36&37/48 09/16/2011 Adams & Madison Part 1 I woke up to a bit of undercast and hiked up to the ridgeline and over Adams. After that I rockhopped to John Quincy Adams for an aerial view of Star Lake. Note the Canadians camping in the photo A.) above 3500’ B.) in the Alpine Zone and C.) just right in the fucking vegetation. All of those things are not kosher and pretty much started the slippery slope of my opinion on Canadian hikers. I ran down to speak with them but of course I don’t speak French and they just smiled at me like children. Sense my animosity..? Judge away I have lots of supportive evidence for my theory that they are oblivious to minimum impact and Leave No Trace. MOVING ON. On my way down to try to reason with the queebs I bumped into an adolescent moose! She was grazing down by the hut. It worked out because I had absolutely no clue how I was going to get to my car and I struck a deal with guys from CT. “If I show you a moose will you give me a ride to my car?” Of course they were onboard and we shook on it. We hiked up Madison together and down to the Appalachian Trailhead. The waterfall is Lower Duck Falls. I felt pretty bad when I realized my car was more an an hours’s drive away but they asked why I was hiking and when I said it was my birthday they were actually kind of stoked to give me the ride. Like it was their gift. #hiking #takeahike #hikethepresidentials #mountadamsnh #hiketheeast #hikethenortheast #hikethe48 #hikenh48 #hikenh #hikenewhampshire #hikersofinstagram #mountains #hikestuff #optoutside #getoutdoors #greatoutdoors #alpinezone #wmnf #wmnfhikers #mountjefferson #thecog #butitsmybirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CK_CYEhrjMg/?igshid=hdtyc2ywq416