king tut
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I spent the long weekend back in western Maine, and decided that on the drive back to Vermont that I would go for a hike. I had been thinking of doing Jay Peak and Big Jay or Boundary Mt, but the thought of doing the less than 4k peaks did not seem too exciting. After some thinking, I decided to go do Mt Waumbek since it is only 1/3 of a mile off of rte 2 and was also a 4k mountain. So, I awoke a little after 6 this morning and headed over to NH. The skies were partly cloudy w/ the sun poking through as I drove through the Mexico and Bethel areas. The day looked promising!
The day's promise quickly faded as soon as I hit the NH border and the rain started to fall. Just a passing shower, right? I arrived at the trailhead around 8:30 and slowly started getting ready for my hike. I had considered hiking Washington today for like the 6th or 7th time, but upon waking up this morning had discovered that my body was very stiff from playing 4 sets of tennis and trying to imitate Andre Agassi. The closest I got to the imitation was looking as stiff and old as he did after he was done at the U.S. Open, and I didn't even get a standing ovation for that. I slowly staggered up the trail, with only about 30 % of my body parts working properly.
The 3.6 mile hike up to the top was at a moderate steepness, but no difficult sections. My only problem was that my hamstring that I tore 2 months prior was now aching w/ every step upward that I took. And it was still raining. I gimped my way to the top in around 3 hours time. Very slow. I got to the top to find... a rock pile?? Wow, lovely summit. I took 3 minutes to eat last night's leftover hamburger and headed back down the trail muttering, "I climbed all the way up for this?"
The trip down was much quicker. I saw about 7-8 other people on the hike today, all seeming to move at about twice my speed. I stopped about 2/3 of the way down to check my cell phone to see what time it was, and discovered that my phone was all wet and had died! As of press time, the phone is now officially DOA. I ended up back at the car a little after 1 p.m. I was happy to be done. 7.2 miles, 2600 vertical, 1 dead cell phone, 1 soggy, grumpy hiker w/ a sore hamstring/back/knee.
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The day's promise quickly faded as soon as I hit the NH border and the rain started to fall. Just a passing shower, right? I arrived at the trailhead around 8:30 and slowly started getting ready for my hike. I had considered hiking Washington today for like the 6th or 7th time, but upon waking up this morning had discovered that my body was very stiff from playing 4 sets of tennis and trying to imitate Andre Agassi. The closest I got to the imitation was looking as stiff and old as he did after he was done at the U.S. Open, and I didn't even get a standing ovation for that. I slowly staggered up the trail, with only about 30 % of my body parts working properly.
The 3.6 mile hike up to the top was at a moderate steepness, but no difficult sections. My only problem was that my hamstring that I tore 2 months prior was now aching w/ every step upward that I took. And it was still raining. I gimped my way to the top in around 3 hours time. Very slow. I got to the top to find... a rock pile?? Wow, lovely summit. I took 3 minutes to eat last night's leftover hamburger and headed back down the trail muttering, "I climbed all the way up for this?"
The trip down was much quicker. I saw about 7-8 other people on the hike today, all seeming to move at about twice my speed. I stopped about 2/3 of the way down to check my cell phone to see what time it was, and discovered that my phone was all wet and had died! As of press time, the phone is now officially DOA. I ended up back at the car a little after 1 p.m. I was happy to be done. 7.2 miles, 2600 vertical, 1 dead cell phone, 1 soggy, grumpy hiker w/ a sore hamstring/back/knee.
#15 of the 48
#33 of the 67
