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So, for the Fourth of July Jen wanted to go to the Adirondacks. I was firmly against it as I'd been planning to finish my CAT3500s before ever going to the ADKs. I told her I'd only do it if Marcy was part of the plan as I'm working on state highpoints (sort of). She agreed that we'd do it on the 4th so off we went.
Friday night we drove to her parent's house near Albany. The next morning we continued our journey. We decided to get in a hike on our way to the campground, so we chose Giant. The weather was very sketchy with some views early on and increasing cloouds as we got higher. The rocks were quite slick and at times water was just flowing down the trail. It seemed to take us longer than it actually did. I remember going over the "bump" and wondering how much farther the summit was.
The summit itself seemed like it would be nice if there were views, but instand it was pretty anticlimatic. Climbing back down, we again regained the views. I would definitely do Giant again on a clear day. It was fun!
The next day the two of us, jmegillon149, and some other folks headed in toward Marcy. Early on we decided that with our late staart and very muddy conditions, plus our dinner plans, that we should cut the hike short, so we headed up Phelps instead. It was a fitting choice since we were virtually swimming up the trail. It provided a fun climb with occasion misty views and cool ledgy hiking. This was another one where if it had been a clear day, it would have been more enjoyable. Still, we had fun.
When we got back to camp, we soon learned that there was an accident with the other group, which had gone up Algonquin. Near the summit, Marc's boot caught a root and he fell breaking his ankle. A few people started down to get help and more stayed behind. Just as they got down to a point where they got a cell signal, a ranger happened by. They told him what happened and he radioed the station and five more rangers started up. They eneded up litter carrying him out and had an ambulance waiting at the trailhead. We got together things he might need and started preping food and drink for the people with him who might have been cold and hungry. Long story short, they didn't have to amputate and everyone else was fine. In fact, we still had a potluck dinner that night with our injury friend in attendence.
The next day, it was warm and sunny. I was amazed at how much the ground, which had resembled chocolate cake batter had dried up. As we hiked in a little ways, I could not believe this was the same trail we had hiked on the day before. It was unrecognizable! We had wanted to hike to the lake, but cleaning up camp took waaay too long and we had a long drive back home, so we just hiked into the lean-to about a mile or so shy. Still, it was so nice to hike in the sun after so much rain!
Overall, it was good first venture to the ADKs, but I still think my Whites are better!
Friday night we drove to her parent's house near Albany. The next morning we continued our journey. We decided to get in a hike on our way to the campground, so we chose Giant. The weather was very sketchy with some views early on and increasing cloouds as we got higher. The rocks were quite slick and at times water was just flowing down the trail. It seemed to take us longer than it actually did. I remember going over the "bump" and wondering how much farther the summit was.
The summit itself seemed like it would be nice if there were views, but instand it was pretty anticlimatic. Climbing back down, we again regained the views. I would definitely do Giant again on a clear day. It was fun!
The next day the two of us, jmegillon149, and some other folks headed in toward Marcy. Early on we decided that with our late staart and very muddy conditions, plus our dinner plans, that we should cut the hike short, so we headed up Phelps instead. It was a fitting choice since we were virtually swimming up the trail. It provided a fun climb with occasion misty views and cool ledgy hiking. This was another one where if it had been a clear day, it would have been more enjoyable. Still, we had fun.
When we got back to camp, we soon learned that there was an accident with the other group, which had gone up Algonquin. Near the summit, Marc's boot caught a root and he fell breaking his ankle. A few people started down to get help and more stayed behind. Just as they got down to a point where they got a cell signal, a ranger happened by. They told him what happened and he radioed the station and five more rangers started up. They eneded up litter carrying him out and had an ambulance waiting at the trailhead. We got together things he might need and started preping food and drink for the people with him who might have been cold and hungry. Long story short, they didn't have to amputate and everyone else was fine. In fact, we still had a potluck dinner that night with our injury friend in attendence.
The next day, it was warm and sunny. I was amazed at how much the ground, which had resembled chocolate cake batter had dried up. As we hiked in a little ways, I could not believe this was the same trail we had hiked on the day before. It was unrecognizable! We had wanted to hike to the lake, but cleaning up camp took waaay too long and we had a long drive back home, so we just hiked into the lean-to about a mile or so shy. Still, it was so nice to hike in the sun after so much rain!
Overall, it was good first venture to the ADKs, but I still think my Whites are better!
