Day: |
095 |
Date: |
Tuesday, 5 August 1986 |
Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
14.4 |
Daily Other Miles |
0 |
Total
AT Miles: |
1829.6 |
Total All Miles |
1883.3 |
Weather: |
Cool up high, windy, partly sunny. |
Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Porridge, pancakes. Lunch:
Biscuits and peanut butter, Hershey Bars. Dinner: Soup, chicken
and vegetables, custard. |
Aches: |
None. |
Animals Seen: |
None. |
People Seen: |
Many. |
Pictures: |
Here |
GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6:30am and packed up before going
up to the dining room for breakfast at 7am. It was a big breakfast
(people kept giving me extra) and we talked with Ruth, Bob and
others. As always, everybody was impressed with the
Thru-hikers. We left soon after 8am for the 1½ mile climb to the
Mount Washington summit which is very developed (Barb and I had been
there before). I planned to ring Barb from there but, despite
trying for an hour, had no luck. She must be away for the night. A
ranger let me into the Post Office and I picked up a couple of
letters. Because of hanging around for the phone calls to Melbourne
we didn’t leave the summit until after 10am, which was later than
planned. By this time, fog had closed in but we’d had excellent
views on the way up. The Trail followed the cog railway and we saw
three trains. As we went down, the fog cleared and we again had
excellent views. The trail followed the northern spur of the
Presidential Range which was above the tree-line and although rocky
and slow gave great views. It was an ideal day for travelling this
route. It took us about three hours to walk the six miles to the
AMC Madison Hut where we stopped for lunch. Ruth and Bob were there
again. We had lunch and left at 2:15pm, giving us 3¾ hours to cover
the six miles to the AMC Pinkham Notch Camp, where we were booked
for the night, in time for dinner at 6pm. It took us a slow scenic
hour to cover the first mile and the next two miles of mainly steep
descent weren’t much faster. We re-entered the forest and found
that we had further to go than we had thought. The last three miles
were covered in a mad rush through pretty forest and we arrived at
Pinkham Notch at 6:15pm and were hurried in late for dinner, which
was good. After dinner, we checked in, showered and spent some time
in the lounge drinking Cokes and me trying to ring the Cocks’
and Cederholm’s to arrange meetings further up the Trail. Peter was
sore and tired, but seemed to have enjoyed himself. |
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