Starting location: Hanover, NH
Ending location: Moose Mountain Shelter
State: NH
Miles today: 11.0
Miles total: 1,748.3
We had a pretty lazy morning packing up all our gear and food. We caught a bus back to downtown Hanover which was actually the trail head. Hanover is one of several towns on the AT where the trail goes right through the middle of town. If you look closely you can notice white blazes painted on the telephone poles and lampoles right down main street. We often wonder how residents feel about the AT going right through their town, especially an upper-scale town like Hanover. Our experience in Hanover was great. Walking into town we had several people honk and wave at us and a few people stopped to see if we needed any help getting around.
The added weight of our winter gear and sleeping bags have made our packs noticably heavier. It was so noticable that it was hard to believe our packs ever weighed this much. The truth is, it has been since Damacus, VA since we last had any winter gear. That is 1,300 miles and 3 months ago.
I spent most of the day trying to figure out how I could possibly drop weight. I thought of a few things I could get rid of, but it is tough to complain when you know the men/women in our military are carrying packs that are at least twice as heavy as mine. The truth of the matter is, we really don't know what to expect when we get into the White Mountains. The White Mountains is easily the most dangerous place on the entire trail. It regularly snows with hurricane force winds on the top of Mt. Washington in the middle of the summer. Don't believe me, check out the weather tower on the summit of Mt. Washington through this link:
http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/summit.php
For some reason I am always so tired after leaving town. It is 9pm and I am beat. Goodnight.
Kristen using this rope to climb up this rock face
Conan + Backwards
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