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**MichaelJ** · Apr 25, 2008, 7:50 AM

I wouldn't have minded more elevation if I'd had more water, and especially if we'd had leaves on the trees. I always forget how cooked one gets hiking in the 70s with no leaves yet ... gotta treat it as if it was an above-treeline traverse!

Apr 25, 2008, 7:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
MichaelJ Boundary Peak #100 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Out in the MA 'burbs near 495. Posts: 1,992	I wouldn't have minded more elevation if I'd had more water, and especially if we'd had leaves on the trees. I always forget how cooked one gets hiking in the 70s with no leaves yet ... gotta treat it as if it was an above-treeline traverse! __________________ Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. - Dave Barry 21 days '07–'08 … bring on the '08–'09 season!