Day 176

Mahoosuc Notch and Arm. The hardest mile on the AT. Given the time crunch of summiting 9/11, my general distaste for the Whites and New Hampshire and the advice of Wingit (who thru hiked previously), we decided to jump up to 1900. Originally we were gonna go out for 2 days and do the notch on Wednesday but there’s the possibility of rain and we all wanted to do it together. this is not a section to do in wet weather. Lots of scrambling, using hands to pull and rock climbing. We actually put our poles away. It was actually fun-challenging in a different way and a whole body workout. The arm was super steep and more climbing. Old speck mountain was the same but a lot more exposed so felt more scary. But overall the day was good- nice views, decent hiking. Maine actually has blazes and some regular trail between the hard stuff.