29-August 2013 to 1-September 2013: Then, as we were climbing the last few switchbacks, it started raining at 12:20pm. This was definitely not a good sign. When we encountered another pair of guy hikers who were coming back down, they too were echoing the earlier sentiments that it was definitely worth the view up at Kearsarge Pass. However, one of them expressed concern that it was going to be iffy about whether the weather would cooperate or not.

Still, we trudged on. The rain got bad enough that we had to bring out our rain gear. Of course, when the rain gear was on, it tended to get hot real fast…

• Day 1: SLOW FOOD
• Day 2: RETURN OF THE GAS
• Day 3: FIRST PASS SUCCESS
• Day 4: VICTORY SONG

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