Day 108-18 Miles today from the Gorham Granero shelter to the Carlo Col shelter, 6400 feet up, 4500 feet from below, 1917 in Mile Marker
Knockerz Visit Boulder Hell
This is really more than a day. The day after I finished the Carter Moriah mountain range, I took Knockerz to return to the great Gulf bypass to the Osgood camp and then to the Alpine area that goes to Madison Hut.
I wanted me to experience the climb to the Alpine area. He also wanted to show him the Alpine and boulder area that was required to go through Madison Hut to Mount Washington. The day I did that was my most difficult day so far.
It was my «zero» day, but we still did the climb to the Alpine area and we went down again yesterday, which was approximately 10 miles and 3300 feet elevation gain. I’m glad I could let the delicate see what it was there.
Then we went to the brewery and strategly for the next few days.
The next day
I started this morning at 6:30 with the aim of reaching at least Gentian Pond Shelter. I would really like to go further than that, but the elevation is too much to more than 6,000 feet of climbing and more than 4,000 feet of descent of more than 18 miles. But that would put me in a good place to reach the notch the next day.
It is a cold morning with temperatures probably in the 40s. It was not long before reaching the Mahosic path. It took me about an hour and a half go 3 miles with 1800 feet of elevation. This is fast for me, especially after the slowness of whites.
The path is very well marked with many white flames everywhere. I have to say that it feels really good to see this view and see Mount Washington in the distance behind me and know that I am through whites.
«Normal» on the path
Today’s walk has been a «normal» walk. There were some small increases in addition to the general climb but nothing technical yet. The technical is what really slows you down. And that is what happens with whites, it is the technical increases that lower their miles daily.
I know it will be a technician through the Mohoosic notch and I know that Southern Maine has a lot of elevation. But do not listen to people to talk about southern Maine in a way of fear.
It can be because nobles are recently out of whites and this feels refreshing to have a normal path again.
Do I push my miles today?
I think there is a technical climb if I reach the shelter that has 16 miles. The forest is really calm. I don’t listen to birds or squirrels or anything. Nor have I found a single individual yet.
I hope to see that some sobo go through me at some point today. I don’t think any nobles happens to me because my rhythm is a fairly strong rhythm at this time.
Reflection
With the «normal» path, my mind can wander again because I don’t have to put all my mental energy in the obstacles of a technical path, so I only noticed something. I have always lived my life planning in advance.
It has been my brain to have some predictability in the future. I think uncertainty bothers me.
I know it was a feature that my mother had. She always planned in advance and lived for the future. The future has not yet arrived.
And in retirement, one of the things he wanted to do was always help me to heal in advance. There is no need to plan career movements or things at work. Now I can live life.
I really wanted to have this in Adventure to help me process my mind to always plan in advance and be ready for the future.
And now I have realized that I am not planning in advance. The other day I glanced and I know he is a handful of miles, maybe two days, before being out of New Hampshire. But I have not planned too far. It is good to be able to walk and have a destination, but if I get to that great destination and, if not, there is always tomorrow.
It may be that there is a technical section or boulder or more than I did not anticipate that it will stop my destiny chosen for that day, but I can attack it tomorrow.
This is similar to life. I hope this is a philosophy that can continue after this adventure. This is a 2200 mile walk, but in reality they are walks of 2,200-1 mile. I can start my day free with a destination in mind and then take a step at the same time towards that destination.
This was especially true during the very challenging times in whites such as the Boulder fields left by Mount Madison. I just kept telling myself one step at the same time. I had broken my walk in 2 -foot intervals at that time. This is also similar to life in which you have extremely difficult moments and you think you cannot continue, but divide it into smaller manageables and advance.
There is really no need to plan too many days in advance because the plans rarely work as expected. This is one of the main lessons that I really wanted to remove from this walk. Try to live my life more in the present.
Too early to stop walking today
The climb to the shelves was steep, short, but not too technical. I could see a great view of Mount Washington. Mount Washington is getting more and more behind me now and I still had a great time knaking miles today.
At 11:00 he had made more than 8 miles and more than 3,000 feet of climbing.
They were only about 3 miles more to the refuge of the Gentian ponds. Then I knew I needed to continue. My goal is now to go to the success of the mountain and then to Maine. That will prepare me with approximately 6 miles in the morning before the notch. And then 15 miles in general until the way where I plan to meet Knockerz.
DESCEDE TO!
There was a beautiful network of the new network in the Dream Pond. According to the comments, the old man was a swamp that was very difficult to overcome.
The flock was a good dirt road without obstacles. I have not seen the way like this in a long time. I was unmarked until the white flames, but very well traveled.
I continued traveling in a refuge of previous Gentia ponds, where there were a couple of beautiful ponds. I still traveled quite fast with a little technical path to navigate, but not so bad.
Maine ahead!
Then I arrived at the bottom of Mount’s success and I could see how much climbing he had ahead to the top. It was a bit overwhelming when I could call it one day at Gentian Pond. I was starting to get tired.
I had to raise a success of thousands of feet. There were some technical sections at the climb that slow me. After the success of the mountain, it was in an alpine area that was heading towards the border with Maine.
The success of the mountain in the Alpine area, the trees had only a couple of feet high and was a swampy area with swamp boards to walk. The path became a coach. There was an steep slope to climb that someone had put a rope to help him upload that section.
To home finally
After crossing the border towards Maine, I tried the Mahosic notch. There were some very steep technical increases and descents. Several of these left me sitting for an uncertain moment in which direction to go. I was tired and the climbing was deadly. It was so bad. A wrong movement and slide and you would probably die. These were put in the posts types of climbs with the face towards the wall rising down and up.
It was slow, but I finally arrived at Carlo Col. shelter I couldn’t believe I made such a great day today. This is the maximum that I have done in an elevation gain in one day.
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