Day 115-11 Miles Today from Maine Roadhouse/ME27 to Safford Notch Campsite, 4100 feet up, 3300 feet down, 2021 in Mile Marker
Heavy food transport
Yesterday I arrived in Maine Roadhouse early, so I had a long time to catch up with fellow hikers that I have not seen in a long time and prepared for this last leg of my trip. When Knockerz left 2 days ago, he had packed a food box to return.
I had too much food, so I ordered my food and decided what I would donate and what I should try to carry. In the end, my food bags weighed 14 lb.
Comfort
He began to rain outside and was very grateful to be in the shelter. I was in the most comfortable shelters on the path.
This made it even more difficult to leave society once again and return to the forest. An such comfortable stay and I know that this next pair of legs on my trip will be some of the most remote trips of the walk.
Cake time
They left me in Me-27 of one of the owners and I started my walk at 8:45 this morning. The first thing I did was eat two small cakes that I had to probably reduced the weight of my package in half a pound.
I was reflecting the last time I had so much weight on my back and it was probably when Knockerz and I stopped at the grocery store before leaving Great Barrington. This time, however, I will go up and on the big ones with all this heavyweight. My goal is to stay on the road until it reaches Shaws, which is 70 miles of hiking. I am sure I can do it in 5 days, maybe even 4 days. Depending on how I feel, I can take a zero in Shaws, pack enough food for six days of hiking and then address the final stage of the 100 mile desert.
Why worry
I woke up this morning at 3:30 am after throwing and turning a little, I realized that I was worrying about this pair of path of the path. What happens if this happened or what happens if that happened? And then I realized that one of the lessons that I really wanted to remove from this expedition is to stop worrying about the future.
You can worry therefore that it never comes to fruition. So twice I realized that and woke up around 5:30 am ready to start my day.
Hot heavy
The first section of the path was quite level with a lot of running water. And then I started the climb to the southern snack. It was about 1,000 feet per mile for several miles. In addition to the weight of food, I loaded in water because the crest was apparently dry. Doing the most challenging things was the fact that today is a very warm day.
The climb to South Horn was a steep slope, but there were many points of support. There were also some technical points that should navigate. The last quarter of the climb was very steep, however, the MATC had done a great job by placing steps until the end, so the climb was not too technical, very steep and slow. In the upper part there was a spectacular view.
Next mountain
In the Alpine areas you can see the next mountain, you will climb very clearly. In the green tunnel you can not see the reach of the next mountain that you will climb. Many times the next mountain is just one mile or less, but it seems that it is very far. And it looks like a great fall and up to get there. It is so open and exposed. It seemed intimidating.
In the upper part I could see through the valley south to the Mountain Ski area Sugarloaf and the mountain mountain range that had gone through a few days ago. He looked so far. To my left there is a kind of huge lake.
Air conditioner
I continued my walk through the various Bigelow mountains throughout the Alpine area. He took many hours climbing and descending those peaks. Everyone had rock fields and technical sections to navigate.
Finally, the path descended from the crest through large rocks and obstacles on the road down. When I arrived at Safford Notch, I could feel the fresh breeze from the many caves that had formed from the rocks that have fallen from the cliff a long time ago.
The air itself had heated when it fell into elevation, but entering this area of the cave was like Mahoo Notch with fresh breeze that blew from the depths below.
Home
It was 4:30 and it hadn’t come as far as I expected today, but it was also out of the water because the crest was dry. I was glad to have taken two liters of water with me and walk before leaving, but now I need water.
So I took the 0.3 mile side path to the water source and prepared for the night at the Safford Notch camp on a rickety carp platform.
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