It still turned out to be a good day, I chatted up some other guy on the ridge route while waiting for his kids to catch up and had the summit to myself for a while too. Since I had the time I walked around and found the summit marker (thanks Cecelia).
I walked down the road and of course saw a few more people there but didn’t have any conversations. Wearing my headphones might have contributed to that...
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Sunny out, another great day in the local mountains.
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Took a Snickers break on that rock before tackling the last part of the ridge.
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Summit area.
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Summit benchmark!
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Closer view, circa 1953. Seems it should be older.
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On the way down the road it looks like springtime.
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Now it’s mine.