Ed'n Lauky
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Beautiful, breathtaking, awesome. Those words are an understatement for the Beaver Brook trail as it goes up along the Beaver Brook cascades.
I had heard about the grandeur of the trail and also about the steps and hand rails. I wasn’t sure what I would be getting into so I decided to wait for a day when there would be neither snow nor rain.
I was pretty sure I wouldn’t have any problems but I wasn’t sure how difficult it would be for Duffy. Just in case I had a 6 foot leash in my pocket and a 20 foot lead in my backpack. As it turned out Duffy was totally untroubled by the ledges. I couldn’t keep up with him either going up or down.
Generally speaking he didn’t bother with the wooden steps he just went up and down the sometimes very slick granite slabs. He has an interesting technique for descending the slick, wet granite. He bent his rear legs in such a way that he could use the entire leg right to the joint as a break. It was quite effective.
On top It was clear and warm with almost no wind. How many times do you find those conditions on Moosilauke? Duffy, who never gets cold, actually found it too warm on top. He much preferred walking down in the shade of the trees.
The bushwhack up Mt. Blue was a total spur of the moment decision. As the trail reached its high point along Mt. Blue I saw what looked like a herd trail. I had never given the slightest thought to climbing Mt. Blue, but seeing the herd trail got the ‘juices’ flowing again after last summer’s bushwhacks to finish off the NE 100 highest. I just had to go for it.
As so often is the case, the herd trail very quickly disappeared, only to reappear near the summit. At the summit I found a Gatorade bottle hanging from a tree with a zip-lock bag inside with a few scraps of paper. The last person to sign in was Nefarious Nate on May 26, 2007. It wasn’t quite the class of the canisters on the NE100 highest but it works.
As I said, I hadn’t given the slightest thought to climbing Mt. Blue. I only did it because I saw the herd trail. However, I conclude that where there is a bottle there must be a list. Can anyone help me out and tell me what list Mt. Blue is on? Having finished the 100 highest I need new worlds to conquer. Perhaps this could be the next challenge. Pictures of today’s hike may be found at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Boondeck/BEAVERBROOKTRAIL
I had heard about the grandeur of the trail and also about the steps and hand rails. I wasn’t sure what I would be getting into so I decided to wait for a day when there would be neither snow nor rain.
I was pretty sure I wouldn’t have any problems but I wasn’t sure how difficult it would be for Duffy. Just in case I had a 6 foot leash in my pocket and a 20 foot lead in my backpack. As it turned out Duffy was totally untroubled by the ledges. I couldn’t keep up with him either going up or down.
Generally speaking he didn’t bother with the wooden steps he just went up and down the sometimes very slick granite slabs. He has an interesting technique for descending the slick, wet granite. He bent his rear legs in such a way that he could use the entire leg right to the joint as a break. It was quite effective.
On top It was clear and warm with almost no wind. How many times do you find those conditions on Moosilauke? Duffy, who never gets cold, actually found it too warm on top. He much preferred walking down in the shade of the trees.
The bushwhack up Mt. Blue was a total spur of the moment decision. As the trail reached its high point along Mt. Blue I saw what looked like a herd trail. I had never given the slightest thought to climbing Mt. Blue, but seeing the herd trail got the ‘juices’ flowing again after last summer’s bushwhacks to finish off the NE 100 highest. I just had to go for it.
As so often is the case, the herd trail very quickly disappeared, only to reappear near the summit. At the summit I found a Gatorade bottle hanging from a tree with a zip-lock bag inside with a few scraps of paper. The last person to sign in was Nefarious Nate on May 26, 2007. It wasn’t quite the class of the canisters on the NE100 highest but it works.
As I said, I hadn’t given the slightest thought to climbing Mt. Blue. I only did it because I saw the herd trail. However, I conclude that where there is a bottle there must be a list. Can anyone help me out and tell me what list Mt. Blue is on? Having finished the 100 highest I need new worlds to conquer. Perhaps this could be the next challenge. Pictures of today’s hike may be found at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Boondeck/BEAVERBROOKTRAIL
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