The Hardest mile?

[Neemor]

Hello! I have been putting together the videos I filmed on my thruhike.

Here is the Mahoosuc Notch video!

http://youtu.be/42hQgUy_LfA

Some of you know that I vloged the whole trip and have those videos up my youtube channel as well.

Thank you all!

[rafe]

Nice. Great music, too.

[Lone Wolf]

more like slowest mile. not very hard

[Tipi Walter]

Thanks for the vid but I'm not a fan of high-speed, sped-up-jerky backpacking videos. Is the Notch not impressive enough at regular speed??

[rafe]

more like slowest mile. not very hard

Slow because it's hard.

It gets a bit technical at times. I hiked it SOBO a few weeks ago with Slo. The rocks were still a bit slippery even though it hadn't rained for days. There was one place where I was kinda stumped and needed a hand-up from Slo. I just couldn't get a hand hold or foot hold in order to pull myself up to the next ledge. Maybe just harder for short people.

In any case it took us about two and a half hours to get through it. As I recall it took me about two hours, going the other way, solo, about 17 years ago.

The trail heading south from there wasn't much easier, it took the rest of the day to get to Carlo Col shelter and that's barely six miles.

[rafe]

Thanks for the vid but I'm not a fan of high-speed, sped-up-jerky backpacking videos. Is the Notch not impressive enough at regular speed??

In general, hiking isn't much of a spectator sport.

[Lone Wolf]

it's .8 of a mile. took you 2 hours? i did it in 40 minutes once

[Lone Wolf]

In general, hiking isn't much of a spectator sport.

or much of a sport to read about

[Neemor]

Thanks for the vid but I'm not a fan of high-speed, sped-up-jerky backpacking videos. Is the Notch not impressive enough at regular speed??

I had about 50 minutes of video and decide that the audience who would watch it for that long was very small. So I mixed it up.

[Traveler]

it's .8 of a mile. took you 2 hours? i did it in 40 minutes once

I'll wager you can chug a 57 Rothschild in 15 seconds.

[Lone Wolf]

I'll wager you can chug a 57 Rothschild in 15 seconds.

yeah sure. whatever that is. stay on topic

[Traveler]

yeah sure. whatever that is. stay on topic

OK, sorry for the oblique reference to the claim.

[hikernutcasey]

I had about 50 minutes of video and decide that the audience who would watch it for that long was very small. So I mixed it up.

I for one thought it was really cool. 50 minutes of unedited video would have been boring but your take with the music choice was great! Tune out the naysayers.

[Neemor]

I for one thought it was really cool. Tune out the naysayers.

Haha thank you!

[LIhikers]

My wife and I did the notch this past summer.
You might not believe this but it took us the better part of 5 hours.
Of course most of the time was spent trying to get our 90 pound dog, a shepherd, up and over the rocks without hurting her.
She (the dog) was so tired by the end that we finished the day at the camp site at the north end of the notch.
As it turns out, that was a good thing as it rained after we set up camp and didn't have to go up the arm in the pouring rain.

[Wil]

it's .8 of a mile. took you 2 hours? i did it in 40 minutes once

Was that unassisted? What's the current record?

[Tennessee Viking]

Looks like Big Guy or Large Pack Hell

I have rock scrambled and climbed side hills up waterfalls but nothing that bad.

[Lone Wolf]

Was that unassisted? What's the current record?

unassisted with a real pack not those weenie day packs y'all carry nowadays

[Nodust]

Me and my sons 15 and 12 did the both this summer. The notch was fun, took us about 2 hour. The arm was the killer.

[rafe]

unassisted with a real pack not those weenie day packs y'all carry nowadays

Yeah, back in the day when real men carried cinder blocks in their packs, 'cuz otherwise it was just too damned easy. Kids these days, sheesh!