What kind trail goes down a creek bed over boulders? After summiting Mount Garfield we hop and lurch and stumble along the Garfield Ridge Trail. Time is starting to hang over this sojourn. We figure we have until about 8:45 pm for daylight. 15 hours seems ample time to go 30 miles - a mere 2 mph. We think 14 hours is more likely.. The fastest crazies - according to the web - can scamper around this circuit in 6:45 (presumably with marshmallows for knees) . But here we are making nowhere close to 2 mph on this ridiculous 6.5 miles of boulders and up and down masquerading as the Appalachian trail (imagine doing this with packs). Later on at Galehead Hut - (17 miles and already 2:45 pm) we make a fateful decision - daylight be damned, we are doing this circuit.
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