Lost Day in the Presidentials

The Benda hiking team didn't make it as far as planned. After a very short 4-5 miles, we were forced off the high ridge before Mt Jefferson and 5 miles before Washington. Winds were rocking is really hard with gusts that made it difficult to stay upright. 

We pulled the ripcord and went straight down below the treeline to The Perch. Total downhill: 1.2 miles. 

A day of relaxing had us edgy that we made a wrong decision. However, the very intense thunderstorm experienced late in the night had us feeling better about our decision.