After an amazing peach-blueberry pancake breakfast at upper goose pond cabin, pushed out 20 miles to the birdcage hostel, and I haven't left. This is one of the secret hostels on the trail and it is amazing! Rob, the owner does your laundry, opens his house to you, and gives you a place to sleep, all while wanting nothing in return. After a zero day yesterday, I pushed a 23 mile slack pack 23 miles south from williamville mass, up over mt greylock which is the highest peak in mass with a 3500 ft ascent over 6 miles of continual uphill, back to the birdcage for one last night. tomorrow Rob will take me and the crew I'm hiking with, 23 miles north again, this time we will have all our gear and head north. I got my new boots yesterday,and used today's slack to break them in. They are great! I like them a lot better than my first pair. Tomorrow I'll be out of Massachusetts and on into Bennington,Vt for another secret hostel called the Vortex. Very secretive place, really excited to have the chance to stay there. Under 600 miles left to Katadhin and the Whites are about a week away. The miles keep rollin ,the terrain is beginning to get technical, and the weather is beginning to get cooler. Loving life.

-fresh
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