8/20/12 – 1775 miles
Only 408 miles to go. All that is left now is the high mountains of NH and ME, and the long, swampy wilderness leading to Mount Katahdin. It still seems unreal that I will have walked for 2184.2 miles at the end.
Today Dead Eye and I hiked 16 miles over two heftty mountains. We are both feeling the tiredness of a good workout and the satisfaction of conquering a strenuous section of trail. We have sort of formed a group with a few other hikers. The Troverts, Kleenex, Tall Oaf, Tarzan and Jane, Dead Eye, and I, all hiked together today. Some went out ahead but we were all meeting up at mountain views and break spots, and are now camped by a stream near Wentworth, NH.
Tomorrow should be an easy day. We are all trying to work out details for a slack pack over Mt. Moosilauke on Wednesday, so we will take a short day into Glencliff, NH tomorrow. I haven’t slack-packed yet (having someone shuttle your pack to the next road) but it sounds like a good idea over a 4000 foot mountain.
castaway I am in Monson Maine had he Maine crud’s had to take 5 days of. Hope to summit Sept 4. The boulders and roots do not let up. Maine is rough until you are across the Kenebbeck River. Have fun it is about to end for me