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Traveler Appalachian Trail
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- Jul 29, 2024, 8:08 AM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 906 m
- United States Maine Unorganized Territory of West Central Franklin Ten Degree Bemis Mountain 44.804078, -70.76118644°48’15” N 70°45’40” W
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Day 26 - Going to Andover
July 29 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Started out from Bemis Mtn Lean-to. Decided to pull off the trail into Andover today to resupply and wash/dry clothes.

Saw a wild turkey (?), I think. Hard to see in the photo I took (second photo). It is at the end of the fallen down log. Plus a picture of a frog.

Met the following hikers along the way:

Lady Slipper - Trail name is an orchid that only flowers under certain conditions, you have to be lucky to see it. Nobo flip-flop per, so I might run into her later. Immediately picked me as Australian after I'd said like 3 words.

Bear Chaser and Nimble Foot - Older couple. Nobos. They had seen a moose just half an hour before I'd met them! I kept my eyes peeled but I didn't see it! Talked about a lot of things, they said I was practically guaranteed to see bears in New Jersey. They said they had seen a lot.

Summited Old Blue Mountain. Not much to see from there. Path up was often blocked by fallen trees and the path down is very steep and wet. 3/10 mountain.

The comments on the hiking app for Old Blue Mountain are hilarious:

- this whole mountain literally sucks and I hate it
- NOBOs, this is the least technical big climb you've had in weeks. Smooth sailing. Fuck the haters.
- Ol Goofy Gooferton, that's what I'm going to call this mountain.
- Whoever says this climb nobo is easier than Mt. Moody is on drugs, this is 4 times as hard
- Pretty sure this mountain inspired the person who invented the stairmaster.

Made some arrangements to be shuttled and stay in Andover. Didn't really rain, was disappointed as I'd anticipated being drenched and then going into town for a hot shower and wash/dried clothes.

I had a Rodeo burger for dinner. There was confusion over what chips are. They said the burger comes with chips but I can pay extra to have fries. I said chips and received a 50 gram packet of Lays potato crisps. I mean, those are chips too but not the sort of chips I expect when you are ordering a burger and chips. Oh well, the things you learn. Had pizza the next day, it was underwhelming.

Bonus photo of how gross my toenails have become.Read more
Traveler That’s a big Toad!
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Traveler Good to see no bear scratches.
7/31/24Reply
Traveler How good would that taste after a few days on packet food?
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- Aug 30, 2017, 9:44 PM
- 🌙 6 °C
- Altitude: 896 m
- United States Maine Unorganized Territory of North Oxford Elephant Mountain 44.76679, -70.7682744°46’0” N 70°46’6” W
Day 119
Camping Old Blue Mountain 1947.4
August 30, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
For a big day it's necessary to get up early, at least for us. So we were on the trail at 6:30 and for lunch we passed the 10 miles mark. But it was a bit later than usual to get lunch and the stretch was pretty easy compared to the previous days. Anyways, we were happy with the progress that we made and after a short lunch break we moved on.
The upcoming part wasn't supposed to be that easy with steep ups and downs. Unfortunately it was as exhausting as it looked like and we slowed down a lot. Because of that our daily goal was endangered and we were considering our options. We have scheduled a meeting with the mother-in-law of Julias sister who lives nearby the trail. But we overestimated the progress we'd make so it were 41 miles left this morning. Our only chance to make it on time to there was to move on despite the upcoming climb, night and almost no water. On the way we felt pretty good so we had only one mile left to hike in the dark. It was super lucky that the stretch to the Campsite was even and perfect for a night hike!
Shortly before we arrived there we heard a big animal in the woods but we weren't able to identify what it was. Hopefully not a bear because in the whole area was no proper spot for hanging a bear bag.Read more
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- Aug 31, 2017, 9:07 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 738 m
- United States Maine Franklin County Little Swift River Pond 44.84999, -70.5910344°50’60” N 70°35’28” W
Day 120
Little Swift River Pond Campsite 1964.6
August 31, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We tried really hard to get up but the long hike from yesterday was still in our feet. It would be a good thing because as we arrived at a notch there was a couple just setting up trail magic :)
They had delicious freshly grilled burgers and hotdogs. Besides that several different sweets from "Miss Debbie" and bananas and soft drinks. An amazing selection that you wouldn't expect at a random dirt road which made it even more special. We talked for about two hours with "Snowman" and his wife Teddy before we managed to keep on hiking. It was already 2 and we still had another 8 miles to go. Usually that wouldn't be a problem but since the Whites we know that it can mean 1 mile per hour.
Luckily the trail wasn't that hard and we arrived at the campsite at 7:30 for dinner.Read more
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