"A picture's meaning..."

"...can express ten-thousand words."
-original Chinese proverb from streetcar advertisement

July 16, 2001

No written journal entry today, but lots of pictures.

A visual journal entry, shall we say.

First, a journal drawing of Pinkham Notch between the Wildcats-Carter area and the Presidentials:

The following pictures I took from Lowe's Bald right in the middle.

The Wildcats here:

The Wildcats had the steepest part of the whole Trail in my memory.  I remember a section where metal rungs were installed into a rock wall and you had to climb down (down for Southbounders).  I wondered how some of my friends with dogs would manage.

Carter Dome and Notch, where I had just stayed the night in Carter Notch Hut:

Adams and Madison:

I would stay the night at the very right side of this picture at a "campsite" (Osgood Tentsite) which was literally just a square patch of earth with some boards around it.  I would start the day going straight up Madison.

Washington:

The crown of the Presidentials, and where the idea of this thruhike was first sprung forth.