A brief rain just as I was leaving camp cleared out as I started the first climb of the morning. This is looking back toward Sugarloaf Mtn. which I was on top of yesterday evening
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Day 107, 7/21: M-1992, Carabassett Camp (24mi)
A 2-holer privy with a cribbage board in the middle…what more could a hiker want?
Day 106, 7/20: M-1968, Rangely Farmhouse (9mi)
It was a relatively easy 9 miles to the road crossing that gets you to Rangely, Maine.
I had a resupply box sent to the Hiker Hut just a couple hundred yards down the road. My box was there but unfortunately they don’t have wifi, cell phone service or laundry facilities. They do have an incredible piece of property with beautiful flowers and a very relaxing vibe…a place I’d normally seek out if I hadn’t been in the woods the last five days. Instead I hitched the 9 miles to Rangely.
Day 105, 7/19: M-1959, Sabbath Pond (21mi)
It was a cool morning in the 50’s mostly the result of the rain /wind that came around 9pm last night. I heard from some southbounders that they had gotten hit with rain/hail around 2pm. Luckily it cleared out quickly. There were a lot of great views today…,
Day 104, 7/18: M-1938, Hall Mtn Shelt. (16mi)
The morning started off with with a climb up Baldface Mountain….a very Sierra-esque look and feel with its granite domes. And, luckily the trail was much kinder…just a normal steep climb.
Day 103, 7/17: M-1922, Grafton Notch (14mi)
Woke up to rain this AM but luckily it tapered off long enough to pack up camp. I hiked though quite a bit of high alpine bog after the summit of Col Carlo.
Day 102, 7/16: M-1908, Col Carlo Shelter (18mi)
A morning road walk out of Gorham, NH.
You can’t be Serious !!
This is how I feel when I get to these ridiculous vertical walls we are expected to scamble up:
Day 101, 7/15, M-1891, Gorham Hostel (8mi)
The skies had cleared by morning…
Day 100, 7/14, M-1883, Imp Shelter (18.5mi)
Climbing up Wildcat Mountain out of Pinkham Notch.
I think I might have actually captured the vertical nature of this ridiculous climb. A really steep trail can often gain 750′ per mile…this was 750′ in 0.4 miles, and 1500′ in 1-mile. It took me an hour to hike that mile. The rest of the day was a littler quicker, but not much. 
This is how i felt when I saw this:
For all that climbing this was the view 😦
Carter Notch Pond
This is super steep as well but the photo does a poor job capturing it.
…and the view!
Around 6pm the skies cut loose just as I was getting over the last peak, North Carter Mtn.
The descent was super steep and sketchy with a river flowing down the middle of it. Just before arriving in camp at 7:45pm the skies cleared.
The sun even popped out 🙂
The 18 miles today took almost 14 hours door to door. I did take a 45min stop at the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center for some food and wifi as well as a 30 min stop at the Carter Notch Hut (bummed I forgot to get a pic), but other than that I was on the go. It was another really tough day but at the end of the day I felt a little bit better than yesterday…the terrain was just slightly less punishing. My new shin splint is still giving me discomfort but it’s been manageable. I will try to pic up some Aleve to augment the Advil when I’m in town tomorrow.
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