9/14/22
White Mountains Guide Day 42

I knew that it would be a long day of hiking, but I didn’t know that it was going to be such a slog for many miles. I’ve done this loop two other times in the past and it was a blast. This time was not so much. My left foot has been sore for the last two hikes now and it wears on you when every step hurts for miles. But there’s nothing that I could do about it to make it stop hurting or to get back to my car other than to walk so that’s what I did, I walked. The hike up Owl’s Head was not as hard as I remember it being in the past (I think this is the seventh time I’ve summitted it now) but the rest of the day I had to push through quite the mental wall to persevere. I wanted to turn around from mile zero. I was tired and not in the mood for a 9-10 hour day of hiking. But by the end of the day I was so glad I kept going. Not because I loved the hike, but because it was now done and I can move on.

Daily Miles: 21.13
Daily Vert: 4282’ 
Overall Miles: 462.13
Overall Vert: 143,402’
Guide: 18.8% -> 19.9%

Trails:

Lincoln Woods
Lincoln Brook
Owl’s Head Herdpath
Franconia Brook