a
misstep coming through there! |
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I got to South Arms Road at 11:50am.
and was talking to some north bounders. I can't believe I have
only done 2.8 miles since this morning. That how rough that
terrain is. I thought about going to Andover from here, but I
decided to go ahead and push on through the woods, then maybe go
into Andover on the next road crossing which will be the day after
tomorrow. |
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Going up over Moody Mountain is rough
going! Straight up over and I get into some rebar's up here at
the top. I was told that it was even worse going off on the
south side. This mud makes everything treacherous. |
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A gorgeous white out view. I'm so far
up in the clouds that nobody would ever find me. I got to the
top of the mountain and didn't rally know it. Coming down it
is really steep. |
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It took me form 11:40am to 2:35pm to come
across that mountain to where it's fairly level into the valley.
I may not be off it completely, but the worst of it is over.
Those rebar's are something else to come down, to wet and to
dangerous to try to walk down them. |
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Here is the second forge again today. I
hope I can make it across. I might be able to find enough
rocks that I can get over on. I'm going to giver her a try! |
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It's 2:55pm leaving Sawyer Creek headed for
Hall Mountain Shelter 1.4 miles away. Just like
all the rest, this one holds true. I'm climbing straight up
the big boulders, some rock steps up the side of a big old rocky
mountain. I made it up to the top of Hall Mountain. It
was very rocky with smaller boulders and straight up. |
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Made it to Hall Mountain Shelter about
5:00pm. There was already 5 people in the shelter so I'm
tenting tonight right around the shelter. It has been a long
hard, although I didn't cover very many miles. I think it's
going to be that way, all the way back to NH - Vermont line.
This is going have to be day by day and cover what you can cover
because mountains are pretty high and a lot of boulders to cross
over. It's been a tiring day (sigh) I'll talk to you tomorrow. |
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Swing'n Jane |
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