My husband took the day off due to the "blizzard" but after a few hours of
being housebound decided to take off to Lantern Hill to replace the damaged
Tribal Nation letterbox that we rescued on Sunday before the snow started. The
LB is in its original position but has a new logbook and container. He wanted
to make sure that it was back in place for the EMS LB hike scheduled there for
this weekend.
He took advantage of the occasion to place a new box that he had been planning
called "Panic." Lantern Hill has long been one of our favorite hiking places
and Fred knows numerous ways to climb it. He has been doing this particular
route for over 30 years (boy is he old!) and wanted to share it with everyone.
WARNING!!! My husband is not your typical hiker and this is not an easy route.
Although he has done this route many times over the years (even with our
oldest two when they were 4 and 6) he has never done it with 10" of snow over
ice. Even he admits to a moment of "Panic" on his way up to place the box.
Hope you enjoy this route, one of our favorites, up an old favorite.
Regards,
Trish
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One "Old" and one "New" LB at Lantern Hill
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Started on 2001-03-06
One "Old" and one "New" LB at Lantern Hill
From: Trish Kurdziel (trishkri@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-03-06 19:08:16 UTC-08:00
Re: [LbNA] One "Old" and one "New" LB at Lantern Hill
From: Melissa Harvey (kiwi-1@snet.net) |
Date: 2001-03-07 22:44:22 UTC-05:00
>WARNING!!! My husband is not your typical hiker and this is not an easy
route.
> Although he has done this route many times over the years (even with our
>oldest two when they were 4 and 6) he has never done it with 10" of snow
over
>ice. Even he admits to a moment of "Panic" on his way up to place the box.
>
Wow! You weren't kidding. This route was tough in the snow. Panic is a
very appropiate name for this box. I had a few moments of panic on the way
up. And maybe a minor heart attack too!!! Then, once we got there, we
realized we didn't have our stamps :( We signed in anyway, and maybe we'll
go back in dryer weather to add our stamps and re-stamp your stamp. It was
kind of tough w/out a stamp pad, but we huffed some hot breath on it and got
a light image for our book. The views though, were unbelievable! Then, as
we hiked back down the snow covered Narragansett trail we saw a beautiful
sunset, pinkish-orange sky, and then a huge almost-full moon casting our
moon shadows on the snow. Thanks for another great (and challenging)
letterbox.
Melissa & Dan
P.S.- We are dying to know who else tried this one today. We saw other
footprints (fresh from today) heading toward the trail at the bottom and
top. Whoever you are, you were probably smarter than us!! :)
Re: [LbNA] One "Old" and one "New" LB at Lantern Hill
From: (trishkri@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-03-08 13:59:14 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Melissa Harvey" wrote:
> P.S.- We are dying to know who else tried this one today. We saw
other
> footprints (fresh from today) heading toward the trail at the
bottom and
> top. Whoever you are, you were probably smarter than us!! :)
Melissa,
Fred placed the box on Tuesday at about 4:30 so those could have been
his dainty size 14 footprints (the big clue). Was my warning
adequate? Fred was impressed with your tenacity and foolhardiness.
Sorry about the stamp pad. I don't usually put them in because I can
get everything else at Wal-Mart and Staples but would have to brave
the traffic and congestion at Rt 2 by the malls to get the stamp
pads. That section of Rt 2 truly represents the worst in RI... Now
that you know where the trail comes out at the top you can always go
the easier way down to the box to stamp in.
R,
Trish
> P.S.- We are dying to know who else tried this one today. We saw
other
> footprints (fresh from today) heading toward the trail at the
bottom and
> top. Whoever you are, you were probably smarter than us!! :)
Melissa,
Fred placed the box on Tuesday at about 4:30 so those could have been
his dainty size 14 footprints (the big clue). Was my warning
adequate? Fred was impressed with your tenacity and foolhardiness.
Sorry about the stamp pad. I don't usually put them in because I can
get everything else at Wal-Mart and Staples but would have to brave
the traffic and congestion at Rt 2 by the malls to get the stamp
pads. That section of Rt 2 truly represents the worst in RI... Now
that you know where the trail comes out at the top you can always go
the easier way down to the box to stamp in.
R,
Trish
Re: [LbNA] One "Old" and one "New" LB at Lantern Hill
From: Melissa Harvey (kiwi-1@snet.net) |
Date: 2001-03-08 17:43:36 UTC-05:00
>Sorry about the stamp pad. I don't usually put them in because I can
>get everything else at Wal-Mart and Staples but would have to brave
>the traffic and congestion at Rt 2 by the malls to get the stamp
>pads. That section of Rt 2 truly represents the worst in RI... Now
>that you know where the trail comes out at the top you can always go
>the easier way down to the box to stamp in.
>
>R,
>Trish
Yes, your warning was adaquate. Normally we are well prepared with extra
stamps pads etc..., but we left our backpack behind due to the steepness of
the hike, so the extra ink pads, as well as our stamps were forgotten in our
crazy quest to the top. We will definitely return in snow-free weather to
re-stamp. Hey, maybe we'll take the same path. I'm sure minus the snow, it
would be a little more do-able. Good luck to others on this one. It's
tough but worth the views!
Melissa
>get everything else at Wal-Mart and Staples but would have to brave
>the traffic and congestion at Rt 2 by the malls to get the stamp
>pads. That section of Rt 2 truly represents the worst in RI... Now
>that you know where the trail comes out at the top you can always go
>the easier way down to the box to stamp in.
>
>R,
>Trish
Yes, your warning was adaquate. Normally we are well prepared with extra
stamps pads etc..., but we left our backpack behind due to the steepness of
the hike, so the extra ink pads, as well as our stamps were forgotten in our
crazy quest to the top. We will definitely return in snow-free weather to
re-stamp. Hey, maybe we'll take the same path. I'm sure minus the snow, it
would be a little more do-able. Good luck to others on this one. It's
tough but worth the views!
Melissa