Never again!.......?

[Snowflea]

I can't honestly think of any mountain or trail that's elicited the "never again" proclamation.

I HAVE said "never again" to hiking in certain conditions (chilly rain, very bitter cold), with certain people (borderline personalities, psychos ), certain peaks on certain days (the aforementioned Monadnock/Saturday/October scenario), but never "never again" to an actual mountain or trail.

I take 'em all for what they are and I like 'em all!

 

[TDawg]

Can't think of one that I'll really never do again...

Although, I can think of two I don't really like and wish I could avoid, but can't because they're en route to two great places called Bondcliff and the North/South Tripyramid slides loop.

Lincoln Woods/Wilderness Trail and Livermore Road/Tr., boring and a killer at the end of a long day.

 

[una_dogger]

Railroad track stretch of NY Long Path between Harriman and Schenemunk

NEVER again!!!!

 

[rhihn]

I'm with Stinkyfeet and TDawg -I never say 'never again.' I've disliked a few, but most have character, and different character at different times. Call me crazy, but I don't mind Shorey Shortcut. I minded Cliff Mt., but then did it again the following winter. I continue to swear at Bradley Pond trail, but I've been through it multiple times. Sometimes just hiking with friends is enough to get me back onto a trail I otherwise dislike.

 

[TMax]

Down the Daniel Webster Trail... First time I did it was after getting slammed on Madison with a cold windy downpour during a traverse . The hike down the Daniel Webster was painful, slipping and sliding on all those unstable boulders. I swore NEVER AGAIN!!!

I've been back three times ...

 

[darren]

I take 'em all for what they are and I like 'em all!

More evidence that you are not human.

- darren

 

[arghman]

On the south side of Mt Madison, the Parapet Trail, if you can call it a trail, most of it is just a path across ankle-twisting felsenmeer. (Also probably the least botanically-interesting trail around Mt Madison.)

 

[bryan]

the mention of the parapet trail got me thinking of a "hike" i swore i would never do again. a hut traverse from lonesome lake to carter notch. it was about halfway across the parapet trail that i questioned my will to continue moving at all. the trip down osgood only increased that feeling. i made it to the notch (in a bit over the 24 hour goal and thankfully to some of my hut co-caretakers home cooking) and promised myself i would never again consider anything like that. just a couple of weeks ago i caught myself thinking about trying it again. this time with more sleep, pre-training, a hydration pack, and a different start time that didn't encompass hiking through a full night (though midnight on south twin was spectacular and scaring the hell out of people camped next to the trail at 3 in the morning has its perks).
maybe this summer.....

bryan

 

[vegematic]

The Link - from the Castle trail to the Perch. ...

Vegematic - I really liked the Pine Link trail. It was all the false summits on the Hower Ridge that got to me.

- darren

I guess we're even then, because I'm a pretty big fan of the Link.

-veg

 

[BorealChickadee]

Never again would I go over five peaks in one day.

Don't think I could do it again even if I wanted to!

 

[Raymond]

I think I probably said "never again" last year on Scar Ridge, but I couldn't locate the canister, so...

 

[Dalraida]

Never said never

In my 57 years of hiking in the Whites I don't remember ever saying or feeling that way. Wait, maybe marching up the Brook Trail on Chocorua in 1949 without water made me feel that way. Course I was only eleven so what did I know? I think that some of the Camp Counselors from Camp Wonalancet may have been Bataan Death March survivors

 

[pilgrim]

I've said it a few times in the heat of the moment, but took it back later. I said it on the Tripyramids on a muggy, buggy day in July in 2004. I've said it a couple of times on Mt. Washington. I said it numerous times with great passion during a 15 mile walk on Fire Island in soft calf-killing sand, intense carcinogenic sunshine, and oppressive August humidity.

My wife said it last year during a little hike to Mt. Tremont, accompanied by a local platoon of black flies. Her exact words were "If I ever, EVER, say that I want to go hiking in the White Mountains in July again, shoot me."

 

[Nate]

My short answer is the west peak of Scar Ridge. Of all the peaks I've climbed on the NEHH, that's the hike I enjoyed the least. Even though I went up the relatively easy way (from the Kanc), I found it to be a really long 'whack through thick vegetation. Having signed in at the canister and visited the peak's true high point, I feel no desire to return there (unless there's ever a day when I'm working on the winter hundred highest).

But, it should be noted that West Scar Peak is an exception, since I usually greatly enjoy my hiking experiences. I've done a fair amount of outings in rain or less than ideal conditions, but that just gives me a reason to return, on days when the outlooks do have incredible views. Even if a mountain has a record of not treating me that well, I wouldn't mind returning to those places just to prove I can overcome Murphy's Law by having a better hike there the next time.

 

[Seeker]

The Cornice trail from Edmands Col to Ridge of the Caps. But then I went and did it again! *sigh*, never again.

-dave-

What he said. Except that I haven't done it again. I lernt right the first time.

 

[LivesToHike]

Cornice Trail...

The Cornice trail from Edmands Col to Ridge of the Caps. But then I went and did it again! *sigh*, never again.

-dave-

I second the emotion. I did this route one year on July 1st with a hiking buddy. We were crossing new fallen, heavy, wet snow and it was foggy. We got lost several times. Makes me think of a scene from a story set in the Dark Ages...


-- LTH

 

[Mark A.]

I’ve said “Never Again” every time I’ve hiked the Garfield Ridge Trail. Tedious, boring, and weirdly slow going. A real drag. I'm sure I'll say “Never Again” the next time, too.

 

[dug]

I said that about the Bataan Death March to Owl's Head. I just hated that boring walk. However, I have since been in the area a couple of times, so I guess I said it, but didn't mean it.

 

[Mike P.]

there is trail up Belleyre & then heads out over & beyond Haynes I'll most likely never do again. long day 1 partial view bugs, heat & stinging nettles

I'll never descend Zugspitze again via the Hollental side, up maybe but not down.

 

[jjo]

I once said it after the link trail going back to rejoin the Caps of Ridge trail heading back down. Very rough going, poorly defined, lots of roots, etc . But then 2 years ago, I did it again. I tend to like different trails or loops on a hike. But I v seldom say it (can't remember any others) because I truly love being in the woods, etc