On September 24th, 1974, I had a short hike "5 lousy miles" from Kinsman Pond LT to Eliza Brook LT.
Why? first it was cold. 25 degrees at 830 am and I had to thaw my frozen boots so I didn't break camp until 10 am.
Secondly, my right boot fell apart after reaching the shelter at 1 pm.
I did run into Benji, a north bound hike that I had met in Pearisburg. While that picked up my spirts, the cold, rain and snow, plus the boot failure really got me down. So I planned to hitch into town the next day to try to get stuff to fix my boots. I was pretty down on this day in 1974.
I hoped for a sunny day.
At Eliza Brook LT, I read by candle light.
Oh yeah, I went through 2 pairs of leather Vasque boots.
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