Tom Rankin
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Great week in Baxter to finish, starting with Katahdin, Hamlin then N. Brother, with Laurie and crew! More later.
W115 done!
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Lucky Laura
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WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Congratulations, Tom and Laurie! What a place to finish! Looking forward to reading the trip report and maybe seeing some photos. Any idea on the car mileage it took?! Bravo, bravo, bravo!
Lucky Laura
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Awesome!! Congrats on the incredible achievement!!! Glad you finished somewhere proper. 
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Congratulations Tom and Laurie!!!
John H Swanson
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Big Congrats. Welcome to the club.
daxs
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Congrats to both of you!
yvon
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Yessssss!!!! Congratulations Tom and Laurie!!!
mirabela
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Congratulations! That's a big accomplishment!
Tom Rankin
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3/10 - We walked into Roaring Brook campground from Abol Bridge. 1000' of elevation gain over 12 miles on snomo trails.
3/11 - We walked up to Chimney Pond, and dropped our gear (we all used pulks), and since the weather was favorable, we made a run for the peaks. The Saddle trail was mostly hard packed snow, but steep! It turned from sunny and HOT to windy and cool. There was an undercast for quite a while. We did Katahdin first then Hamlin, and down the Ridge trail. 4500' of elevation gain over 10 miles.
3/12 - We celebrated while it rained. Some folks walked out to the cars and rejoined us later.
3/13 - We walked back down to Roaring Brook. More people walked out to civilization. More celebrations!
3/14 - We walked back to Abol Bridge and slept in Millinocket. The butt sliding in a pulk was incredible! I think I broke the park speed limit.
3/15 - We walked into Daicey Pond, 10 miles on snomo trails, about 1000' of elevation.
3/16 - We walked 4 miles on the road to the trailhead for North Brother. Then we hit the trail. The trail was mostly hard packed. After all that walking we were pretty tired, but we plodded on and up the trail that has three steep sections. Eventually we were at the top! It was windy but just below the top we found shelter and had a great celebration.
3/17 - We walked and slid out to the cars. Now it was official! W115!
We figured we walked about 75 miles and did over 10,000' of elevation!
Thanks to John G. for being the group photographer! Thanks to Big and Slow, Poop Smith, SoloJoe, Paula, JayH, ManBearPig, and Kerry for going along! It was a great team!
Special thanks and love to my wonderful wife Laurie!
3/11 - We walked up to Chimney Pond, and dropped our gear (we all used pulks), and since the weather was favorable, we made a run for the peaks. The Saddle trail was mostly hard packed snow, but steep! It turned from sunny and HOT to windy and cool. There was an undercast for quite a while. We did Katahdin first then Hamlin, and down the Ridge trail. 4500' of elevation gain over 10 miles.
3/12 - We celebrated while it rained. Some folks walked out to the cars and rejoined us later.
3/13 - We walked back down to Roaring Brook. More people walked out to civilization. More celebrations!
3/14 - We walked back to Abol Bridge and slept in Millinocket. The butt sliding in a pulk was incredible!
I think I broke the park speed limit. 3/15 - We walked into Daicey Pond, 10 miles on snomo trails, about 1000' of elevation.
3/16 - We walked 4 miles on the road to the trailhead for North Brother. Then we hit the trail. The trail was mostly hard packed. After all that walking we were pretty tired, but we plodded on and up the trail that has three steep sections. Eventually we were at the top! It was windy but just below the top we found shelter and had a great celebration.
3/17 - We walked and slid out to the cars. Now it was official! W115!
We figured we walked about 75 miles and did over 10,000' of elevation!
Thanks to John G. for being the group photographer! Thanks to Big and Slow, Poop Smith, SoloJoe, Paula, JayH, ManBearPig, and Kerry for going along! It was a great team!
Special thanks and love to my wonderful wife Laurie!
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Nice job and congratulations!
Tim
Tim
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Awesome you two very big CONGRATULATIONS
You put together a great team for the trip
I want to see pictures
You put together a great team for the trip
I want to see pictures
RollingRock
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What an accomplishment! But more important, the lasting memories you've retained over the journey.
NorthShore
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Congratulations Tom and Laurie!!!
procook131
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Congrats again you two and as Swanson said, welcome to the club! I wonder if any others will (or have) finish/ed this year. The six of us New Yorkers (well I am still at heart) is a lot, probably the most people to finish the W111 in the same year. We should all party.....
Going to the 46er winter dinner by chance?
Going to the 46er winter dinner by chance?
Wow, I've been to Baxter many times so I have a pretty good idea of the difficulty level of what you accomplished while there. It sounds like quite a trip!! Congratulations on both counts, what you did in Baxter, as well as finishing your 115!!!
Tom Rankin
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Procook: There are 7 NY'ers that I know of, d.g., s.c.n., l.n., you two, and us two. Also, Nat from Quebec. And I believe Timmus told me there are more Quebec finishers.
Not going to the W46R Dinner, due to conflict, but maybe the AMC Dinner.
Not going to the W46R Dinner, due to conflict, but maybe the AMC Dinner.
Chip
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Congrats to Tom, Laurie and the team. Sounds like a great trip. I need to get back there for views sometime.
Jay H
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Photos from the Roaring Brook-Chimney Pond trip...
Sunday, Mar 10th: Abol bridge to Roaring Brook
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130310EnteringBSPAbolBridgeToRoaringBrook
Monday, Mar 11th, Roaring Brook to Chimney Pond and Saddle Trail to Hamlin->Howe->North Howe->Baxter Peak
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130311RoaringBrookToChimneyPondAndSummitDay
Tuesday, Mar 12th, warm and wet day at Chimney Pond. A lot of card playing and tomfoolery.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130312WeatherDayAtChimneyPond
Wednesday, Mar 13th A short trip down to Roaring Brook from Chimney Pond.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130313ChimneyPondToRoaringBrook
Thursday, Mar 14th, a fast sled pull out to Abol Bridge
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130314RoaringBrookOutToAbolBridge
Sunday, Mar 10th: Abol bridge to Roaring Brook
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130310EnteringBSPAbolBridgeToRoaringBrook
Monday, Mar 11th, Roaring Brook to Chimney Pond and Saddle Trail to Hamlin->Howe->North Howe->Baxter Peak
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130311RoaringBrookToChimneyPondAndSummitDay
Tuesday, Mar 12th, warm and wet day at Chimney Pond. A lot of card playing and tomfoolery.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130312WeatherDayAtChimneyPond
Wednesday, Mar 13th A short trip down to Roaring Brook from Chimney Pond.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130313ChimneyPondToRoaringBrook
Thursday, Mar 14th, a fast sled pull out to Abol Bridge
https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130314RoaringBrookOutToAbolBridge
Lefty E
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Excellent work and looks like a fun time with those pics!! Thanks Tom for kicking steps into Wildcat A slide a couple years ago...I used them shortly after...
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