[at-l] Room for improvement

[Richard Calkins]

Tesnate Gap also kicked my backside, but I don't think anything south of Vermont really compares with some of the climbs from there to Katahdin.  One that I thought was the worst was Mahoosuc Arm.   Everyone talks about what a challenge the notch is, but I followed the advice in the book to treat it as the world's largest jungle gym and that worked for me.  Then I started up the arm and it just about killed me.  Yet I don't recall anyone else complaining about the arm in their journals, or any warnings in the guide book.  Always seemed strange to me...

Longhaul
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Bennett<mailto:bennettk at wfu.edu> 
  To: Mark Hudson<mailto:mvhudson at gmail.com> 
  Cc: at-l at backcountry.net<mailto:at-l at backcountry.net> 
  Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Room for improvement


  > I would mention a
  > particularly grueling climb (Tesnate Gap),




  Tesnate Gap was the *worst*. Argh. Straight up the side of the (bad word)
  mountain. There was a guy on a huge motorcycle idling in the little parking
  area at the bottom, and he had Elvis singing 'The Battle Hymn of the
  Republic' on his radio as we climbed. Surreal.

  I remember meeting another hiker who said that Sassafras Mtn was the worst
  climb ever, and so we dreaded Sassafras for a day or two. Then we climbed
  it, and it wasn't hard at all.

  So I totally agree that there are lots of factors that influence how hard a
  particular climb will feel on any given day.

  --Ken B
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