Saturday, 29 March 1975

 My second AT day in Pennsylvania picked up the mileage to 14.  Stayed at the new Leroy Smith LT built in 1972. This was south of Wind Gap and maintained by the local AMC. Complained about my sore feet since I had not properly broken in my new leather Vasque boots.

Here is a shot of the two pairs of boots I used on the 2,000 mile trip.

Cold and short backpack in the White Mountains

 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.