Now that I am know what I am doing when it comes to skinning uphill my third weekend at Windham Mountain I went for the summit on Cave Mountain. I took White Way to Wanderer. It's a green trail but going up is still challenging because there are still some steep sections to contend with. Also, you have watch out for blind ascents because you can get some yahoo who won't be able to see you, all of a sudden be on top of you!
Three quarters of the way up I had to hit the bottle. It started out around 20 this morning but when the sun came out and all the climbing I was doing I got hot and thirsty. Along the way, I met up with two women on snowshoes. It's funny but I have yet to see another person skinning. Plenty of snowshoers but no skiers.
By the time I got to the top I was drenched! I had some more water, ate half a cliff bar, changed and then took a really nice run back down the slope I just climbed up. By the time I was down at the bottom, my quads were killing me.
In the afternoon I tried to summit the second peak but ended up on the wrong trail and didn't make it. Not sure how or why this happened but boot must have been too lose because I terrible blisters on both sides of my heel. I will have to try a different sock next time.
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