At 20+ miles in length and with almost 10,000 feet in elevation gain, doing the Presidential Traverse in a day is a feather in any hiker’s cap. Here are some tips for taking it from pipe dream to reality.
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Some Days in the Mountains You Just Don’t Want to End
So often our trips to the mountains are focused on squeezing in multiple objectives, doing something in a fast time, or just moving quickly in order to get back home to our never-ending lists of other commitments. On this day, however, we chose to linger. To make conversation with other hikers. To bask on a sunny slab on Pierce’s flanks because days like this are few and deserve to be cherished.