I am a Japanese female who came to the U.S. for the research opportunity as a scientist.
In my free time, I go hiking, backpacking, XC skiing. I love to be in the deep wilderness. I write my adventures from all over the world and Introduce the beauty of nature, from a viewpoint of Japanese.
日本出身の女性研究者かつハイカー。
休日はハイキング、バックパッキング、クロスカントリスキーなどで多忙。
日本人の視点から見た世界中の自然の美しさを、読者が旅をしているような感覚で読んで頂ければと思い、このブログを作成。
2019-07-21
Baldface Loop
<Japanese version is after English: 日本語は英語の後にあります>
This super HOT Saturday, we went hiking in South and North Baldface loop in White mountains, New Hampshire.
HOT HOT HOT! It was 38C (100F).
Total 9 miles, 3330 feet elevation gain.
We started at route13, via Baldface circle trail. There are south and north baldface (two mountain tops). First destination was South Baldface. 5 minutes after I started hiking, I already got sweat. First 2 miles was in the forest and mostly in the shade, but I was sweaty all the time.
Good thing was I brought frozen water bottles. To freeze 500 mL water bottle completely, you need to put it in the freezer at least for 48 hours. Wednesday night is the deadline to put water bottles in the freezer. I bring frozen bottles in a cooler box to a trailhead. Then I transfer bottles into my backpack at the trailhead. Because it was so hot, water started melting immediately. I get thirsty immediately, so all good. It was helpful to have cold water and wet my throat time to time.
Rocky trail
After getting out of forest, now rocky portion. This is a typical pattern of New England hike. Forest--steep rocky part--top. The left picture is the section of rocky trail.
This was the toughest section of the day. I regretted a little why I came hiking on a day of heat wave.
However, after this section was not bad.
Now we reached the top of South Baldface.
South Baldface
Luckily due to the heatwave in New England, there was nobody at the top. This is unusual and nice. Some winds made me feel cool at the summit. I ate half of sandwich and saved the other half for the next summit. To go to North Baldface, one needs to go down and then go up, but this time going up was not that hard.
North Baldface
At the north Baldface, again nobody was there. All 360 view was ours. It was nice. We fell asleep after lunch and snack. It was a great nap.
In the distance the highest mountain in New England, Mt.Washington was visible.
Fully enjoyed the views and we started descending. On the way back, there is a pool for swimming. Mr.N found it on Google and brought a swimsuit. He swam and I waded. It was refreshing.
Then finally, on the way back to Boston, we stopped our favorite ice cream shop, Sandwich creamery. They don't sell sandwiches, it is in the town of Sandwich. Their style is interesting. There is a small cabin in the middle of nowhere, literally in the forest. There are several freezers in the cabin. Nobody there, you take ice cream, you put cash into a slot. Their ice cream is HBF (high fat butter). We brought a huge cooler with ice packs. Now we have ice cream for whole summer!
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