We asked our Base Camp Manager to send our cold weather gear back to us at the Welcome Hikers Hostel in Glencliff, New Hampshire, so retrieving that package was our #1 priority for the day. As we were more than willing to postpone Mt. Moosilauke and the start of the White’s until tomorrow, that meant we had a short, easy day today, AT-wise. Neither of the day’s climbs (about 1,000′ up Ore Hill and about 600′ up Mt. Mist) was particularly hard. With yesterday’s “gang of five” still hiking together, we covered the distance in just over five hours.

We did have one other piece of business to complete today: a visit to nearby latitude 44N longitude 72W. Visiting such whole integer lat-long crossings is a true passion for N, one that has taken him literally around the world. We invite you to check this out on the website for the Degree Confluence Project: 44N, 72W

OK, back to the AT. With time at the hostel after we made the dinner/ resupply run to nearby Warren and its numerous tourist attractions (as documented in the photo section), we had time to plan the first few days in the Whites. Here Kleenex stepped up big time, volunteering her sister Alison (who has the next few days off) to help us with some serious slack packing. With a light load and a great weather forecast, we are excited about tomorrow’s climb over Moosilauke and into North Woodstock.

And did we mention we went under 400 miles to go this morning???