Hiking

So me and Bruce are doing a hike every weekend, at least while the weather holds out. This past Saturday though was the hike of all hikes for me. We went up to Cannon Mtn (up in the White Mtns). I have never been on such a steep trail before in my life. It was so vertical, you had to use your hands and arms allot to actually pull you up on stuff. The lower part of the trail was mostly switchbacks (zig zags in the path to make it up extremely steep terrain). The upper part was mainly rocks that you had to climb up on. At one point there was even a wooden ladder that you had to use to make it up a part.
We made it to the summit where there’s a ski lodge and a cable car that brings people up. So it was kinda weird to have gone on such a rugged hike; sweat poring off of me and my shirt soaked, and seeing families with kids and strollers even, lol. While we were eating lunch one woman started talking to us and asked if we walked up. She actually said in amazement “there’s trails up here?”. Its like what! You’re on a mountain and you don’t think there’s hiking trails!? Lol
So the way down was grueling too. We took a different trail but it was just as steep, if not more so. And yeah, hiking down steep terrain is easier on your heart than going up, but hard on your knees, joints, and well, everything! Its allot of work too, even with gravity on your side. So anyhow, it turned out to be a 5 hour hike, up and back. I probably sound like I’m complaining about it, but honestly I’m not. Just emphasizing how rigorous it was; I’ve never done such an extreme hike in my life before. But I loved it, I thought it was awesome. I probably wouldn’t wanna do one that difficult and extreme every weekend, but every few weeks is pretty cool. It felt good, like I accomplished something that day
Next week though I’m taking Bruce to a trail in North Adams that I used to do allot. Its cool cause it has a big waterfall at the end of it. Its not as hardcore as the last one he picked, but it’ll be fun anyhow