29/02/2008 by amylamsg

Maine – Post-Hike

4 Sep 2005 / Day 128

Big Moose Inn – Millinocket Lake
In a total state of joy, exhaustion and apprehension but what a wonderful way to celebrate May HALD, my second daughter’s birthday. That similar kind of feelings after labour and childbirth! Time is necessary to reveal a clearer picture for this challenge. It was miraculous that I have managed to complete a 2,175mi/3,400km thru-hike. 127 days were never taken for granted as accidents, treacherous weather conditions, injuries, illness etc could have terminated the hike.

Thanks be to the Heaven above and to all the surrounding Guardian Angels.

Sincere appreciations to Warren & Terry DOYLE, Mary COOPER, Karen SCALF-BENHAM, John BREDENKAMP, Mike SHEPHARD and everyone, either in person or spirit who has crossed this path with me.

Quotes and proverbs are short sentences based on long experience –
Thomas Carlyle

28/02/2008 by amylamsg

Maine/AT

14 Aug – 3 Sep 2005 / Day 107 – Day 127

AT mileage: 261mi/452km
Days to hike: 19 days
Day 119: zero mile day

Elevation ranging from 400′ – 5,267′/149 – 1,606m
Difficulty rating: 3 – 10 (scale of 1 – 10)
Not recommended for novice hikers
Mahoosuc sections took an hour to hike 1 mile
Grabbing on to tree roots & limbs to ascent & decent
Dangerous when wet
Kennebec River – please take the free canoe service across
Plentiful of lakes, streams & bogs
Views – spectacularly breathtaking with serenity
Moose sighting

In wilderness is the perservation of the world – Henry David Thoreau

25/02/2008 by amylamsg

New Hampshire/AT

3 Aug – 13 Aug 2005 / Day 96 – Day 106

AT mileage: 161mi/256km
Days to hike: 10 days
Day 96: zero mile day

Elevation ranging from 400′ – 6,288′/122 – 1,916m
Difficulty rating: 6 – 10 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Forest – White Mountains
Rugged & beautiful
Steep ascents & decents
Much above timber line – exposed
Trail town – Hanover/Dartmouth college

To get throught the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping – Chinese Proverb

23/02/2008 by amylamsg

Vermont/AT

27 Jul – 2 Aug 2005 / Day 89 – Day 95

AT mileage: 150mi/241km
Days to hike: 7 days

Elevation ranging from 400′ – 4,010′/122 – 1,222m
Difficulty rating: 5 – 6 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Forest – Green Mountains
Rugged & wooded hills
Overgrown farmlands
Can be muddy depending on the weather
Shares 100mi/161km with the Long Trail

Believing in yourself is an endless destination. Believing you have failed is the end of the journey – Sarah Meredith

20/02/2008 by amylamsg

Massachusetts/AT

22 Jul – 26 Jul 2005 / Day 84 – Day 88

AT mileage: 90mi/145km
Days to hike: 4 days

Elevation ranging from 650′ – 3,491′/198 – 1,864m
Difficulty rating: 3 – 6 (scale of 1 – 10)
Wooded hills & valleys
Ascents, thought sometimes steep are seldom sustained
Caution – CXG Railroad crossing can take a while if caught by the freight train
Trail towns – Dalton & Cheshire

The secret of good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude –
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

19/02/2008 by amylamsg

Connecticut/AT

19 Jul – 21 Jul 2005 / Day 81 – Day 83

AT mileage: 52mi/83km
Days to hike: 3 days

Elevation ranging from 260′ – 2,316′/80 – 706m
Difficulty rating: 4 – 5 (scale of 1 – 10)
Scenic with pastoral views
Section near Falls Village along riverbank is wheelchair accessible
Longest riverside walk
Trail town – Falls Village

Once bitten by a snake, you will feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope –
Dalai Lama

18/02/2008 by amylamsg

New York/AT

14 Jul – 18 Jul 2005 / Day 76 – Day 80

AT mileage: 88mi/141.6km
Days to hike: 5 days

Elevation ranging from 124′ – 1,433′/38 – 437m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 5 (scale of 1 – 10)
Less secluded but more wooded & removed from civilization than expected
NY Metro North train stops at AT Station if you waved at the train
Passes through the zoo
Crosses the oldest US suspension bridge
Trail town – Pawling

I have not told you even half of the things that I have seen – Marco Polo

15/02/2008 by amylamsg

New Jersey/AT

10 Jul – 12 Jul 2005 / Day 72 – Day 75

AT mileage: 72mi/116km
Days to hike: 4 days

Elevation ranging from 350′ – 1,685′/106 – 514m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 5 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Parks – Delaware Water Gap Recreation
Rugged & remote
Abundant wildlife
Trail town – Unionville

A hungry man is an angry man – English Proverb

14/02/2008 by amylamsg

Pennsylvania/AT

27 Jun – 9 Jul 2005 / Day 59 – Day 71

AT mileage: 229mi/368km
Days to hike: 13

Elevation ranging from 320′ – 2,080′/97 – 634m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 4 (scale of 1 – 10)
Long rocky ridges
Strenous climbs in and out of gaps
Crosses many roads
Southern section – gentle
After Lehigh River Bridge, rocky climb to the ‘Twlight Zone’ (where uncontrolled zinc-mining has done great injustice to the nature)
Trail towns – Boiling Springs, Duncannon & Port Clinton

The longest journey of any person is the journey inward – Dag Hammarskjold

13/02/2008 by amylamsg

Maryland/AT

25 Jun – 26 Jun 2005 / Day 57 – Day 58

AT mileage: 41mi/66km
Days to hike: 2

Elevation ranging from 230′ – 1,880′/70 – 573m
Difficulty rating: 2 – 3 (scale of 1 – 10)
National Park – Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Historic
Most historical section – American Civil War
First monument dedicated to the memory of George Washington

Civilzation, if it is not in man’s heart; well, then it is nowhere – George Duhamel

Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything

Life's Journey…

Month: February 2008