Today’s Miles: 16
Trip Miles: 2092.5
“Hey sunshine,
I haven’t seen you in a long time.
Why don’t you show your face and bend my mind?
These clouds stick to the sky,
Like a floating question, why?
And they linger there to die.
They don’t know where they are going.
And, my friend, neither do I” – Simon & Garfunkel
Up at 6:30. Had coffee and donuts. Barry picked me up at 7:00 and got me on the trail at 7:30. Had a 1-mile approach hike to the AT.
Cloudy and cool this morning. Going up to low 60s.
Tough climb this morning. This is my last big climb until I summit Katahdin. Woo Hoo!
Hiked up into the clouds at 9:00. Still have 2 miles to the summit of Barren Mountain. Unfortunately, that means no view other than clouds from Barren Slide, which can have a spectacular view. Win some, lose some.
Hiked 5 more minutes to a set of rock ledges below Barren Mountain summit, and the sun burned through. I sat here for 15 minutes watching the clouds dissipate, very cool.
YouTube video from Barren Ledges
Summited Barren Mountain at 10:25 and 4 miles in. Had early lunch on the summit. Back on the trail at 10:50.
YouTube video from Barren Mountain summit
Hiked ups and downs and lots of mud and slippery rocks. Took one good fall. Finally got to a big bog at the base of Chairback Fourth Mountain at 12:15. Finished ascending after 20 minutes. Good workout, but plenty of switchbacks and rock steps.
Remains of a plane crash on Chairback Fourth Mountain just below the summit.
YouTube video from a viewpoint on Chairback Fourth Mountain
Summited Chairback Third Mountain at 2:15.
YouTube video from Chairback Third Mountain
Summited Columbus Mountain, also known as Chairback Second Mountain at 3:10. Got 4.4 miles to go. Ugh!
Summited Chairback Mountain at 4:00.
Got 3.3 miles to go, mostly down. It’s too late in the day for descending this crap. Ugh!
Got to the parking area and met my ride just after 6:00. Got back to camp about 7:00.
Didn’t see another person today. Only saw 2 people yesterday.
Technical Notes:
- Donuts 700
- Pepperoni 420
- Oreo 160
- Snickers 440
- Dinner 2500
- Misc 3000
- Water 1.7
- Miles 16
- Time 10
- Elevation gain
- Calories consumed 7200
- Calories burned 7000
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