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George Steffanos

3 weeks ago • •

George Steffanos
3 weeks ago • •

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September 1, 1983: The trail down the far side of Smarts Mountain was in worse shape than the ascent had been, but what did that matter to a man surrounded by that kind of magnificence? The AT lunged downward across more of those dripping, mossy rocks.

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It is late in the afternoon on a rather hazy day. The sky is clear and bright, but also whitewashed. We are standing on a large light gray granite outcrop striated with darker grays high up a mountain. We are looking out above the treetops of a spruce and fir forest towards another lofty mountain, dominating our view with a triangular peak and long ridges descending left and right. Beyond that, more distant ridges cascade to a misty horizon. There are a few green fields and several houses visible in the large valley below us. Most of the valley is covered with forest.

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