M O U N T   M A R C Y

Adirondack State Park
Upstate New York

Here's a close-up of Mount Marcy, all fat and balding. But she's still a pretty sight to me.

The terrain turns completely into slick-rock.

0.6 miles to go and it's time for yet another time check. In 20 minutes I've covered 0.6 miles. That boils down to 1.8 mph which is a pretty good pace considering I climbing the steepest part of the mountain.

Time for another water check, I'm now at 200 ml.

With each slick-rock surmount the view gets better and better.

I'm feeling really whipped now but I keep up the pace. Now in full view, the mountain top is vigorously poking and prodding me onward and upward.