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was from blisters and told him why,
he looked at me and said, “Hike that
at your age? You’re crazy!”
Maybe it was crazy. The hike is
a grueling fourteen-mile round trip,
climbing thousands of feet, some of it
across granite and slippery shale
rock. But the summit has a beautiful
view. And I usually only have to
make the hike once with each child.
Then they usually decide they will
never do it again.
But my youngest daughter turned
thirteen recently, so I decided she was
strong enough to make the climb. I
had also never taken her sister, who is
only two years older, so the three of
