We woke up sore this morning, but we were only a half mile from the summit of the mountain. After some coffee we tackled that beast, then hiked the top of a ridge for a few miles through beautiful wildflower meadows, in great weather. His royal ceph-ship still carried nothing, but kept up great. We ended today with another climb setting up another early morning summit, which keeps us off summits and ridge lines during peak lightning times. Our campsite tonight may be the best yet, right by a lake that mirrors the main mountain behind it, absolutely beautiful. As we were eating dinner with our fire blazing a deer walk up the hill and stopped to watch us for a while before heading back down the hill. The AT has nothing on the views here, well maybe in a few spots, but here it's everyday. Still no other thru hikers heading North. We can hear mountain goats across the valley from our tent as we go to sleep. Great clear, dry night.
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