GREG​​SPENCER

August 1, 2004 - Spent another night sick as a dog. I need to stop doing that because it’s no fun. I would go to the bathroom every 2...

August 2, 2004 - A good night’s sleep on a mattress made things a lot better, stomach felt much better. Got a late start, 10am, letting...

August 3, 2004 - All I have to say is 5.9 miles for the day. I hadn’t seen anything like this before with the climbs. The climb up...

August 4, 2004 - Had a nice night’s sleep, good to be indoors when it storms all night. After breakfast I had to do a little cleaning...

August 5, 2004 - Still having stomach problems, hope it doesn’t last too much longer. Got breakfast from the hut then took off for the...

August 6, 2004 - Since I went to bed so early I woke up early, got over 10 hours of sleep, first time in awhile. The plan was to only go...

August 7, 2004 - After a nice breakfast I began my hike over Mt. Madison. The .5 mile up wasn’t so bad, the down was the killer. The 2.5...

August 8, 2004 - Got an early start in hopes of a 20+ mile day, been awhile since I’ve done that. Had to start the day with climbing out...

August 9, 2004 - After breakfast of donuts and milk I hitched my way back to the trail and started the steep climb up Cascade Mt. After...

August 10, 2004 - Hardest day I’ve had on the trail. The first 4.2 miles took 3.5 hours. I left camp at 8:00am to start hiking down to...

August 11, 2004 - Woke up to the rain hitting the shelter; so had a hard time getting out of my sleeping bag. Had the shelter to myself...

August 12, 2004 - It rained throughout the night so I wasn’t able to watch the big meteor shower that was going on. It cleared up some so...

August 13, 2004 - All I can say is rain. It rained all night and most of the day. I left camp in between the rain storms so that was...

August 14, 2004 - Left the lodge and it wasn’t raining, I was a very happy camper. The hike down Sugarloaf was a tough one. At the bottom...

August 15, 2004 - Woke up at 5:00am for the sunrise then went straight back to sleep for another hour. I was hoping to get an early start...

August 16, 2004 - Got no sleep last night because one of the guys in the shelter snored all night and when I finally fell asleep the bugs...

August 17, 2004 - Well the rain hit hard last night and got me a little wet inside my tent because I left the rain fly open at the door....

August 18, 2004 - I’m never going to eat that much junk food again. I felt sick all day and it got worse as the day went on. The first...

August 19, 2004 - Another day of hiking sick, I’m getting tired of this, I really hope there is nothing really wrong with me but I think...

August 20, 2004 - After about 12 hours of sleep I felt like a new person. Packed everything up, luckily it wasn’t raining, and headed off...