August 6, 2010

Up early to beat the crowds, Rob and I headed up the Hunt Trail for the last 5.2 miles of my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. The summit was in and out of clouds, but we had made arrangements with Pamola (Keeper of Katahdin, a creature with the head of a moose, wings and feet of an eagle, and torso of a man) for clear skies from 11 to 1, and he kept to his word. We met some thru-hikers coming down across the Tableland....including Picker!! It was really great to see him again. I hadn't seen him since Pearisburg, VA! At the summit Rob and I re-staged a historic photo of Myron Avery and his measuring wheel (I packed a converted bicycle wheel up the mountain with me), and attracted a LOT of attention. We came down via the Knife Edge and Dudley, probably the hardest way off the mountain, but it was fun.