a trail to self discovery...

Start Time: 6:00am Location: Lincoln Woods Trail Head Distance: 19.1 miles Goal: Bag Bondcliff, Bond, West Bond, Guyout, and Zealand End Time: 3:54pm Finally the weather had been cooperating the way I had hoped for. I knew the day would come when I would eventually take the beautiful trek that is into the Bonds. Today was the day! I'd say a vast majority of hikers who are in the process of completing their 48, will most likely if not already, finish on the Bonds. I felt differently towards that. I didn't want to wait for my very last hike to be super long and the most popular. Not even the most beautiful. Sometimes you must learn to take the good with the bad. We arrived at the parking lot of Lincoln Woods Trail head just before 6:00am. We had planned to hit the trail at 6 and give ourselves roughly 13 hours to complete this trek. Knowing it is just as long as a presi traverse and pretty close to the same elevation gain, I felt that was fair. Getting ready to

As most of you already know, I work on the tallest peak in the North East. Mount Washington. Yes, I live up there for one week at a time while I am working, then I head down to my valley home for a week off. This week I decided with such a beautiful day to hike down and out on my last day of work. Yes, I would consider myself incredibly lucky. As most of you reading this would as well. I am not really red lining, however it is one of my many goal to hike all trails to the summit of Mount Washington. With that being said, I have done: Lion Head (winter & summer) Tuckerman Ravine Trail Ammonusac Ravine Trail Jewel Trail Gulfside Trail West Side Trail Trinity Heights Connector Nelson Crag Trail (part of) Crawford Path So this time around, a friend mentioned he would be hiking up the Glen Boulder Trail that afternoon and down Boot Spur. This was my opportunity to tag along after work and hike down Boot Spur since I had never hiked this trail before.