[at-l] CT > MA Section Hike Report/Photos (resend)

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 07:25 PM 7/7/2005 -0400, Raphael Bustin wrote:
>In my time-tested AT-quitter tradition, I hiked
>about 115 miles instead of my 160 mile goal.
>I walked from  Bear Mtn. Bridge in New York to
>the town of Great Barrington MA.  The "official"
>destination had been Dalton MA, another 45 miles.
>
>I'll use the heat and mosquitoes as my excuse.
>
>It was near 90 degrees in the shade the last
>couple of days.  Walking on open, high rock
>ledges is a rare pleasure in nice weather --
>but intensely hot and unpleasant on this hike.
>
>I was scrambling across those ledges at top
>speed, between patches of shade.  Wishing
>for nothing more than the cool shade of the
>woods below.
>
>I'll go back and finish those last miles off on
>a long weekend in the fall.  I deliberately
>chose a northbound walk to allow for this -
>any missing bit would be closest to home.
>
>It was hard work but still good fun in that
>weird, masochistic AT sort of way.  Met quite
>a few north-bound through hikers.  Nice folks.
>A smelly, gnarly, wonderful collection of folks.
>
>Here's a link to photos of the hike:
>
><http://www.terrapinphoto.com/gallery/ATHike2005>
>
>
>rafe b
>aka terrapin

Nice pictures. Funny, but it doesn't look that hot in the photos. LOL