Sunday, May 27, 2012
Hawaii
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
It Starts
It’s day three of our trip and it has been of pure epic-ness so far. On day one we arrived and gathered intel for the proper trail to take. We found tucks to be closed due to seasonal conditions, huntsman was out of the question because the rain made it to dangerous. So on day two we took the Bootspur Trail up with the intention of hitting the tree line and heading back down to summit Lionshead the following day. About a quarter mile into the hike we crossed paths with a bat which freaked us all out a little bit because it wasn’t even midday yet. It flew around one small spot in the middle of the trail swooping back and forth, we weren’t sure what to think of it.
We ended up summiting it that day because we’re lazy son of a guns and didn’t feel like doing the elevation again the next day. It was commiserating. It took us approximately six hours to go about five miles and four hours to get back down. Last mile and a half I was starting to get a headache. And though we all enjoy hiking we’d been wondering for quite a while why it was we hiked. Ethan kept blabbering about turning around because of the cloud that hovered over the summit. We considered it but since rain never came we pushed on. By the base of the summit we drank some refreshing spring water which was pretty cool.
We then pushed the last half mile to the summit. It was a bit like that scary movie “The Village”, We couldn’t see anything fifteen feet away. It was interesting to say the least… Though it killed the view we would’ve had. But it was an experience in itself, things never go perfectly for us anyway and a cloud ruining the view would definitely not be considered a problem compared to some of our trip spoilers. Reaching the summit felt great, but it felt absolutely amazing to pull out the dosomething.org banner and know that with this trip we’re helping a great cause.
On the way down we came to a cliff face. At which point I asked Ethan Your camera ready? To which he said Yes. So I proceeded to pushing him off Lionshead into Tuckerman’s Ravine. . . Just Kidding, I haven’t made any money off his great ideas yet. Plus the whole overt moral compass made me feel bad just thinking about it. I’ll have to settle for hiring a thug after he gives me a million dollar idea or something.
The rest of the hike was a bit annoying, there was quite a bit of ice on the trail making us walk along the edge for about an hour. Jamie managed to lose his monopod at the bench at the entrance of the trail as we hastily went out to celebrate our success on the trail. We were all starving after that hike. The next morning we woke early to break camp and head out. As Jamie was finishing rolling the tent a moose walked right behind our campsite. Surprised us all, what are the chances. We got tons of pictures and a bit of video for the blog.
The hike was great though I’m not sure the amount of hiking is quite worth the view but I’m not much of a judge of that, hardly anything impresses me. Though there were a few spots that made it worth it. With the addition of the moose siting this trip was easily the most epic New Hampshire trip we’ve ever taken.
- The Ramblin' Gamblin' Monk
We ended up summiting it that day because we’re lazy son of a guns and didn’t feel like doing the elevation again the next day. It was commiserating. It took us approximately six hours to go about five miles and four hours to get back down. Last mile and a half I was starting to get a headache. And though we all enjoy hiking we’d been wondering for quite a while why it was we hiked. Ethan kept blabbering about turning around because of the cloud that hovered over the summit. We considered it but since rain never came we pushed on. By the base of the summit we drank some refreshing spring water which was pretty cool.
We then pushed the last half mile to the summit. It was a bit like that scary movie “The Village”, We couldn’t see anything fifteen feet away. It was interesting to say the least… Though it killed the view we would’ve had. But it was an experience in itself, things never go perfectly for us anyway and a cloud ruining the view would definitely not be considered a problem compared to some of our trip spoilers. Reaching the summit felt great, but it felt absolutely amazing to pull out the dosomething.org banner and know that with this trip we’re helping a great cause.
On the way down we came to a cliff face. At which point I asked Ethan Your camera ready? To which he said Yes. So I proceeded to pushing him off Lionshead into Tuckerman’s Ravine. . . Just Kidding, I haven’t made any money off his great ideas yet. Plus the whole overt moral compass made me feel bad just thinking about it. I’ll have to settle for hiring a thug after he gives me a million dollar idea or something.
The rest of the hike was a bit annoying, there was quite a bit of ice on the trail making us walk along the edge for about an hour. Jamie managed to lose his monopod at the bench at the entrance of the trail as we hastily went out to celebrate our success on the trail. We were all starving after that hike. The next morning we woke early to break camp and head out. As Jamie was finishing rolling the tent a moose walked right behind our campsite. Surprised us all, what are the chances. We got tons of pictures and a bit of video for the blog.
The hike was great though I’m not sure the amount of hiking is quite worth the view but I’m not much of a judge of that, hardly anything impresses me. Though there were a few spots that made it worth it. With the addition of the moose siting this trip was easily the most epic New Hampshire trip we’ve ever taken.
- The Ramblin' Gamblin' Monk
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