Today I hiked Mt. Isolation ( 4003 ft) with Badri and Beatrice. I met Badri on 2 of the hikes that I did with on-line hiking Meet up groups. She is from Canada and has completed the Adironadak 46 and is working on completing the NH 48. She is an extremely motivated hiker and drives 6 hours down to hike. The three of us headed out despite the weather forecast of afternoon storms. We made our way up the Rocky Branch trail to Isolation trail and finally Davis path. It was 14.6 miles round trip. Part if the trek in was through my least favorite type of hiking: through swampy, marshy, muddy areas with grass up to my elbows. But the rest of the hike was fine and we had good conversation to keep us going. The weather stayed good at least until we reached the summit. Badri predicted that we would have sunshine on the summit and we did! Isolation was positioned under the only area of clear blue skies. All the other mountains were in or surrounded by dark ominous clouds. Isolation is a remote little peak with a very unique view of Washington and the Presidentials. It is in the Montalbain Ridge which stretches 20 miles from Washington to Isolation. We left the summit as the dark clouds headed our way and made it with 3 miles left to go before the skies opened up and poured rain on us for the next 2 1/2 hours. Badri and Beatrice stayed upbeat and didn't seem to mind getting soaked. It actually felt good as it wasn't cold. All the same I was pretty happy to get a hot shower when we finshed. Isolation makes peak #30 and 160 miles now since this journey began. I would like to dedicate this peak to Richard Kelley. He is a man with a gentle soul and big smile. He wears his BC shirt and colors with pride and continues to give his all every day.
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