Katahdin’s first view – The Trek

Day 119-18 Miles Today from Jo Mary Road to Wadleight Stream Campsite, 1200 feet up, 1100 feet down

Shaws

Monson is a small super pretty city in a lake. It is one of those little old crossroads of the northeast flanked with old beautiful buildings. A lot of art.

Shaws Hiker Hostel in Monson is famous for his service. The poet and hippiechick strive to be as hospitable as possible for all types of hikers. The shelter has multiple sleep arrangements and many hikers were there last night.

All kinds of hikers

The hikers included hikers who are only doing the desert of the hundred miles. There were several hikers both Nobo and Sobo, some Loshers, and some Flip-Floppers, but most hikers were hikers of sections that simply walked through the 100 mile desert.

There are many access points inside the desert of the hundred miles, where you can get food drops or even a return truck to Shaws. However, the reception of the cell phone can be a problem. There are specific locations where you can get the cell phone reception, but most other areas cannot get the cell phone reception.

New day

About midnight from the hiker last night (8:00 pm) I was exhausted and ended up rehydration. I decided to go to bed and go to sleep even though I was still hot inside the litera room and many hikers were sitting in chatting groups, playing music, enjoying a beer.

This morning I got up very early as usual. Finally, breakfast was served, which was potatoes, bacon, easily cooking eggs perfectly cooked, coffee, juice and pancakes.

Today will be another hot day and then a front will enter. Some storms are expected. After that, it should become nice and fresh.

Fear Mongering -Tree Roots

The first five miles is supposed to leave Jo Mary is flat and soft. After that, it is supposed to get rocky and reddened, but it will still be relatively flat.

They were the roots that everyone had complained. They are supposed to be horrendous. Once again, I did not find that that was the case and seemed to be more insufficient. There were some roots sections, but in general the roots were not so bad.

I discussed the fear of the root with other Nobo hikers and someone explained that the problem is when the roots get wet. Then it has super slippery surfaces that go in several different directions. But that is definitely not a problem at this time as dry as it has been. However, rocks and roots can really use in you, so I suspect that when the roots are wet, this part of the path can be very challenging.

Out of time

I started the road at 10:00 am and was hot. I hoped to get to Abol in 2 days, which would mean 20 miles of days. The good news is that the water in this section of the 100 mile desert is not as difficult as the other sections for which I have already traveled.

The elevation for this section looks flater than a couple of small mountains, I have to pass. I really want to get to Abol and then discover logistics to get to Katahdin. I am out of time and I have to go home.

Fast rhythm

When I entered the tranquility of the forest, I began to reflect on the experiences that I have had and have been deep. I feel that I have changed my perspective of life. This is exactly the reason I took this path.

The first section of the path was soft and mostly level with very few obstacles. The surroundings resembled other sections of the path through which it had already passed. There were many currents, small rivers and ponds. He was traveling at a rate of more than 3 mph.

Don’t bother me

With all that water, the insects were the worst that I have seen in the way for a while. There were so many different types of flies, mosquitoes and other mistakes that wanted a piece of me at this time.

This was a greater motivation to continue moving. I feared when I will have to take a break. You may have to put my mask for insect for the first time.

I know that flies will try to eat through my clothes and mosquitoes have no trouble wearing my blood through my clothes. It is possible that you also have to put a chopped lotion for the first time during the day.

I have used the choppy when I stopped moving at night, but so far I have not used it during the day. While keeping moving during the day, insect bites were tolerable. My body is usually covered with multiple itching and sometimes painful bites, and insect bites. All our exposed limbs are covered in small crusts of insects, scratches and other injuries.

In general, there are sections of the path that are exposed to the sun or suction and far from the water sources where insects are not so bad. These are small islands where I could stop and get a little break to get some food and a short break. Other times I would have to continue moving dancing in his place and walking in circles shaking his limbs while trying the water.

Katahdin’s first vision

I was still doing a good speed when I started hitting some of the infamous roots and rocks. I didn’t have a long time after I had my first look at Katahdin. It was a clear view through a lake with Katahdin in the distance.

I kept sailing at a fairly good speed, never ran into too many roots and rocks. There were some areas of roots and bad rocks, but I sailed through which at a decent rhythm.

Tumbledown Dick Creek

I stopped in Tumbledown Dick Creek to get some water. In addition, I thought it was a fairly fun name for a stream, so I had to stop there.

It was a very large stream about 10 feet wide, but it was cold water, which was pleasant. Many of the streams in which I have recently been warm water. Water levels are very low.

Fording of this stream was not a problem due to low water levels. I grabbed good water and then kept walking.

Sinister clouds

When I approached the Nahmakanta Lake, the sky became dark on the other side of the lake. A storm quickly approached from the other side of the lake. My natural instinct was to accelerate, but I had promised myself that I no longer try to overcome the storms. I have had several injuries for excessive use for trying to overcome storms.

Home

The forest here contained very large old trees. The path had some climbing and descents around the edge of the lakes. The path also crossed some beautiful beaches.

I wanted to go five more miles today, but I was tired, I was starting to assault, and the next section was a mountain rise without stealth camping sites for at least 5 miles. Finally I found my way to the Wadleight Stream camp and configured my store just before it started to rain.

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