Kerry...congratulations on your summit. I am happy you mentioned your age in your trip report. I was younger than you by four years the first time I summited MW. My first summit consisted of spending two nights and three days along the main trail. I don't remember hikers going up and down the trail in one day back then...30 years ago...but maybe hikets did and I wasn't aware. Sometimes it saddens me to read how hikers zip through the wilderness like they're on a freeway. Your generation of trekkers make me think this sport of hiking mountains is going to change even more than it has...it is as if a new generation wants to move along the trails at the speed of a computer. I find it fascinating that you acclimated in what would normally be three beautiful destinations and not just a place to read a book for a few hours to become accustomed to a new elevation. I'm not knocking your trip report.....I'm noting that I see hiking taking on a new path....I hope you smelled the pines...saw some wildlife and heard water trickle through the streams on your journey. Thank you for sharing...bottom-line I think you are in much better physical and mental condition than I ever have been....I'm jealous...I hope to read more trip reports by you....
