Thursday, August 13, 2020

Day #153 - AT Hike

Wednesday, August 12th - Day #153 - AT Hike

Miles Hiked Today - 18.8
Total Miles Hiked on AT - 2060.6/2,193 (93.96%). 132.4 miles left!!

Caratunk (2041.8) to Bald Mountain Pond Lean To (2060.6) - tent at Bald Mountain Pond Lean To

Total ascent - 4,381’
Total descent - 3,665’

Total States Completed - 13/14

** No Rain. Highs in the mid 80’s. Really hot and humid all day.

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Today was a crazy hard day. 18.8 miles, 11 hours on course, 2 significant climbs, and brutal heat.  I haven’t done nearly 19 miles in a long while. The heat is what made the day so difficult. I had a headache most of the day.  I was drinking plenty of water and had lots of electrolytes. I think I just over did it a bit.

We had a 1,100’ climb pretty early (Pleasant Pond Mountain) and then a 1,700’ climb toward the end of the day (Moxie Bald Mountain).  I think I pushed too hard on the first climb. It wiped me out.  I was just hanging on the rest of the day.

Slider/Granger and I stayed together most of the day. Sam was just a little behind us. I’ve been leading us out the past several days - trying to set a consistent pace.  We were able to average around 2.5 miles/hr the first couple hours this morning before the climb.  The terrain has been much better in Maine since the Bigelows.

Tomorrow is another big day - 17.9 miles. The only saving grace - the vertical ascent/descent are only half of what we did today. With this in mind - we’re hoping to get done much earlier - maybe a 9 hour day or so.

The goal is to make it to Monson by mid afternoon - 3pm at the latest. We’ll be staying at Shaw’s Hostal - considered by many as the best Hostal on the AT. I’m interested to see what it’s all about.  We need to make plans with Shaw’s about a resupply in the 100-mile wilderness.

No cell signal tonight - I’ll post once I get into town tomorrow. I’m one exhausted feller!  9 days left on my journey!!!!

Here’s to continued health and strength to keep it going!


Incredible scenery 

Awesome day

Makes the climbing worth while 

Awesome

Laying down for a break

Great

Moxie Bald Mountain Peak

That’s unique 

Very nice

Early in the day

Caves - climbing up Moxie Bald

Pleasant Pond Mountain Peak

Very nice

Climbing up Moxie Bald

View from campsite

Moxie Bald Peak

Climbing up Moxie Bald

View from our campsite

Lots of trees

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