Author: Warren Doyle
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Jupiter’s Final Reflection on Mercury’s AT Transit
From a misty, moist midnight start on Springer (7/7) to a crystal-clear, cool, windy late afternoon end atop Katahdin (8/27), it was a journey of relentless forward motion steeped in perseverance, resiliency, focus, discipline, patience, adaptability, and sound decision-making. It was a trek filled with natural beauty, smooth teamwork, intelligence, raw emotion and overcoming fear/self-doubt. […]
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Mercury’s Day-to-Day Transit of the AT
Mercury’s 2020 Transit of the AT 7/7/20 to 8/27/20 51 days 16 hours 30 minutes DAY DATE END MILES TIME […]
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Quantitative Recap of Mercury’s 2020 transit of the AT
WEEK WHERE MILESa MPDa PACEa TIMEa SLEEPa #1 7/7-13 Springer to Erwin, TN 342.7 48.9 2.7mph 18:06 4 hours #2 7/14-20 Erwin, TN to VA621 […]
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Fifty-second (and last!) day R 8/27/20
START: Pollywog Stream 2 am FINISH: KATAHDIN! 4:30 pm 2,203.6 miles 42.4 miles per day average (final) Wonderful weather but a bit windy, and cool, above timberline Jupiter’s alarm goes off at 1:20am after a 4+ hour of sleep under two blankets – one made of cloth and one made of stars. He […]
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Fifty -first day W 8/26/20
START: West Branch Ponds Rd. 5 am FINISH: Pollywog Stream 7:45 pm 37.3 miles 14:45 2.5 mph 2,171.1 total miles 42.8 mpd Great weather – breezy, blue sky, cool temps Mercury heads off into the ‘Plain of Reflection’ – a relatively flat section of trail before Katahdin. She glides at a good […]
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Fiftieth day T 8/25/20
START: ME Rt. 15 2 am FINISH: West Branch Ponds Rd. (Logan Brook Rd.) 11:50 pm 44.7 miles 21:50 2.0 mph 2,133.8 total miles 42.8 mpd average Misty, moist pre-morning; torrential thunderstorm mid-morning; clear in afternoon and evening What a way to celebrate one’s 35th birthday! Another ‘statement’ day from […]
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Seventh week recap of Mercury’s AT Transit
#43 T 8/18 26.0 miles Pinkham Notch 4:12am-6:27pm 14:15 1.8 mph #44 W 8/19 21.9 miles Hogan Rd. 7:02am-6:59pm 9:57 2.2 mph #45 R 8/20 30.3 miles Grafton Notch 3am-6:30pm […]
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Sixth week of Mercury’s AT Transit
#36 T 8/11 44.1 miles Stratton-Arlington Rd. 4:02am-10:35pm 18:33 2.4 mph #37 W 8/12 43.6 miles VT Rt. 140 4:02am-9:30pm 17:28 2.5 mph #38 R 8/13 47.7 miles VT […]
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Forty-ninth day M 8/24/20
START: Boise Rd. 4:29 am FINISH: ME Rt. 15 5:32 pm 31.4 miles 13:03 2.4 mph 2,089.1 total miles 42.6 mpd Morning nice; rain in the afternoon/evening Sometimes as the end gets somewhat near, the anticipation may effect motivation along with the weather and a summer sausage big toe. Mercury, instead of going into a […]
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Forty-eighth day Su 8/23/20
START: Stratton Brook Pond Road 4:02am FINISH: Boise Rd. 10:15pm 41.5 mileby s 18:13 2.3 mph 2,057.7 total miles 42.9 mpd Unexpected good weather Mercury finished the last of the last of the ‘227-mile roughest, toughest section’ of the AT before noon and now has 146 miles left with fewer […]
Mercury on the Run 