Team ChacoPak

Bondcliffs, White Mountains, New Hampshire July 2011
Oh the Boncliffs. Our first trip up the Bonds in July was met with extreme heat. It was beautiful but really hard on the both of us. We left early out of Lincoln Woods and there was a warm wind blowing through and it just felt gross. We hit the long flat Lincoln Woods Trail and saw a bear in the ravine at the Franconia Falls Bridge. The climb was long and hard and we were out in a blaring sun. The views were awesome. The climb up Mt Bond was hot and we were exposed so it just drained our tanks. We bagged West Bind on our way down to Guyot where it was nice and cool. The tent site is really nice with great tent pads. We slept good and went back out to Guyot and had an overcast sky. The sun came out as we sumitted South Twin. There was a group of Thruhikers on top. The climb down to Galehead was good and we decided to take the Franconia Falls Trail back to the car. We were hot and tired. We got down to 13 Falls and thought about staying. It was nice and a little bit of a swimming hole. We decided to head back to the car and get out of the sun. Overall a great trip. The heat was intense, even for a southerner.