Lake George: Sleeping Beauty.

I had this brilliant idea that I wanted to hike the Lake George 12ster. For those of you who are unfamiliar, they are twelve mountain peaks in Lake George NY. My fiance is not much of a hiker at all, but I really didn’t think it would be that bad. (I was wrong) We ended up hiking 8 miles with 1437ft elevation gain. not even 1/4th of the way up her hips started to hurt and i was severely out of breath. we persisted.

This hike was my first big girl hike. we were so beat up the next day and the bugs were relentless the whole time. I have terrible ankle problems and I had to crawl to the bathroom the next morning, which is pretty embarrassing for only being 23 at the time.

Despite how long it took us, how we felt the next day, and how we felt during the hike, it was amazing. The view you have of other mountains at the summit is breathtaking. No picture does it justice. I’m glad we did it and that I got to share that experience with her.

I still plan on finishing the 12ster. :)

score: 8/10