2010 thru hike

12 September 2010, Pinkham Notch
The weather was bad so I did a nero day. This means it was almost a zero day, a day with very little miles.

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11 September 2010, Mount Washington Auto Road, 11.6
We went and picked Rocket at her hotel at 07:30 and Gipc Girl was there to send us off. We made a quick stop at McDonald's. I ran into an old geocaching friend in the parking lot at McDonald's. The Old Prospector was just getting into his truck when I approached him. I started asking him questions as to why he was not living in New Mexico. He said he did not like it there and moved back to Lisbon Falls in Maine. While I was talking to ...

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10 September 2010, Gorham
We took another zero day today because of the weather. It is not real bad here in Gorham but it is overcast and drizzling, I am sure it is real crappy on top of Washington. It is suppose to be real nice tomorrow.

I had breakfast at one of the local dinners. While waiting for my breakfast I did some calculations and figured that I will most likely summit Katahdin on the 8th or 9th of October or even sooner.

There is a geocaching ...

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09 September 2010, Gorham
Slept a little late this morning but I can do that because I am taking a zero day. It looks like I will be taking a zero day again tomorrow and then heading to the top of Washington Saturday to pick back up where I left off.

While I am here in Gorham I have several small drop boxes to put together. I have to put some together for East Andover, Stratton, Monson, and one for the 100 mile wilderness.

I am very concerned about things ...

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08 September 2010, Gorham
Today I decided to take a zero day. It poured most of the night last night and it was threatening rain when I got up this morning. I was watching the weather this morning trying to plan for the day that I go back to the top of Mount Washington. As of now the best day looks like it is going to be Saturday, 11 September. That leaves me Thursday and Friday to get the Kinsmans done.

We went to Lincoln today to get my other hiking pole fixed at the ...

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