Day: |
108 |
Date: |
Monday, 18 August 1986. |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
16.6 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
2068.4 |
Total All Miles |
2126.4 |
Weather: |
Mild, raining in the morning, overcast. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli, health drink. Lunch:
Burgers, fries, ice-cream. Dinner: Biscuits and peanut butter,
instant pudding, Mars Bar. |
Aches: |
None bad. |
Animals Seen: |
Squirrels. |
People Seen: |
7 overnight hikers, many others. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 5am and left at 6:20am after it
had rained heavily during the night and was forecast to rain again
during the day. I had 10˝ miles to do by 11am to meet the Cocks’
family as arranged. It seemed to be an easy task, but the rough
Trail and wet slippery conditions slowed progress
considerably. After an hour it began to rain steadily and soon I
was soaked through. The forest was mossy and pretty, but cloud and
rain prevented any views. I eventually reached the St Regis Paper
Company Logging Road, where I was to meet the Cocks’, in light rain
and 55 minutes late. They weren’t there, but there seemed nothing
to do but wait. I sat on a bridge in the drizzle and ate my gorp,
wet, but not unhappy. After 30 minutes, the Cocks’ arrived. It was
good to see them all. They suggested we drive into a nearby town
and eat at a restaurant out of the rain, so I hid my pack and joined
them (still soaking wet) in their Volvo. We drove about 18 miles to
Brownville Junction where we found a really nice diner and had a
very pleasant hour chatting and catching up on news – me still in my
raincoat. At about 2:30pm, we left and they drove me back to the
Trail where I resumed walking at 3pm and they set off for the long
drive back to Boston. It was still over 13 miles to go to my target
Shelter, but there was one six miles away so I decided to go there
non-stop and see how the time was. It had stopped raining, but
everything was soaking wet and a number of streams had to be
forded. There was also a new “relo”, which slowed things a little,
but I reached the Shelter, Carl Newhall, at 5:20pm to find Jerry and
another hiker there already. It would be too late to try for the
next Shelter, so I decided on an early night. |
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