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Cohos Trail Day Nine
After a few zero days, I was shuttled back to Rt 117 where I had left off a few days prior. As I approached the Pondicherry Refuge, I met the same woman I had talked to before being picked up for my zeros. We chatted about the trail for a few minutes and she told…
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2024 Update
Hey. It’s been almost two years since I’ve updated here. A lot has happened and I’ll get to that in a moment. I’ve spent the last few weeks working on getting the website switched to a different server, and editing photos of my past. I’m starting to take my photography a bit more seriously and…
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Cohos Trail Day Eight
I was very anxious when I woke up. It stormed all night. Thunder, lightning, and howling winds kept me awake most of the night. I opted not to cook breakfast this morning and just snacked while I packed up. Hesitant to leave the comfort of the cabin, I pondered if I should wait out the…
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Cohos Trail Day Seven
Early to rise at Percy Tent Site to gauge whether or not I wanted to head to the north peak for sunrise. I made some freeze dried eggs for breakfast and when I could finally start to see daylight, it was overcast. I ate breakfast, packed up camp and headed out to South Pond for…
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Cohos Trail Day Six
Up at 4am as usual. As soon as that first hermit thrush starts warbling, I’m up thinking about the day ahead. It was foggy and still drizzling. I took my time packing up and making breakfast. On the trail by 5am. My goal for the day was to get to Percy Camp 17mi away. Down…
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Cohos Trail Day Five
It’s 7am and I am headed up to Table Rock. It takes me 40 minutes to get to the top after stopping a few times to admire the waterfalls on the way up. There was no one around and I had the vertigo inducing outcropping to myself. I took off my pack and made my…
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Cohos Trail Day Four
I tossed and turned until 4am when I got up and hobbled down to Little Diamond Pond where I had one bar of service. I sent a few texts to let friends know I was okay since no one had heard from me for the last 15 hours. I did let everyone know ahead of…
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Cohos Trail Day Three
I awoke promptly at 4am and started breakfast. I normally don’t start eating in everyday life until I’ve been up for a few hours, but I knew I was going to need every bit of nourishment for the long day I was about to have. I drank a full liter of water, and ate as…
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Cohos Trail Day Two
I had to spend the week at home waiting for my van and tending to work and home life. I decided to head up a day early and slack pack from Tillotson Shelter to Happy Corner, then road walk back to Round Pond Brook Trail to my van. The sun was blazing and it was…
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Cohos Trail Day One
I didn’t sleep all night before departing for my hike of the Cohos Trail. I got my friend and daughter up at 3:30am. We hopped in my van and I drove almost three hours north to the Canadian border. We arrived just before 7am. We took pictures, said our goodbyes and off I went. I…
