4th High Point Visited
32nd Highest State High Point
22nd Most Difficult
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Backbone Mountain (3,360)
was 2nd on our journey of
three HP's. We hoped to
reach this spot by dark
after a late start hiking
out of the woods from New
Years Eve and getting lost
trying to find
Pennsylvania's HP.
We
followed Rt 219 and drove
right by an old logging road
that we needed to hike up to
the summit. We started up
the slushy snowy muddy road
with cairns marking the path
all the way to the top. It
was very steep and we rushed
to beat the sun going down.
The marker was along the
Pennsylvania / Maryland
border. I thought I found
our mark, but it was a state
line marker. The real maker
was another hundred feet, a
sign on top of the mountain.
A mailbox had a register, we
were the first people in
2000!
Others were there two
days prior and there were
tracks was still partially
visible in the snow. We
hiked back down in the dark
happy to achieved two HP's
in one day.
Should we be in
the Guiness for this?
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