August 27, 2004

Today, I saw a thru-hiker from Cincinnati named, I Need A Hug.  We met on top of Mt. Washington.  I Need A Hug is hiking with Scarecrow and they are both doing well.  It was great to see a familiar face from home.  I learned today, April Showers, a woman who began the same day as myself, had an accident and allegedly broke her ankle.  Ironically, April Showers' fall was in the same part of the trail where I too, struggled.  I was hoping to hike with April and I was sad to learn of her injury.  The view atop Mt. Washington was cloud covered which is typical.  Luckily, the wind was not too bad.  In 1934, an on-land wind speed of 231 miles per hour was recorded, which still stands as the world's record.

"I have learned that love does not end, not even with death;

it continues to express itself in ways ever new." -James E. Miller