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Scott "Voyageur / Voyager" Piddington
City: Sanbornton
State: New Hampshire
Country: United States
Begins: Apr 21, 2013
Direction: Eastbound
Daily Summary
Date: Thu, Sep 5th, 2013
Start: 1.5mi up from Pine Shadow Trailhead
End: Capilla Peak NF Campground
Daily Distance: 13
Trip Distance: 684.7
Entry Lat: 34.69894
Entry Lng: -106.40099
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Fire recovery
Manzano Peak & Ridge
It was a good nights sleep up on the ridge. The day started off with a good 2000 foot climb. Just to be safe and avoid getting sick from altitude I took it slow. This was not easy for me but the lack of oxygen sure helped. Then there was the lack of easily discernible tread in the areas that had burned. This required a lot of focus especially in switchback areas. All things considered I did pretty well staying on trail. A few times I was a few feet below. A couple of times I lost it but found it again soon. Once toward the end of the day climbing Osha I just threw in the towel and made a bee line for the summit. It was a beautiful summit and the trail doesn't actually go over it but I was glad to be there and found the trail down the other side. There were a couple of other times I opted in a saddle to stick xc to the ridge rather than seek out the sidehilling trail. It was rough going but worth it. The side trip to the summit of Manzano was worth it
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"The road ahead leads ever on
down from my door where it began
to where many paths and errand meet." - JRR Tolkien
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