Total trail mileage: 1573.3
Starting location: Kay Wood Lean-to
Ending location: Mark Noepel Lean-to
Weather: 77 degrees in the morning. 84-90 degrees during the day.
Clear and sunny all day.
I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.610465,+-73.184662
The temperature wasn't any better today. It was still way too hot. I
have heard multiple weather reports for the next couple days. The
most optimistic one says that tomorrow should be a little cooler and
top out at 85 degrees.
I got up a little later than I had wanted to. My dad was already gone
and got about a 3 hour head start. Before long the trail went through
the town of Dalton. It involved a bit of road walking, but it wasn't
too bad. Then it went over a hill, past a pond, and down into the
town of Cheshire.
I ran into my dad at the ice cream store in Cheshire. I stopped and
grabbed a root beer float :) We decided to just go to the next
shelter rather than the Lodge at the top of the mountain. So, I went
over to the pizza and pub along with Hopi to watch the World Cup game
while my dad started up the climb. There were a few other thruhikers
at the pizza place as well watching the game.
The climb wasn't as bad as I expected. But, the trail crossed a few
fields before going up. Walking out in the sun wore me out, so my
progress was slower than it should have been.
The flies would not leave me alone. They were flying all around me.
One bit me, which hurt quite a bit and the back of my hand swelled
up. Fortunately the swelling went down by the time I stopped hiking.
We have most of the climb up Mt. Greylock done at this point. There
is a little left to do in the morning, but it shouldn't be too bad.
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