Hikers watch the Old Cog Railway
Above the Great Gulf Wilderness
Looking ahead at the Northern Presis
Wildflowers growing in adversity
“Rocksylvania” was just a warm up
Approaching Madison Springs Hut
Wordless Wednesday: Presidential Traverse, Part Three
October 26, 2016
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Those Northern Presidentials are such beasts!
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True story! Madison is seriously intense — and oddly underrated.
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Mount Adams after Madison kicked my ass. That range is tough! But incredible!
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And yes Washington gets all the credit for being the biggest beast but Madison and Lafayette and Adams don’t have roads and cafeterias on them and I think they are more challenging as a result of being underrated since there aren’t books listing the death tolls for the beasts surrounding Washington. But Madison is no joke and I definitely underestimated it when I did a southern presidential traverse. It was noon when I got to the summit and I still had so far to go!
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I agree completely! I paired Adams and Jefferson when I was hiking the 4,000-footers, and I couldn’t believe how amazingly rugged they were. (That day was awe-inspiring!) We consider the range as one, but there’s a remarkable difference between the Southern Presis and the Northern Presis.
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Yes indeed. From Lakes to Crawford notch is a very different ridge line than that northern stretch. Next time I will give myself way more time and start way earlier to get across!
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