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Did the Wildcats today. Started at 7:30 at the hostel, shuttled to Pinkham Notch. Got our power banks out of the hiker room, and met Toto there. Hiked up Wildcat D, which is the steepest climb on the AT. Was fun, but slow. Stopped for second breakfast at the ski lift. Then over the rest

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Did the five miles to the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center. Decided to go into town to resupply, hitched the 10 miles into Gorham. After resupplying went for the hostel stay. Did a Walmart visit, the last one on the AT probably. No Walmarts in the Maine part. Set up tent in the hostel’s backyard for

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Got up at 4:30 expecting a long day. Left Mizpah Spring Hut and hiked on to Lakes Of The Clouds. Got a bowl of scrambled eggs and burnt pancakes for second breakfast, then on to Mount Washington. Was an easy climb up there from the hut. A lot of dayhikers and weekenders around, as it

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Left the pond and climbed down into Crawford Notch. The climb out of there is basically the start of climbing Washington. Did Mount Jackson, then went on to Mizpah Spring Hut, where we arrived at about 2:30. The hut croo told us that hiking further up is not advisable, as space at Lake Of The

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No famous climbs today, but really good views of famous things. Started the day with a climb down a literal waterfall; trails here can be really unreasonable. Got a bowl of scrambled eggs in exchange for sweeping the floor at Galehead Hut, got some cake there, and hot chocolate. Then up South Twin, from where

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