Lawrence Ragoo! (part 6)

Mt Adams blows!  the trek to the top was the worst hike of all time. after hiking for 20 hours straight, the last thing i wanted to do was rock climb for miles. we layed down in the last patch of grass we could see. just to soak up the view of the lowering sun.

miles of this garbage

getting to the top of mt adams was more of an accomplishment than getting to washington. the hike was torture and the view from the top was surreal. Mt. washington is always a little crowded with people and i feel, the view is mediocre compared to Adams. this peak was the only one we didnt take a group picture on. individual pics of each of us on this peak seemed fitting.

real stoked on this picture of Craig. After flying all the way from florida to do this hike..I'm sure this is exactly what he was hoping for from this trip. Mt Washington is the peak in the background on the right. its hard to believe that was our half way mark.

We hiked to the bottom of Mt Adams and enjoyed the view of the sun setting. 

From there we walked for 30 minutes until we got to the tree line. by the time we made it to the trees it was dark. we all strapped head lamps on and headed into the woods to try and find a place to sleep. We were all in agony. Clint and I were creeping through the trail while craig started slowing down a bunch. We decided to do ahead of craig and try to find a spot to sleep and try to cook some food before he got there. Unfortunately, an hour later and we couldnt find anywhere to sleep. the trail was so steep and rocky. The rule is, you have to camp 200 feet off of any trail and 200 feet from any water. We gave up and just set up camp in the middle of the trail.

in the morning we woke up to people stepping over us trying to get up the trail. we could all barely walk and just wanted to get to the road and get a ride back to the car. we walked for an hour and found a little stream to hang out and cook some breakfast.

another hour and we got to a nice river.

the water was ice cold. but we couldnt walk by it without jumping in it. we found a nice little natural rock water slide to go down. the water was probably 30 degrees

the rest of the trail was nice.. a mellower grade and less rocks and more pine needles. just what my body needed

we were so stoked to make it to the road! but i guess thats when our real adventure started...