Haystack
So I also climbed Haystack with Seth awhile back. Being that I haven't posted on here in so long, I can't recall the exact date of this climb more precisely than summer 2006.
For now, I'll just fill in some brief details as a placeholder. Hopefully I'll get a chance to come back and populate this post with some real details.
It was an overnight trip to get there. We camped one night in a nearby leanto (I need to look up the name) and read some interested bear stories in the logbook there. The trip wasn't too bad until we ended up climbing over a mountain and all the way back down again to get to Haystack (I need to look up the name of that as well).
Anyway, we finally got the Haystack and were on our way up. With the summit in sight, some ominously dark clouds started rolling in. Based on my lightning striking Haystack experience previously (see the previous post about the Gothics climb), we decided it was wise to turn back and head down to lower, safer ground. After another 30 minutes or so at lower ground, the clouds moved on by without any storms hitting us and the sky cleared up. This was our queue to resume the push to the Haystack summit. Shortly thereafter, we were enjoying the view from the top -- a bit cloudy but impressive nonetheless.
And then we headed back. I'm short on details after this, we may have camped again that night? I need to do some remembering and/or question asking.
For now, I'll just fill in some brief details as a placeholder. Hopefully I'll get a chance to come back and populate this post with some real details.
It was an overnight trip to get there. We camped one night in a nearby leanto (I need to look up the name) and read some interested bear stories in the logbook there. The trip wasn't too bad until we ended up climbing over a mountain and all the way back down again to get to Haystack (I need to look up the name of that as well).
Anyway, we finally got the Haystack and were on our way up. With the summit in sight, some ominously dark clouds started rolling in. Based on my lightning striking Haystack experience previously (see the previous post about the Gothics climb), we decided it was wise to turn back and head down to lower, safer ground. After another 30 minutes or so at lower ground, the clouds moved on by without any storms hitting us and the sky cleared up. This was our queue to resume the push to the Haystack summit. Shortly thereafter, we were enjoying the view from the top -- a bit cloudy but impressive nonetheless.
And then we headed back. I'm short on details after this, we may have camped again that night? I need to do some remembering and/or question asking.
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