July 18, 2012

Franconia Ridge

Spent last night at Greenleaf Hut where I did a work for stay for dinner, lodging, and breakfast. After yesterday's weather and the threat of today's weather, I decided to do a short day. Back up and over Lafayette, traversed Franconia Ridge, and climbed a few peaks through there. Beautiful views along the way with some light cloud cover. Pictures cannot do it justice. After that it was down to the Flume Gorge Visitor Center. I grabbed a shuttle ride to Chet's hostel where I'll be staying for the night. Chet was doing a thru hike a few years ago when his MSR stove and canister blew up on him putting him in a coma and wheelchair when he woke up. Now he runs a hiker hostel out of his house for donations, barter, and work for stay. Thinking of slack-packing the next 16 miles, then heading on to Glencliff the next day.

2 comments:

  1. And that's your excuse for not taking more photos?

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  2. That's the one I'm using for now. Can't connect the camera to a computer at the moment and don't want to burn cell power or get it ruined in the rain. Harass Void/J to post the ones he has.

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