Darl58
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This was my second backpack trip into the Great Gulf in 3 weeks...last time it was snow and winds up at 4000 ft about. Some people kept going and some of us went back to camp to wait for another day. 
This was my another day to hike the Great Gulf up to Washington via the Headwall. Jen (Nif) and I hiked in Friday night at our planned on 8:00 turned 9:00pm start...I got out of work late.(always gets in the way)
We arrived at The Bluff fairly quickly...I was hiking with Jen the hiking machine. There were quite a few guys there passing around a nalgene of wine, so of course we had to be sociable and join in. After talking for a while, we found out one of them plays hockey with Woody. It's a small hiking world after all.
We started cooling down so off we hiked and arrived at Clam Rock which was deserted so decision was made to make that our basecamp. Set tents up and curled in just as our new buddies arrived to join us. We did inform them that we were in the non-snoring area!
Morning came and a little chill in the air..burr but we were toasty warm in our bags. Breakfast & visit with our neighbors and off we headed up the Great Gulf. Bright sunshine warmed us and the views were spectacular. It was a little chilly, as you can tell from the ice on all the water and crunching ground. As we started up the waterfall, it became pretty slick with ice built up on the rocks. After I took one minor slip, ouch we mangaged fine.
There were two guys going up ahead of us that we passed but kept them in view as we continued up and into the rocks. We met a couple Canadians coming down that were in training for Arconcagua. We made it to the top of the Headwall with still bright blue skies and sunshine. Great views all around.
After a little corn chowder, sandwich,choc milk and a social visit with the guys that followed us up the Gulf off we headed. The skies had clouded up and the wind was blowing as we hiked down towards Nelson Crag. We arrived at the Wamsutta trail and down we headed. The trail was really nice, narrow & steep in places but had nice views of the Gulf as we went down. Arrived back at Clam Rock and packed up our tents and gear and out we went. Our plan was to stay in Lincoln so our next day climbing at Rumney would be an easy ride.
Showers and off to dinner, met Arm, Stevo & Rebecca for dinner and watched the Sox(with little naps in between)...
Morning came and off to Rumney for a full day of fun rock climbing. Ran into a few friends at Rumney, Natreb, Carrie & Steve.
Great weekend of multi-sports!
Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/GreatGulfBackpackToMtWashingtonRumneyRockClimbing#
This was my another day to hike the Great Gulf up to Washington via the Headwall. Jen (Nif) and I hiked in Friday night at our planned on 8:00 turned 9:00pm start...I got out of work late.(always gets in the way)
We arrived at The Bluff fairly quickly...I was hiking with Jen the hiking machine. There were quite a few guys there passing around a nalgene of wine, so of course we had to be sociable and join in. After talking for a while, we found out one of them plays hockey with Woody. It's a small hiking world after all.
We started cooling down so off we hiked and arrived at Clam Rock which was deserted so decision was made to make that our basecamp. Set tents up and curled in just as our new buddies arrived to join us. We did inform them that we were in the non-snoring area!
Morning came and a little chill in the air..burr but we were toasty warm in our bags. Breakfast & visit with our neighbors and off we headed up the Great Gulf. Bright sunshine warmed us and the views were spectacular. It was a little chilly, as you can tell from the ice on all the water and crunching ground. As we started up the waterfall, it became pretty slick with ice built up on the rocks. After I took one minor slip, ouch we mangaged fine.
There were two guys going up ahead of us that we passed but kept them in view as we continued up and into the rocks. We met a couple Canadians coming down that were in training for Arconcagua. We made it to the top of the Headwall with still bright blue skies and sunshine. Great views all around.
After a little corn chowder, sandwich,choc milk and a social visit with the guys that followed us up the Gulf off we headed. The skies had clouded up and the wind was blowing as we hiked down towards Nelson Crag. We arrived at the Wamsutta trail and down we headed. The trail was really nice, narrow & steep in places but had nice views of the Gulf as we went down. Arrived back at Clam Rock and packed up our tents and gear and out we went. Our plan was to stay in Lincoln so our next day climbing at Rumney would be an easy ride.
Showers and off to dinner, met Arm, Stevo & Rebecca for dinner and watched the Sox(with little naps in between)...
Morning came and off to Rumney for a full day of fun rock climbing. Ran into a few friends at Rumney, Natreb, Carrie & Steve.
Great weekend of multi-sports!
Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/GreatGulfBackpackToMtWashingtonRumneyRockClimbing#
