Total trail mileage: 1803.5
Starting location: Gordon Pond Trail
Ending location: Lonesome Lake Hut
Weather: A little rain last night. 65 degrees in the morning. 66-74
degrees during the day. Mostly cloudy all day. A little drizzle in
the afternoon
I am at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.138288,+-71.702958
Today got really rugged. My pace plummitted. There were tons of
steep rocky sections to climb up, down, and over. When there weren't
rocks to climb, there was mud to try and avoid. It took me almost all
day to go just 10 miles. But, the view from Kinsman mountain was
again gorgeous. It was just a tough hike.
I made it over to Lonesome Lake Hut eventually and they fortunately
had a work for stay position available. There is a lake next to the
hut, so I went swimming. Pixi is also here tonight, and three
southbounders showed up (although two are probably leaving in the
middle of the night to go back and do a double traverse of the huts -
they will hit all the huts twice in 2 days - about 100 miles).
I had two tumbles on the way down the mountain today. For the first I
started slipping and almost caught myself but then I slipped further
and did a backward somersault with my pack down the rock slab.
Somehow I managed to have no injuries. For the second fall, both of
my feet slipped out from under me and I slid down the rock. I got a
small scrape on my arm.
With the extra work, my hunger has definitely gotten worst. The hut
provides leftover food to the thruhikers staying, so we had a full
dinner :). I just need to do a little work in the morning.
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