Mt. Wittenberg For Real This Time

Mt. Wittenberg For Real This Time

this was Steven's 3rd attempt to camp at the top of Mt. Wittenberg. First time he went solo and didn't make it in time before nightfall. Second time we went with Bartlett and the weather was horrible. Third time an incoming storm almost ruined it but we made it with about 20 min of twilight left. The hike is 11 miles in 11 miles out.

there's the peak we'd camp on

waiting out the storm before making the final big ascent so we don't get struck by lightning

we set up camp, wasted a lot of time trying to cut huge logs with a small hand ax. We were destroyed and drank whiskey and ate SPAM and rice

we drank more whiskey and shot the sh!t as we watched the moon rise

best campsite ever but...a woman hiker came early in the morning and was like you're not supposed to camp this high in elevation because the soil is too thin and you damage the delicate balance and she's right and we felt a little bad and a little annoyed at her but also at how she's right.

it was a heatwave and the temperature down at ground level was like 95f. Luckily it wasn't up on the mountain but it was still super hot. Steven ran out of water so we shared water and both ran out and at one point in the horrible descent Steven was sitting on a rock asking himself out loud it it was worth it. We made it back to the car barely and slammed ice teas we had prepped and waiting in a cooler and stopped by Great Falls Brewing Company in North Canaan. We felt like this was the brewery where we were most likely to get slandered/our sexual orientations called into question/racially profiled. Maybe that's on us but on this saturday at this time it felt like that. The beer is ok and was welcome after such a hike.

we made it to Jill and Derek's with 3 huge steaks for the meat eaters. We first sat in the hot tub looking at a far off thunderstorm over the hills thinking how we were just in there and now we're drinking fancy beer in a hot tub soothing our pains, life was sweet.