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mryan
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The three of us had a perfect day on saturday. the sky was clear and the wind was calm and the temperature was comfortable.
we began up tuckerman's from pinkham notch at 8:45am. as we turned down the huntington path, a group walking towards us told us that the cutler river was high. so we followed them up to the harvard lodge access path in order to circumvent the river.
we turned left into huntington and in a few minutes, the headwall appeared. it certainly looks daunting from the bottom. it's steep and high. at the base of the headwall, we ran into a few people but, for the most part, the path was fairly desolate, at least in comparison with a typical day in tuckerman.
the headwall took an hour or so. we were alone and unhurried. the views were incredible.
at 12:45, we reached the summit house, where fat people stuff themselves with chili dogs, salty soup, and french fries. we rested for half an hour and then descended via tuckerman. bad idea. five million people, it seemed, were on their way up. on the way down, i had noticed several people wearing a memorial hike t-shirt. eventually, i stopped a woman sporting one to ask about it. it was in memory of a portland man whose brother was on one of the planes.
the lady was funny. she was english and spoke with a thick brogue. down in the ravine, she said, there was a man lying on the ground with a waek pulse. apparently, he had collapsed. she and some people stopped to help. they asked where his group was. he was, he said, with oa and they had left him behind to get to the summit. the lady was pissed:"if i see those oa bastards at the top, i'm going to kick their ass. you can't let a man hike on a celery stick and some yogurt.!" i'm thinking: oa? who the hell is that? my girlfriend asked. it was overeaters anonymous. the fat bastard was on a diet and didn't eat enough. that and he was in no shape to hike up such a large mountain. suggestion to oa: start smaller. think mt. wachusett.
well, we made back down to the notch in just over 2 hrs. all in all, a very successful day hiking.
we began up tuckerman's from pinkham notch at 8:45am. as we turned down the huntington path, a group walking towards us told us that the cutler river was high. so we followed them up to the harvard lodge access path in order to circumvent the river.
we turned left into huntington and in a few minutes, the headwall appeared. it certainly looks daunting from the bottom. it's steep and high. at the base of the headwall, we ran into a few people but, for the most part, the path was fairly desolate, at least in comparison with a typical day in tuckerman.
the headwall took an hour or so. we were alone and unhurried. the views were incredible.
at 12:45, we reached the summit house, where fat people stuff themselves with chili dogs, salty soup, and french fries. we rested for half an hour and then descended via tuckerman. bad idea. five million people, it seemed, were on their way up. on the way down, i had noticed several people wearing a memorial hike t-shirt. eventually, i stopped a woman sporting one to ask about it. it was in memory of a portland man whose brother was on one of the planes.
the lady was funny. she was english and spoke with a thick brogue. down in the ravine, she said, there was a man lying on the ground with a waek pulse. apparently, he had collapsed. she and some people stopped to help. they asked where his group was. he was, he said, with oa and they had left him behind to get to the summit. the lady was pissed:"if i see those oa bastards at the top, i'm going to kick their ass. you can't let a man hike on a celery stick and some yogurt.!" i'm thinking: oa? who the hell is that? my girlfriend asked. it was overeaters anonymous. the fat bastard was on a diet and didn't eat enough. that and he was in no shape to hike up such a large mountain. suggestion to oa: start smaller. think mt. wachusett.
well, we made back down to the notch in just over 2 hrs. all in all, a very successful day hiking.
