Saturday, September 22, 2007

#21 Whiteface











9/22/07 - Hiked w/ Gwen - Met at Sabbaday Falls. We realized we were on the wrong side of the mountain so we had to drive 45 minutes to the right trailhead. We didn't start hiking until 10. Stayed in the hardwoods longer than usual. When we got closer to the top of Whiteface there was a lot of rock climbing to do. It was fun and I was glad it wasn't raining. Rain was forecasted for later in the afternoon. The rocky climb just seemed to go on and on. We only saw 3 people on the trail even though the parking lot was packed (they were probably all in front of us). We stopped at this really steep cliff to eat something. I was a little nervous watching this guy walk around the edge (the guy in the pic). We were really high up. Finally summited around 2. We were doing a loop and wanted to hike Passaconaway as well but the hike was so long, and we didn't get to the trailhead to Passaconaway until 4:30 that we decided against it. Oh well, we'll have to come back for that one. It was starting to get dark on our hike back down. When we came out of the woods we had to walk these dirt roads that had some houses on them. I would love to live here. There was one little cabin right on a river with a fireplace. There was someone inside, I could smell food and I was hoping they'd come out and offer us a meal! Got to the cars at 6:30.

Friday, July 6, 2007

#19 & 20 North & Middle Tripyramid

7/6/07 - Hiked with Gwen - We planned on camping out the night after this hike. We were meeting at 8:30AM at the trailhead. I got there early so I got us a camp site at Jigger Johnson campground and set up the tent before I met Gwen. It was really buggy. I had bug spray but they were going in my eyes. We kept hearing thunder but decided denial would be the best plan of action. We didn't see anybody on the trail all day until it started raining. We sat under some rocks and split a tuna sandwich while we talked about what to do. We'd been hiking for 4 hours and had another 4 to go. Should we turn around at this point? Gwen thought we should and I was so bummed but I knew she was probably right. A couple was coming down from the summit of the North Peak and they said a storm was headed for us. Just then a couple guys came up from where we just came. They were headed the same way we were going so we decided to follow them up the mountain. Gwen and I said we both felt like we had summit fever. No wonder people die on Mt. Everest. It continued to rain and thunder but no lighting thankfully. The 2 men were ministers (Middle Peak was their 40th mtn) and we hiked with them all the way back to the cars. They were from the Boston area and were history buffs. They gave us a book on the 4k footers that's a lot better than the AMC guide. The hike down was difficult because of the rain, we were all sliding down these huge flat slippery rocks on our heels and butts. We were totally soaked and muddy. The trail ended at the Sabbaday Falls. We hung out and chatted with the ministers for a little while and got back to the car at 7:00.<---"Jazz Hands" (#20)