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Old 12-22-2022, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fastskiguy View Post
That pitch looks like a vertical wall at the top.I bet those were like the best 3 day trips ever.

24 hour drive from TV so....not completely out of the question I guess!

Joe
They were absolutely some of the best 3 day trips ever. We were 17 years old for the first one and skipped a few days of high school and thumbed from Northampton, MA to Mt. Washington carrying skies and a backpack. It became an annual tradition for the next 19 years until I blew out my knee playing basketball (it’s amazing it took that long). Only 3 of the crazy crew of 5 are still alive today.

As great as Tucks is, I wouldn’t even think of driving 24 hours to make that hike carrying your equipment up Mt. Washington as a senior citizen. My whole body aches just thinking about it. That’s for young people.

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