Long weekend in New Hampshire with Caitlin over my birthday: One night in the #RacePrius and two nights at the RMC’s treeline Perch Shelter in single-digit temperatures yielded one crystal clear day up to the top of Mt Adams, second highest peak in New England.
More pictures are in the Flickr gallery.
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Alice Miranda decided it was ok we were going camping without her because she got to sleepover at Nana & Pop-Pop’s with her cousin, a pretty sweet deal.
Major trip leader failure when I inexplicably did not think to make a hot water bottle for Caitlin to put in her sleeping bag the first night (to be clear, I didn’t and don’t make one for myself either). After much feedback from the expedition group this lapse was rectified with prejudice the second night.
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A big reason I picked this location was to see more of the RMC’s comparatively quiet, under-hyped trail network at the north end of the Presidential Range. Without it and their giant cairns I would have been in a lot more trouble when I got caught by a snowstorm and had to bivy on Mt Adams this past March. I’m happy to be a supporting member and it was good to revisit the area with excellent visibility and show Caitlin, though I was careful to not emphasize the ravines or point out the specific kind of terrain I wound up sheltering on…
With this trip I’ve gone backpacking at least once each month this year, my only outdoors goal for 2018 left standing after I broke my sternum in June. Not much at all compared to how many race weekends, plus backpacking trips, plus work travel I used to do, but feels like a lot these days.
Again, more pictures are in the Flickr gallery.
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