Date: 2004-09-03
From: Glencliff NH

To: North Woodstock and beyond
Miles today: 0.0

09/02/2004Slimer:Slimer called from North Woodstock NH - 9/2/2004 @ 3:42pm.I left Glencliff on 9-1-2004 and headed into the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Started climbing Mt. Moosilauke. Now I know for sure what Baltimore Jack meant!! Talk about steep and rough, a goat would have a hard time with this mountain!!Very steep, have to push my stuff ahead of me and go a few feet at a time. Very slow going. About 5 or 6 miles of this. I¢m completely exhausted , Gather is going to love this. Topped out, wind is howling, very cold up here. All I have on is my shorts. Glad it¢s not raining!I¢m gonna push hard while the weather is good. ¢I¢m hiking with Wipe-Out, hard to keep up with her. She can push hard. Maybe she¢s trying to impress me, if so she¢s doing a good job.Lots of water through here, water falls, streams, very beautiful. Rugged trail, have to pick my way through very carefully.No people , farms or houses through here, very remote and serene setting. Got to a trail head, took 4 miles to get into North Woodstock. Next stop to re-supply is Gorham NH, 75 miles north of here. Better stock up good here!Lots of shelters and huts through here. Some serve food. But it costs $70.00 to $90.00 a night and you really can¢t depend on them, that¢s why I¢m stocking up on food. Some time¢s I hear they will let you work for stay. They are maintained and operated by the A.M.C. (Appalachian Mountain Club)Mice have dropped off some, too cold I guess. Saw a guy fall into s white water stream, it carried him down the stream, he did manage to get out ok.Been reading the copy of the ¢Denton Orator¢ I have with me, sure is great to read home town news. Thanks Toni!!On the way into North Woodstock, Wipe-Out and I were hitching. A girl from NY picks us up. Wipe-Out is staying here tonight, I¢m re-supplying and moving on. I¢ll sleep under the stars tonight. Hope it don¢t rain as I don¢t have a tent.Water is so clear and pure through here, no need to filter it or put tablets in it.While I was at the hostel back in Glencliff lots of rock climbers were there.Back down the trail a ways two guys built a huge fire, played guitar and sang, sounded like an ole Blue-Tick in a fight with a coon, but then, it was better than nothing. I have hiked some with Carp and Aussie. Carp always seems to get to the shelters before me. I would come in after dark and Carp (From Australia) will bellow out with his down-under accent ¢ Slimer get out of the bloody darkness¢!! It didn¢t matter what time of night it was. I always laugh.Called home, talked to mom. Freckles is still holding her own, she brings me up to speed on world news. Hurricane I ask? What Hurricane!! She tells me about hurricane Frances, not wishing any of you folks down south any bad luck, but I hope we don¢t get any rain off it up here.From Glencliff NH to North Woodstock NH I have knocked out 25.8 miles over some of the most rugged and beautiful country you can imagine in 1 12 days, and the day is not done yet.If you want to take a peek at the newspaper articles Toni Ayers writes about us, the links are below.http://www.dentonorator.comhttp://www.dentonorator.com/_wsn/page8.html - direct link to the article, the page number may vary from week to week, you can always get to it by going to http://www.dentonorator.com , most off the time it¢s on the ¢Out & About¢ or the ¢Leisure¢ section.Miles hiked to date: 1,801.4 milesMiles to Katahdin: 372.7 to the big ¢K¢91.3 miles to the Maine State Line ¢¦..Yahoooooooooooooooo!!!!!