[at-l] Room for improvement

[Mark Hudson]

Ah yes, the ARM! Same sentiments here, everyone talks about the notch and
leaves the arm as a surprise. After all the work my poor body did to get
through the Whites the Arm was nearly a coup de grace. I ended up making an
unplanned stop in Andover to recover.

skeeter

On 1/7/07, Richard Calkins <racalkins at msn.com> wrote:
>
>  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 <bennettk at wfu.edu>
> *To:* Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* 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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