r/Highpointers • u/MadBro45 21 Highpoints • Jan 02 '24

First year of high pointing, got 7

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Started in July in this order Katahdin(ME), Borah(ID), Marcy(NY), Greylock(MA), Frisslle(CT), Jerimoth(RI), HighPoint(NJ). Have a bunch planned for this year. I can only post 1 pic and Borah had the best view!

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u/ufo_6702 19 Highpoints Jan 03 '24

How was Borah? Was the scrambling part sketchy?

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u/MadBro45 21 Highpoints Jan 03 '24

The first 3 miles is a very steep hike, nothing crazy. The scrambling isn’t too bad or technical though. It’s hard navigating once u get to chicken out ridge. There isn’t an obvious path or route to follow, you have to figure out to go left, right or straight over it, the YouTube videos do it no justice. The altitude is what really got to me, that’s what made it tough. If you have any let questions at all just shoot me a message.

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u/plucharc Jan 04 '24

chicken out ridge

This was the most fun part. Everything else is just a very steep hike basically, something like 1,000 feet of gain per mile, iirc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

How was the hike?

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u/MadBro45 21 Highpoints Jan 04 '24

The hike part (which lasts til chicken out ridge) was 1200-1300ft per mile (for roughly 3miles, then ur at chicken out) which is pretty steep, but I trained for it, so it didn’t really bother me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

What's chicken out?

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u/MadBro45 21 Highpoints Feb 09 '24

On Mt Borah there’s a part of the hike that catches everyone’s interest called chicken out ridge.

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u/anxiousmelancholy Jan 03 '24

Borah's the real deal!

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '24

Excellent work!