Journal Entries

Day 1:

I am always excited to meet new people on the trail, as everyone seems to have an interesting story to tell. Today we met Anders Morley heading the opposite direction as us along the Indian Pass trail. Anders is a Canadian/American from Kingston Ontario who is on a month-long trek from Kingston to Boston. He started out by canoe and is now finishing his journey on foot.

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One cool thing about the High Peaks region is that there are a ton of lean-to style shelters for caping in all throughout the trail system. Additionally, there are a lot of tent sites in various locations as well, sometimes near the shelter, and other times in completely different places. All camping is free of charge - they way we like it. It reminded us a lot of the AT. Why can't we have this in Canada? Maybe it exists somewhere, be we haven't found it yet.

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One thing we are learning about the Adirondacks is that the trails tend to be wet. Sometimes really wet. As if someone decided that the easiest way to build a trail was to route is straight up the middle of a creek.

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At the trail head, in high spirits, especially considering the fact that we seem to have dodged the worst of the rain before heading out.

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When planning for our trip, we learned that the use of bear canisters is required in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks. The regulations on the website say that hard-sided bear canisters are required, thus Ursacks are out. Bear Vault canisters and Ursack bags are the only two forms of food protection readily available where we live, and thus we ordered a Bear Vault.

Unbeknownst to us however was the fact that the black bears in the region have figured out how to brute force their way through Bear Vault canisters, as was shown on display at the visitor centre near the trail head. Thankfully the ADK (Adirondack Mountain Club) loaned us a different brand for our trip, free of charge.

Needless to say, I will be returning our unused Bear Vault to MEC, and informing them that perhaps they should consider stocking a more effective brand.