A guest just finished up a backpacking trip with us completing the classic Zealand-Bonds Traverse — a monster hike made more comfortable by splitting it up over two days. Working on her 48, these peaks — Zealand (4260′), West Bond (4540′), Mt Bond (4698′), and Bondcliff (4265′) — were numbers 41, 42, 43, 44, respectively. Highlights included decent weather, a bear sighting (no pic, sorry), and of course the minute rewards that trickle into our lives as a result of all that effort. Four more to go! And that is just the start. On lead for this trip was Redline Guide Phoebe Seltzer, and these are a few of the photos she grabbed along the way.
The First Day
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Wow, this is one special hike!
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Stair Master deluxe.
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Zealand done (well, almost… 0.1 to go). Congratulations!
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Guyot is amazing.
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Ahh, finally in camp.
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Ahhh. Rest. Feels. Good.
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Sunset on West Bond? Nope, the clouds rolled in.
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Wow, the view of Bondcliff. Wow again.
The Next Day
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On Mt Bond… Congratulations!
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On the road to Bondcliff.
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The classic Bondcliff pose… congratulations again!
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Owl’s Head, anyone?
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Almost done.
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Finally! Whew!