Day 26 The Finish

We are awesome and pack up everything in the dark. The first time we do it. Start hiking with on head lamp working with the battery plugged into it.

 

We start in the dark

Sunrise on Hitchcock Mountain reflected on Hitchcock Lake

The climb is brutal

I feel good climbing- Feels Like Hell Bells by AC/DC

The feel good goes away as we really start getting into cliffs, shear precipices and overhangs. I begin to climb in a state of anxiety.

I don't have alot of pictures on way up. I pass precipices quickly.

Clouds = lightening and rain

The summit
Feels like Happy Together by The Turtles

With about a half mile to go the trail broadens out and I don't feel like I'm about to fall off a cliff. Now I worry about lightening and rain. We walk through some snow, but the granite is very slick -snow or not.

I take some video of parts I skipped on way up.

A squirrel follows beside me for a hundred yards or so before pulling ahead. I get him on the video.

Guitar Lake looks more like Cello Lake

You can see switch backs we climbed in the morning

We pack up at trail crest and start the long way down to the portal. In the end we do more miles than any other day. What a wild trip (by DENM). 

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Bob