Down safe. Glen was a indeed a shitshow. I hit the second of three waist deep water crossings about 45 minutes before my preset turn around time. I thought about pushing it, but I would have to do two more waist deep crossings twice and the one I already did once more. On top of that it was still over four miles to my objective with another 1800 feet of elevation loss. Hiking up 3500 feet back to Glen with multiple deep crossings and probably going over a snowy, somewhat schetchy pass in the dark plus Kearsarge wasn't something I wanted to do. The good news is I can go back any time over Baxter and easily finish. I had a scare on my second trip over Glen when one of my brand new carbon fiber poles snapped in half and sent me backwards into a steep snow field. Luckily my shoe caught a rock and with the help of the other pole I didn't go for a joy ride. It did leave me with just one pole for some areas I would rather of had two. I just slowed down even more which explains my late arrival. The good news is my new Altra Tikas are fantastic....................DUG
