Yesterday I took a break from spending time with my dying father-in-law John Forster to climb Mount Washington with my brother Davy. We climbed via the Tuckerman's Ravine and Lion's Head trails.
A row of rock cairns marked the trail in the alpine zone. It felt good to use my body instead of my heart, as we climbed out of a hot summer day into the chilly weather on top.
After our climb I went to the Roost, a rocky outcropping above the Wild River in the White Mountains National Forest near Gilead, Maine, to watch the sunset and storm clouds hovering over Mt. Washington and Mt. Clay.
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8.08.2006
Mt. Washington
Posted by Michael Forster Rothbart on Tuesday, August 08, 2006