2010 thru hike

02 September 2010, Zealand Falls Hut
The couple in the shelter started moving around at 05:30 this morning. I was pretty much awake at that time, just dozing in and out of sleep. I laid in bed until about 06:30 and got up and ate breakfast and started my daily routine. We only had two very minor mouse incidents last night when a mouse got into the lady's pack. Then this morning the guy told me he had felt a mouse run through his hair in the night. That is one of the reasons I do not sleep ...

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01 September 2010, Garfield Ridge Shelter
I started out this morning at Liberty Springs trail head parking are, this added an extra 0.8 miles to the day.

The climb going up Mt Lafayette was not to bad other then it being really hot today. I reached Little Haystack Mountain and I was thinking the next mountain ahead of me was Mt Lafayette only to be disappointed by finding out it was Mt Lincoln. When I got on top of Mt Lincoln I looked ahead to finally see Mt Lafayette. ...

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31 August 2010, Lincoln, 0.0
We made the quick drive this morning to Glencliff to pick up my hiking clothes I left there. Just before I left Mad Mike called me on my cell phone. He had left Glencliff 20 minutes ago and was driving my way. I told him that we had to head back there to get my hiking clothes. He said he would call me around 10 am again and see where I was so we could hock up. It was great to hear from Mad Mike. I started a Springer with Mad Mike, Geo and Hopper. Mike only ...

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30 August 2010, North Woodstock
I spent the first part of the morning organizing and getting all my winter gear back into my pack. I start the Whites in two days. I am more concerned about the weather in the Whites than I was about the weather in the Smoky Mountains. It can be really windy in the Whites and I will be in a hammock. I do have my under quilt for the hammock and I will also carry a rubber foam pad too. It should be enough but I am a cold sleeper, will keep my fingers crossed ...

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29 August 2010, NH 24A
At one point in the night last night Forest was sleeping under his tarp and we heard him jump out of his tent yelling "what the f#*!". He woke up to a skunk next to his face.

I slept in the carport last night. It is a canvas carport with about 10 beds under it. During the night last night we had a visitor come in and visit us. It was a skunk, it tried to get into Sandman's food bag. We all woke up to the sound of it trying to get into the ...

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