Today I hiked with Susie. We went back to attempt Mt Madison ( 5, 366'). This one was nagging at me a bit as I tried to do this one with Noreen when she was visiting from Wisconsin, but the weather was not in our favor that day and we had to go down. Today was a beautiful day.... abeit a hot one. ( I went through all my H2O by the day's end.) We were on the trial by 7am and off by 2 pm and climbed a total of 8.2 miles. We had several ominous signs along the way warning us that this is one of the most challenging routes with many miles of exposed terrain above tree line and very steep and strenous climb with 4, 100' of vertical to cover. The sign at the start of the trial warns not to attempt this hike unless you are in top physical condition. So I guess Susie and I did pretty well! My legs were a bit tired from the day before hiking the three peaks with the guys but Susie hikes a good pace and kept me going with easy conversation. It gave us a nice time to catch up. At the top we ran into 4 guys who were summitting the first of the 3 they were planning to do this day. One had never hiked a 4 thousand footer before. Not sure I would have picked this as his first one? The view from the top I'm sure was enough to keep him going as it was absolutely spectacular! I would like to dedicate today' s hike to Dick Sullivan
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