Troll's 2010 AT Journal

15 August 2010, Cheshire
I have not done a big mile day in a while. Now I remember why. It really tires me out and I know I will be dragging ass tomorrow.

I passed a person that I thought was a hiker sleeping on a rock with a blue Wal-Mart type tarp over them with their feet sticking out. It was a strange feeling because it looked like a dead person laying there with a blue tarp thrown over them. I sure hope it was a sleeping person.

I ran into a couple ...

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14 August 2010, Becket, MA
Bismarck, Bluesky and I got another late start today. We sat around waiting for Bluesky and Bismarck. Bismarck had to sew a hole in his pants. It took him a while to sew. I think he must have sewed it three times over for the amount of time it took him.

Bismarck and Bluesky went back to the trail head. They were going to try to make it to Dalton today.

Today turned out to be a great day for zeroing. Hopper and I took a ride ...

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13 August 2010, County Road
Today was not a bad hiking day despite it being overcast all day and the temps were good hiking temps. Bismarck, Bluesky and I all got a real late start today.

I came upon an old stone fireplace with the foundation still around it along Upper Goose Pond. I can only imagine how nice it might have been to have a cabin in this location. We ran into Tiger Lilly (formally Gearbomb) and Swift at the old rock chimney. I had heard of them but had not ...

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12 August 2010, Goose Pond Road
The climb out of Blue Hill Road/Stony Brook Road was steep but it was short and sweet. When I got shortly over the top I arrived at Benedict Pond. This was siren.

It was very peaceful and quite. The only thing there was two fishermen in a canoe. I could have sat here all day. Somewhere around Swann Brook Bubalou came up behind me. I knew he was behind me but I thought he was a day behind me. It was great seeing him again. He got off the trail ...

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11 August 2010, Blue Hill Road/Stony Brook Road
I started off really great this morning slack packing with Bismarck and Bluesky. The first five miles was a walk through fields. Then I passed by Shays Rebellion Monument. Followed by the climb up East Mountain, this climb started out easy but part way up the trail I ran into Bismarck and Bluesky who were heading back down. I asked what they were doing and they told me the white blazes were not on the trees anymore. I walked a little further ...

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