percious
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I think everyone elected me to do the trip report. So here goes.
8:45 Saturday morning I show up for an embarrasing introduction, and a few minutes later we are all happily trotting down the White Dot, destined for Monadnock's summit. It is a cool clear day, and soon everyone is warming up and stripping down to base layers.
We reach the cascade trail (or was it the link) and head off in that direction. A babbling brook flows to our left as we ascend the effortless trail leading towards the summit. Soon, a few views open up and we all pause to take in the sites.
Pretty soon a scramble makes itself apparent, and Hamp and I cannot resist the urge to bushwhack for a bit, so we separate from the rest of the group. The scramble is delectable, and offers views along the way, in addition to some good avi-shots. We attain the ridgeline after some hand-over hand, and are soon reunited with the group.
Everyone is now bundled in their wind protection layer, and we all plod our way to the summit. The terrain is rocky with patcy ice, and I decide it would be fun to go for a ride, purposefully sliding down the ice, in opposition to our progress. Everyone laughs, and my butt is wet, but hey, I'm the elected clown for the day anyway.
Hamp an I enjoy some more slip sliding on the way up the summit, and grab a few nice shots. Everyone else is being very carefull. (as they should) We reach the summit without much difficulty, to find it swarmed with humans, as usual. We all hunker down and share a thermolite pad and some warm hot cocoa from my thermos.
After our long and pleasant break, we all continue down the white dot trail eventually picking up the Ampitheatre trail. I make note of a couple of places where I may have lost the trail last spring. Abster regales us with stories of Colorado. The ampitheatre trail is pleasant, and before long Hamp is sprinting up Bald peak; we finally get our heartrate up for the day. I sit and break for more cocoa, and we all decide it is best to descend. We follow a series of "S"s down the mountain reaching another trail of "C"s. It is at this point my knee is screaming, no doubt a result of my earlier tom-foolery. Along the "C" trail we stop at a few famous-writer-seats and take in the view. Most of the clan explores the wolf-dens, but everyone comes back alive.
The rest of the trail was a bit of a slog, but we made quick work of it, emerging by the local drinking water supply, which has a mirror finish to it today. We arrive back at the car no worse for wear.
Four of us continue on to Jaffrey, and after being denied two times, we finally found some beer and pizza. The sign on the place reads "Share a pizza with someone you love." I think I will end the TR with that.
cheers.
-percious
[edit] pictures: www.percious.com/hiking (fixed)
8:45 Saturday morning I show up for an embarrasing introduction, and a few minutes later we are all happily trotting down the White Dot, destined for Monadnock's summit. It is a cool clear day, and soon everyone is warming up and stripping down to base layers.
We reach the cascade trail (or was it the link) and head off in that direction. A babbling brook flows to our left as we ascend the effortless trail leading towards the summit. Soon, a few views open up and we all pause to take in the sites.
Pretty soon a scramble makes itself apparent, and Hamp and I cannot resist the urge to bushwhack for a bit, so we separate from the rest of the group. The scramble is delectable, and offers views along the way, in addition to some good avi-shots. We attain the ridgeline after some hand-over hand, and are soon reunited with the group.
Everyone is now bundled in their wind protection layer, and we all plod our way to the summit. The terrain is rocky with patcy ice, and I decide it would be fun to go for a ride, purposefully sliding down the ice, in opposition to our progress. Everyone laughs, and my butt is wet, but hey, I'm the elected clown for the day anyway.
Hamp an I enjoy some more slip sliding on the way up the summit, and grab a few nice shots. Everyone else is being very carefull. (as they should) We reach the summit without much difficulty, to find it swarmed with humans, as usual. We all hunker down and share a thermolite pad and some warm hot cocoa from my thermos.
After our long and pleasant break, we all continue down the white dot trail eventually picking up the Ampitheatre trail. I make note of a couple of places where I may have lost the trail last spring. Abster regales us with stories of Colorado. The ampitheatre trail is pleasant, and before long Hamp is sprinting up Bald peak; we finally get our heartrate up for the day. I sit and break for more cocoa, and we all decide it is best to descend. We follow a series of "S"s down the mountain reaching another trail of "C"s. It is at this point my knee is screaming, no doubt a result of my earlier tom-foolery. Along the "C" trail we stop at a few famous-writer-seats and take in the view. Most of the clan explores the wolf-dens, but everyone comes back alive.
The rest of the trail was a bit of a slog, but we made quick work of it, emerging by the local drinking water supply, which has a mirror finish to it today. We arrive back at the car no worse for wear.
Four of us continue on to Jaffrey, and after being denied two times, we finally found some beer and pizza. The sign on the place reads "Share a pizza with someone you love." I think I will end the TR with that.
cheers.
-percious
[edit] pictures: www.percious.com/hiking (fixed)
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