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Belknap Traverse (7/30/22)

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 Yesterday's hike was a bit different. I was hiking with Hummingbird (Dragonfly's cousin) and Ben (Dragonfly's brother-in-law), but not Dragonfly herself. The hike all started with Hummingbird. She wanted to do a traverse of the Belknap Range, hitting all twelve peaks in one hike. That would be about nineteen miles and 5000' of elevation gain. Hummingbird knew that this was beyond Dragonfly's range, so she asked the two strongest hikers she knew, Ben and I, to join her. Neither Hummingbird nor Ben had ever done a hike of this length before, so I felt it was important that we start really early. This was not only to give us enough time to finish the hike, but also to take advantage of the cooler morning before it got hot later in the day. We all agreed to meet at the Mt. Major parking lot at 6 AM. This was quite an obligation for Ben, as he would be driving from Connecticut, meaning he had to get up at like 2:30 AM. I had to get up at 4:45 AM to travel from Dragonfly