Day 51 - Hiking app comments

Didn't take much photos today - apologies!

Hiked from Eliza Brook Shelter to Beaver Pond. Goal was Beaver Brook Shelter with the stretch goal being Jeffers Brook Shelter. Stretch is not achievable due to the terrain being more time consuming than anticipated.

Slipped and fell today, taking a hard blow to my side, just below the ribs. No apparent damage or bruising (writing this 24 hours after). Still have a significant belly, so I think that helped cushion the impact! :) The White Mountains are really rough going, especially when wet. There was also a bog today, the log path was 25cm underwater with no option to go round - just had to slog through it and get my footwear drenched and dirty.

I hung out at Beaver Pond (no beavers, though the pond part is accurate) for a while. Had a convo with some guy who has stickers all over his car of all the breweries he has visited.

My goal was 2 miles away and started reading the comments about it, decided to call a shuttle and stay in town instead. Will hit the trail again tomorrow.

For the rest of this post - Enjoy the comments for Beaver Brook Shelter which persuaded me not to stay there:
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If you're planning on tenting and relying on the tent platform... just an FYI it's *extremely* small. 2p tents need not apply.

Temporarily locked myself in the privy because the door is slightly off its hinges and really holds the interior lock in place. Used the rock inside to knock the lock pin out of the hole and free myself.

Logbook is full, how will anyone know I stopped here for lunch?!?!

What is this, a tent pad for ants?

This shelter smells like a sewage pipe and leaks in almost everyone who stays there.

If you love feces you are going to love this shelter. Full sensory museum of feces.

Who cares about the poop? No one is talking about how the shelter leaks!! If there is even a slight chance of rain I would not suggest staying here.

Smell at the shelter isn't as bad as some are saying, doesn't really smell like poo. It smells like a mouldering privy/like a barn.

Tent platform is stupidly tiny, I'm short and my feet hung off the end. Big pile of trash in the shelter.

Hobbit tent platform. My small tent hangs off both sides.もっと詳しく