What? You mean the trail goes up there? Seriously? No, really. Oh my......
We walked 1800 miles to get here, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and suddenly things are insanely hard. 15 mile days have become 5 mile days. Wow. Simply, wow. Along with the increased difficulty is the increased beauty. There is a 15 mile stretch above treeline which we will never forget, with Mt Washington in the middle. Amazingly gorgeous. The pictures do not do it justice.
We have roughly 320 miles left to go in 30 days, and are concerned about having enough time to make it to the Big K...the trail in Maine does not get easier, and suddenly we feel crunched for time. Do we care about making it to the end? From the start this was as much about spending six months in the woods as it was about making it to the Big K. We never expected to make it this far, honestly. But now, we are so close and yet so far. I don't know what to think.
Of course the answer, the only answer, the answer to everything on the AT, is to keep walking. We will get as far as we can get.
Beautiful pictures. You guys are doing fine and will make it. Good luck. The 100 mile woods is the next big hurdle.
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