Today I hiked Carrigan with Rick, Badri and her boyfriend Dave. The trail is usually 10 miles round trip but because of damage to Sawyer River Road from the Hurricane last August, the road to the trailhead is still closed. So that added an extra 4 miles for a grand total of 14 miles. Carrigan is 4,700' with 3,250 elevation gain. The day started out cold and cloudy with temps in the low 50's. We got an early start and were on the trail by 8 am. I had a hard time going up today for some reason. You would think that I would be used to climbing up and up by now but today that was not the case. Rick, Badri and Dave kept stoping to let me catch up. We had some nice views of the Hancocks from about half way up the trail. This was very appropriate at it was Rick who hiked those two with me back on a rainy Friday in May where we saw absolutely nothing due to the rain and fog. Rick has been on 6 hikes with me now and this is the first time he actually got a great view. The clouds parted and we had clear sunny abeit windy skies at the top. We enjoyed spectacular views from the ridgeline and from the observation tower at the summit. It pays to be persistent Rick! We could see all 48 peaks and everything in between. The trip down was much easier. Part of the trail is brand new due to the storm, they had to cut a new trail at the bottom 1/4 mile. A great spongy feeling on the tired legs! I would like to dedicate this hike to Sheldon Landau who died 7/31/12.
Today I hiked Carrigan with Rick, Badri and her boyfriend Dave. The trail is usually 10 miles round trip but because of damage to Sawyer River Road from the Hurricane last August, the road to the trailhead is still closed. So that added an extra 4 miles for a grand total of 14 miles. Carrigan is 4,700' with 3,250 elevation gain. The day started out cold and cloudy with temps in the low 50's. We got an early start and were on the trail by 8 am. I had a hard time going up today for some reason. You would think that I would be used to climbing up and up by now but today that was not the case. Rick, Badri and Dave kept stoping to let me catch up. We had some nice views of the Hancocks from about half way up the trail. This was very appropriate at it was Rick who hiked those two with me back on a rainy Friday in May where we saw absolutely nothing due to the rain and fog. Rick has been on 6 hikes with me now and this is the first time he actually got a great view. The clouds parted and we had clear sunny abeit windy skies at the top. We enjoyed spectacular views from the ridgeline and from the observation tower at the summit. It pays to be persistent Rick! We could see all 48 peaks and everything in between. The trip down was much easier. Part of the trail is brand new due to the storm, they had to cut a new trail at the bottom 1/4 mile. A great spongy feeling on the tired legs! I would like to dedicate this hike to Sheldon Landau who died 7/31/12. 
Reading your story brings back memories... thats a loooong walk :)
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