Sunday October 2nd – More Rain in the White Mountains

Today’s weather was more of the same, only there was just more of it.  Luckily there was room in the lean-to for us to stay (instead of our tent) so life was a bit dryer than we had anticipated.  We said goodbye to our Canadian lean-to-mates and took off around 8:00am, We had hit our five peaks and took an easier route back to the parking lot.

7:00 - The temperature was in the low 40's at night so we cooked breakfast while still in our sleeping bags.

8:00 - Leaving the lean-to and our new Canadian friends.

9:00 - Still in pretty good spirits despite the increase in rain volume.

10:00 - More nature and downhill walking.

11:00 - More nature and downhill walking.

12:00 - Sweet bridge, thankful to those at the AMC for constructing this type of stuff.

1:00 - Last mile out on the road to the car. I love Fall.

2:00 - Had to stop back again at White Mountain Bagel for some eats and coffee before the two hour drive back to Boston.

3:00 - Driving back to Boston reading this book by this kid who lined up 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks. Hugely inspiring, definitely recommend checking it out.

4:00 - Cruisin' I-93 back to Bean Town.

5:00 - Back home, time for a shower and some warm/dry clothing.

6:00 - Finishing up a few blog posts from September's One Conversation per Day on Public Transit Challenge so that I can start working on October.

7:00 - On the corner across from Boloco, probably could have eaten two burritos. Gotta love feeding the calorie deficit :)

8:00 - Trying to figure out how to embed a Picasa slideshow into my WordPress blog, turns out it's a pretty non-trivial thing to do.

9:00 - Still trying to figure out how to embed a picture slideshow into WordPress. Went to bed before 10pm :)

Saturday October 1st – October Rain in the White Mountains

The first day of this month’s challenge involved me hiking in the white mountains of New Hampshire.  I’m dangerously close to finishing my 48 peaks in NH over 4,000 feet so I set out with two of my buddies to do a 2 day trip in the Pemigewasset Wilderness to tag Mount Hale, Zealand, Bond, Bond Cliff, and West Bond.  This brings me to 45 peaks, only 3 more more to go; Isolation, Owls Head, and Carrigan.

It turns out that embedding a Picasa photo album into wordpress is pretty non-trivial because wordpress does not jive with flash players.  I decided to use the site Vodpod to achieve a roundabout way of posting my photos on my blog.  If you have a better way of doing this please comment on this post or send me an email at theyoungurbanunprofessional@gmail.com.

Here are the hourly photos from day one of the hike:

7:00 - Heading out for a 2-day hike on Mt Hale, Zealand, Bond, Bond Cliff, and West Bond.

8:00 - Requisite stop at White Mountain Bagel for egg sandwiches and coffee.

9:00 - Heading up from the parking lot to Mt Hale.

10:00 - In good spirits heading up Mt Hale in the rain.

11:00 - Thank God for rain covers.

12:00 - Zealand Hut.

1:00 - Thug Life on the way to Zealand.

2:00 - Chillin on top of Guyot.

3:00 - Heading to the campsite at Guyot.

4:00 - Now entering the Pemigewassett Wilderness heading up to Mt Bond.

5:00 - Heading up to Bond Cliff.

6:00 - Stoked to be done with Bond Cliff, I've heard the view is amazing...

7:00 - Heading into camp at Guyot in the dark. My headlamp batteries died so I had to be extra careful on the way down into camp.

8:00 - Mountain House meals allegedly feed 2 people, or one really hungry person. Cold, wet, and tired, time for bed.