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South Carter FOT48 09-08-12

Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail 9.2 mile round trip.
We were the summit coordinators for South Carter for the 11th annual 9-11 Memorial hike. Our crew for various reasons was reduced to Boo and Madhatter this year. The small numbers did not deter us from getting the flag up to summit in plenty of time for the noon raising. The day turned out to be cloudy and fairly breezy and the wind did prevent us from flying the flag above the trees for more than a few minutes. We had a number of visitors throughout the two hours of flag flying time and everyone was very pleasant. One special visitor was Jeff from Connecticut who is a fireman from NYC who was at Ground Zero on the day of the attacks. He appreciated our efforts for the remembrance. After taking down the flag, we satrted back down and was within a half hour of the trail head when the rain started to fall. It didn't dampen our spirits. We're always proud to be part of this special event.
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Flag poles are affixed to our packs
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Flag poles are affixed to our packs

  • Flag poles are affixed to our packs
  • Ready for the off
  • Boo's pole sticks up fairly high!
  • Storm damage to the trail from Irene
  • 19-Mile Brook
  • Venturing around the missing half bridge
  • Dam on 19-mile Brook
  • New trail replacing storm-damaged trail
  • Making the turn onto the Carter Dome Trail
  • Rick, Mark, Matt  and Chris (all from NH) heading down from their backpack.
  • Our new friends. We enjoyed Norm and Deb's company at various points in the day. They made the effort to visit us on South Carter after they summited Carter Dome.
  • Puncheons on the trail to the summit of South Carter
  • Walking in a cloud
  • Madhatter displays the colors before getting the flag set up
  • Diggit, an AT thru-hiker from Jefferson,NC is the first visitor of the day
  • For a few minutes the flag was above the trees before the winds made us reassess the situation
  • AT Thru-hikers Knock-on-Wood and YoopAK  (from Alaska) enjoy the flag before enjoying one of Boo's brownies
  • Guy, HikerEd, Paul, and Jeff (a NYC firefight who was at Ground Zero) with a special banner
  • Old Glory flying proudly
  • Boo holds onto the flag
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