Avery Peak 115th

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yvon

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Avery Peak Friday July 2 11.50h

After Hamlin, Baxter and North Brother last week, I had no specific plan to make the three remaining summits. Tuesday June 29, I started watching the weather forecast for our long weekend which start Thursday, July 1. The weather seems to be nice for Thursday and Friday. In the afternoon the forecasts change, 30% chance of rain for Thursday and still sunny Friday. Wednesday noon, the decision is made, we will leave tomorrow morning for Maine to do our 3 peaks.

Thursday morning we leave the house early to go directly to do Abraham, by Fire Warden's Trail. We had 5 dressing-undressing sessions . The temperature was weird all day. Brought us a beautiful blue sky, then cloudy and then rain. That explains the dressing-undressing sessions.

With a good night's sleep, I get up and draw the curtains to see the sky. The sky is completely blue and I open the door to feel the temperature. It is ideal. After breakfast, preparations, we left the motel room for the Stratton Brook Pond Road, formerly Stratton Brook Road. This path is described in the guides in very bad condition, but we can say that these guides are not updated. It is a nice dirt road with no hole. We parked the car and we were en route to reach two mountains of The Bigelow, West Peak and Avery. The view that we have from the trail towards Sugarloaf is fantastic. We have ideal conditions today. The visibility that we have this morning was almost out of sight, almost no humidity or fog. We make our first stop at 3.6 miles of our departure, knowing that the climb will begin after that. At this moment an idea came to me. Looking at my watch and saying that with the distance that remains, it would be fun to complete our 115 to 11.50h, you know what I mean, all the possible numbers of 115. After the junction to West Peak, we meet somebody, we chat a good time and we continue our journey. Once we reach the top, WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so beautiful. I begin to take some pictures and suddenly I look Annie, she is sobbing and told me that it is the most beautiful summit of the 115 that we did and we are fortunate to have the privilege of seeing it. Annie is very emotional today. Must say that this view is magnificent with all these mountains, Flagstaff Lake, the weather, the view is almost out of sight. We are in shock, last Friday with Baxter and the Knife Edge and now here, we are overjoyed.
After a few minutes of admiration, emotion and rest, we head for Avery Peak. Soon as we reach Avery summit's, as usual at the top I did a waypoint. I looked at the time of the waypoint: 11.50.02h, I had completely forgotten this idea of arriving at this hour, but we are. After the mutual congratulations and a kiss, we have taken pictures near the sign because we had West Peak and Avery Peak for us all alone. We spend a good time, we take our lunch, but no champagne to celebrate. After a last glance at this beautiful panorama, we take the path to return to the car and go home.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this stage of Maine, Vermont and the Catskills.
We are very proud to have visited the 115 peaks and we will proudly wear the patch on our bags. :)
As I often say, to us the lists are only a pretext. For Annie and I, what we love is to discover new places. Now that we have completed the 115 list, is not the end it this the beginning.

PHOTOS OF OUR 115TH
 
Yvon & Annie, I took a last look at the Forum before headin North and am glad I did! What a gorgeous day, great shots, wow! & congrats! Many more happy future hikes I'm sure!
 
WooHoo! Congrats Yvon and Annie. It's been fun following your journey. Beautiful pictures on two great peaks! Makes me want to jump in a lake now. :)

Jay
 
Lovely, lovely...

...lovely pictures, and nice trip report.

I enjoyed the experience, vicariously...

Thank you!

P.S. -- I agree with your statement: "As I often say, to us the lists are only a pretext. ....we love...to discover new places. Now that we have completed the 115 list, is not the end it this the beginning."
 
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Congratulations you two! Sounds like a very emotional time up on the summits. Great pics! Great accomplishment!

Petch
 
Such a wonderful journey you've taken, and with such style, too ... congratulations!!!
 
What a wonderful day for you, Yvon and Annie! Isn't it a great feeling to have come so far and seen so much of our beautiful corner of the world?

Now, everybody has refrained from the big question so far: what's next? More lists, or to take a vacation from lists, at least for a while?
 
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Yvon and Annie what a great journey you had together.
You have made a lot of wonderful memories doing something you love together.
Congratulations
Al
 
Congratulations - that's a great mountain and a perfect day! Thanks for sharing the beautiful pics!
 
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