Royalty in the Kinsmans – The Trek

100-12 miles today from Kinsman Notch to Kinsman Pond Shelter, 4600 feet higher, 2700 feet down,

Planning makes God laugh

Yesterday I entered early and a group was designing plans with patience of Welcome Hokers Hostel. All were being very strategic about the Resupplies and all through whites. I opened my Fiddlehead Double IPA and sat down to listen to the conversation.

I still didn’t have a plan. I didn’t even know what would come later. Maybe it was the fear of how unknown I was avoiding. Now that I did Moosilaki, although I understood what the whites were in terms of technical hiking. Now it made sense why the daily miles I’ve been hitting.

Then I decided that I would continue and present a four -day conservative plan. No slack packaging. I just put my backpack and enter the Kinsmans.

The relatives

The next day I felt much better even though my mileage was going to fall dramatically. I had a 12 miles and a couple of days of 8 miles for the Kinsmans and then in Franconia. My only concern was the weather as it would enter Franconia. Then I went to bed very early and slept a great night.

This morning I looked at the weather and still seemed that the weather would enter when I went over the tree line in Franconia. So I decided to change the plan and rescue in the notch after the Kinsmans and zero the day of bad weather.

Come on

He started this morning at 7:30 Kinsman Notch and had to first address a long rise from the gap (of course). It was a fresh morning and had a complete package, but for once I put food and water.

Although I had a long journey before being in the water again, I really need to stay light on the whites. I could also be eating only peanut butter wraps for a couple of days, but at least I will not have to wear all that heavyweight on these technical walks.

The first mile of the first mile of Kinsmans Notch was about 1300 feet per mile, but it was not as bad as the rise to southern Kinsmans Notch.

Very time

However, forests are disturbingly silent once again. I do not listen to any birds or anything but my steps once again. Maybe that is a reminder to empty my thoughts.

«What are you doing with life? That is what death asks you» Michael Singer

The next challenge was Mount Wolf. The walk to Mount Wolf had some technical sections some easy things and others not so easy.

Going to the Eliza Brooke shelter was a descent. It was actually quite fun. There were parts where I could fly and go very fast. And then there were other parts that I had really left my posts and went up. But it was a fun walk. I arrived at a crossroads and realized that I had already made seven miles and my speed was 1.8 miles per hour or better. I didn’t expect that kind of rhythm.

Big Blaze

I stopped to look at my phone for a second and then, when I looked up, I wondered if I was at the AT or if I had taken a side path. It is easy to do in whites. The trails are named in addition to the path of the Apalaches and the flames are minimal. When I looked up I saw the biggest fire I’ve seen so far.

Technical climbing

After Eliza Brook’s shelter, the path climbed what seemed to be an old road bed. It was still a general climb of more than 2000 feet in 2 miles to the mountain of southern Kinsman, but most of that elevation gain would arrive soon.

The climb began to be technical after the Cascade section of Eliza Brook. It was beautiful and had the magic serenade of the water that fell as I did the required technical increases. They were hand climbing that were very difficult, but I was having fun.

I kept going up leaving Eliza Brook. There are some sections that were techniques or that basically acquired me a rock climb.

Magic swamp

After a long very difficult rock suddenly, I went out to a swamp. The swamp had a seap that passed it.

However, around the swamp, on one side there were steep rock walls. It was the most spectacular swamp I have seen so far on the road. I was also surprised to see that the relative of relative was only 3 miles away.

I am starting to think that one of the things one of the lessons that whites are teaching me is not to fear the unknown. People have feared the whites so much that they were so worried about crossing them. But after Moosilaki I began to understand. There are some technical sections and some crazy parts, but like anything challenging, you can do it at the same time.

Cliff

Trail was then uploaded through a small ravine of streams. After climbing the rocks through the ravine and some technical climbs, it really began to make a hard climb. I need to learn to put my posts in my backpack because the climbs were so technical that they were an obstacle. I had to use my hands to find cracks to get up. Every time I turned around there would be another climb. Finally I arrived at the South Kinsman Mountain Summit and the path was flanked by depressed pines that do not even go.

I went from South Kinsman Peak through Kinsman Peak. The path in pieces was quite fast and crossed, but in other parts it was very technical. He had some more technical increases and some more technical dissidents.

Finally start

And then I arrived at the Kinsman Pond shelter. I collected the AMC pass for $ 10. I know people complain about it, but the camp was very clean and organized. Tor, the host of the camp had cleaned the shelter and cleaned and disinfected the private.

I went down to the pond to grab my water and it really was a frog water. Knockerz has joked about frog water in the past when I had to pull water from the swamp to have a source of drinking. This is definitely frog water because there was a frog in it and a little posts. But it was not swampy frog water, just a great beautiful pond.

I sat next to the lake and ate my dinner next to the pond. The pond was covered with lilies with small yellow flowers and reflected the mountain crest on its surface. A great final for a great day.

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