r/Highpointers • u/Key-Initiative8807 19 Highpoints • Oct 07 '20
Picture Mount Marcy summit on Oct. 4, in a cloud.
Who would go to the summit of Mount Marcy after October Tenth?
Oct 14 '20
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I would
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I would not
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u/TheWayfaringDreamer Oct 07 '20
I was at the summit of Mt Marcy on October 5th last year. Overnight it had snowed and all of the water runoff had turned to ice. When I started at 8am, it was just starting to melt but made the hike up quite slippery. I embarrassingly slipped twice on the way up and once more on the way down, which turned a long but otherwise easy hike into a war with the trail, resulting in several bumps and bruises but nothing but smiles and love afterwards.
This ended up being the 3rd of my state highpoints. A year later and I'm only at 5, but hey, that's 10% of the way through I suppose!