Clown
New member
Hey all, I'm new here but glad I found these forums. I've been a fairly avid hiker most of my life, and always looking to chat with fellow climbers.
Anyways... got a question for you. Last weekend, saturday I was climbing Mt. Washington. It's an excellent hike, and I enjoy it very much. I had been hoping for some good weather, but haven't seen that all summer up there. It was rainy most of the day, and about 55 deg. It was extremely fogging from the top of Tuckerman's all the way to the peak. Visibility was about 10 meters and the AMC hut at the bottom claimed 75 mph winds at the peak(certainly seemed like it). So, my point is, it wasn't a very nice day, and I was extremely well prepared, and I was still feeling the effects. On my way down, around .8 miles from the top, I saw a family climbing up. Mother, father, friends, and a young boy, probably around 6 or 7. He was already crying and they were practically dragging him up. I stopped to talk to them, and tried to explain the conditions on the peak, and they looked cold and tired already. At their pace they probably had at least an hour more to go. Needless to say they continued to the top. To me, it did not seem at all the type of day I would take a child up that mountain. They did not seem experieced and a little kid without a jacket or hat could very well get extremely sick that way. What would you have said?
Anyways... got a question for you. Last weekend, saturday I was climbing Mt. Washington. It's an excellent hike, and I enjoy it very much. I had been hoping for some good weather, but haven't seen that all summer up there. It was rainy most of the day, and about 55 deg. It was extremely fogging from the top of Tuckerman's all the way to the peak. Visibility was about 10 meters and the AMC hut at the bottom claimed 75 mph winds at the peak(certainly seemed like it). So, my point is, it wasn't a very nice day, and I was extremely well prepared, and I was still feeling the effects. On my way down, around .8 miles from the top, I saw a family climbing up. Mother, father, friends, and a young boy, probably around 6 or 7. He was already crying and they were practically dragging him up. I stopped to talk to them, and tried to explain the conditions on the peak, and they looked cold and tired already. At their pace they probably had at least an hour more to go. Needless to say they continued to the top. To me, it did not seem at all the type of day I would take a child up that mountain. They did not seem experieced and a little kid without a jacket or hat could very well get extremely sick that way. What would you have said?