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When the body is no longer able to do what it once did your post are a perfect substitute, my thanks 馃憤

My body is definitely no longer able to do what it once did, but I'm still doing what I can. One of these years you may see me with a llama carrying the pack. 馃憤
 
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I like when you come across a new trail and you don鈥檛 know what you are facing yet. I鈥檝e come across some real ankle twisters lately made worse by recent storms that took down a lot of trees
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Need to add this. Just a shot I took at the end of one of my usual trails
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I did a hike Friday. It actually ended up being a little more intense than I anticipated. It required me to scale the same trail several times as I was bringing up a group that was very unsure and became very nervous about how steep it got. As promised I got everyone up and back safely but it involved me doing an extra mile and a half. Anyway on top of the mountain is this structure that was built in the 1880鈥檚. The funny part is the guy built it on a dare and to prove he could do it. He needed to build a structure over 1,100 feet high as there was nothing in the area, still doesn鈥檛 look like there is, taller than that.
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Correction the tower is 1,640 feet or so I gotta read up more on its history
 
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I thought I recognized that tower... It's in Haystack Mountain State Park in Connecticut, and is actually 1716ft above sea level.

Link to an article with a little more information is below.

https://www.courant.com/hc-news-marteka-haystack-moutain-tower-20181027-story.html
Ah thank you. I find that confusing. Are you familiar with the area, I frequent Dennis mountain which is 6,000 ft above sea level. This haystack mountain by eye I would say is higher. I guess I better study more before I give history lessons. Near the structure there is a parchment which I took a picture of that mentions the structure and 1,600 feet but the rest of the wording is too faded to read. I鈥檓 going to head back when I don鈥檛 have a group with me so I can check it out better but yes the stairs in the castle like structure are pretty scary to navigate, well worth the stunning view though. I parked at the bottom and did the entire trail twice in a short period of time
 
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Unfortunately, I have not hiked it over 20 years (pre-kids!), but I remembered the tower. Dennis Hill actually tops out a little lower at 1627 ft (https://www.stateparks.com/dennis_hill_state_park_in_connecticut.html). I wish either was over 6,000 ft, but I think the only mountain in the Northeast US that does is Mount Washington at 6,288 ft. 馃榾
Yes I made an error I was thinking mount frissel I think it鈥檚 called and I don鈥檛 think that breaks 3,000 feet. Don鈥檛 know why I said 6,000
 
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One of the few photos I took in Peru last summer on the Huayhuash Circuit in Peru before I had to come down due to altitude sickness.
 
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One of the few photos I took in Peru last summer on the Huayhuash Circuit in Peru before I had to come down due to altitude sickness.
I鈥檇 love to give a real mountain a try. Best I鈥檝e done is rock climbing. I would think each step has some thrill in it
 
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If you can hike/backpack in Connecticut, you can hike or trek almost anywhere. I am not a mountaineer (i.e. no glacier travel or crevasse traversing), but this is me (the overweight 51 year old on the left) at 5416 meters/17769 feet at that top of the Thorong-La Pass on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.

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If you can hike/backpack in Connecticut, you can hike or trek almost anywhere. I am not a mountaineer (i.e. no glacier travel or crevasse traversing), but this is me (the overweight 51 year old on the left) at 5416 meters/17769 feet at that top of the Thorong-La Pass on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.

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Beautiful picture congrats and thank you for being so gracious with my screwups with elevation etc. if I type quickly when I鈥檓 tired I am very prone to making errors. I did some climbing in China, not to the level you ascended. I find it funny your up 17,000 ft. I used to recreational skydive and my highest jump was 16,500 feet or so. Might have been a little under that they give you certificates after each jump I just didn鈥檛 save them all. Beautiful view you must have had.
 
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Some photos from yesterday鈥檚 trip to Acadia National Park. Acadia in the Fall is something special. This was our first hiking trip with our pup, so more driving/walking than our usual trails. Beautiful nonetheless. There is so much to this park that we have yet to explore, and I am starting to think a trip to Maine will need to be an annual tradition.
 
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Some photos from yesterday鈥檚 trip to Acadia National Park. Acadia in the Fall is something special. This was our first hiking trip with our pup, so more driving/walking than our usual trails. Beautiful nonetheless. There is so much to this park that we have yet to explore, and I am starting to think a trip to Maine will need to be an annual tradition.
I love Acadia it seriously is one of my favorite areas
 
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It's great to see these amazing Fall colors from the East Coast!
 
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It's great to see these amazing Fall colors from the East Coast!
It is very nice Dan. I have been tracking the changes closely as I hit the same areas weekly. I had a group take pictures to monitor the changes of trees. The put them together. It was cool to see the changes over a couple weeks. I think more people are taking the time to enjoy these things lately being that no one is quite sure what is safe and what isn鈥檛 anymore. Trees are still regarded as harmless as long as they aren鈥檛 falling on you
 
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When you don鈥檛 know where you are going, any road will get you there
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