dms
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I really debated even posting this report, but maybe there is someone on the site who may be considering doing the ME 3K list, so here goes. On Wednesday, my friend Jim and I bushwacked Mt. Pisgah in the Chain of Ponds quad. On Thursday, we did Mt. Sisk and N. Sisk, which are directly east of Pisgah. The usual route is to do all three peaks in a one day circuit. But based on reports of heavy vegetation in certain areas I had from some other friends, thanks John Swanson!, we decided to do all three peaks separately and try to miss the thickest spots. Sometimes finding the right road can be a problem, in this case, the map seemed to be very clear, but as can happen at times, after getting into the area of the peaks we found roads not shown on the map, but finally at 11 we were able to get started out towards Pisgah. This peak was a pleasant surprise, some really great views south toward Mt. Snow and it's surrounding mountains. Very nice open areas and no dense vegetation. The last signee in the register was over a year ago. After we finished, we scouted routes for the Sisks. Next day we got a 7 am start for Sisk, and it was open woods to within the last 200/300 feet of elevation where the woods did get thick. The last visitor at Sisk was over two years ago. But the comments in the register about N. Sisk were all totally negative. Eric Schlimmer wrote that he never found the register, other comments were about how bad the col was. Before launching for N. Sisk we double checked our proposed bearing and starting elevation. Things went well, hardwoods all the way to about within 400 feet of elevation of the summit, then it went from great to total crap instantly. Steep, with cliffs and really thick matchstick all the way to the summit ridge, you literally couldn't take one step without fighting for it. At any rate we spent over an hour searching for the register without success. We finally worked our way to what we felt was the highpoint of the ridge, the altimeter read 3420 and the map elevation shows 3430. We climbed a tree and saw no higher point, and looking at the map and comparing it with the physical features we were seeing we felt certain we were on the summit bump. At any rate not finding the register, we put up a new register on the at the bump with an elevation 3420. This peak gave me a QCO! Anyone care to guess what a QCO is? After reading this report if anyone interested in doing some ME 3K wacks, get in touch, we are always looking for new blood, and you will surrender some of it to the woods!
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<GULP> I've discovered I really enjoy bushwacking 
