aaron wolf in the white mountains

I considered titling this post “how not to hike the White Mountains,” because to be perfectly honest while I had an absolutely unreal experience, the White Mountains kicked my ass. To anyone who would consider a journey through the White Mountains, do heed this piece of advice: pack light. My pack was way too heavy, I had among other goodies some fishing gear (+5lbs), loads of stove fuel(+3 lbs), a spare pair of camo pants (+ 5 lbs), and most gratuitous of all a nice Canon Digital Camera weighing at least 7 lbs which made it out of the pack for all of 15 minutes (mostly used my pocket sized Fujifilm). In all my pack must have starting out weighing at least 50 lbs. By the time the trip was over the tent was weighed down with ice, and two pairs of frozen socks added more weight.