Monday, July 21, 2014

New Hampshire and now the Maine attraction!

Whelp, I survived the Whites. It was beautiful and hard. The first 3 days it rained. At one point I was ready to bail and wait out the rain, but my crew convinced me to suck it up and keep on trucking. It finally let up that afternoon and was beautiful for my summit over Mt. Washington and the following 2 days. 


(Please note how tiny my new pack is!)


My last day I did a 21 mile slackpack out of The Whites into Gorham. 



I was super proud of myself for doing that big of miles through such tough terrain, but definitely was feeling and paying for it 2 days later as I went through Mahoosuc Notch (the so-called hardest mile of the Trail) and was a good bit more achey than normal. The Mahoosuc Notch was actually a lot of fun, despite the effort and soreness. Lots of bouldering and crawling under things. It's nice to have sore arms for a change. 



Oh yeah, I'm now in Maine! 13 states down, one to go!

And some more pictures just for funsies. 






Nude Hampshire (WARNING: not a typo)








 



1 comment:

  1. Yay for Maine! I love seeing the transition from that first, clearly kinda miserable, selfie to that second smiling one. Congrats on making it through the Whites!! And...nice boots in New Hampshire. Haha. ;)

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