2/22/23
Day 105

Three separate hikes today and one carspot. I have been waiting to do the Franconia Recreation Path because I didn’t want to have to do it as an out and back and today was the perfect day to do the majority of it. After completing the stretch of trail from Skookumchuck to Lafayette Place parking lot, I headed over to Mount Pemigewasset to hike both trails on that and closed out the day doing Georgiana Falls. The trails were a mixed bag, from ice to snow to pavement covered in a dusting. Mount Pemigewasset was the first hike I did since childhood. In 2008, I decided that I wanted to go hiking one day and my husband and I headed up this peak, totally clueless about if we were even hiking the right mountain. It was on this hike that I discovered just how out of shape I really was. It was this hike that set me on a path to getting into shape, losing 35 pounds, and ultimately opened my eyes to the world of exercise. I had spent my entire life up to this point exercising off and on, only doing cardio, in the hopes of losing weight. After this hike, I realized that I was weak and that hiking was a lot harder than I remembered it being as a child. Red faced and having to take frequent rests along the 1.8 mile trail to the summit, I felt mortified that I couldn’t power up the mountain. I was so ashamed of myself. It was at that moment that I was determined to get in shape and lose weight (which I did). In 2015, after spending the better part of seven years yo-yo dieting and slowly gaining back 20 of the 35 pounds I had lost, I went on my first solo hike and fell in love with hiking. It wasn’t until 2015 that I realized there is a difference between skinny and strong. Since that day, I’ve chosen strong.

Daily Miles: 12.76

Daily Vert: 2970’

Overall Miles: 1093.80

Overall Vert: 318,929’

Trace: 47.2% -> 47.8%

Trails:

Franconia Notch Recreation Path

Georgiana Falls Path

Indian Head Trail

Mount Pemigewasset Trail