a trail to self discovery...

The adventure for started at 6:30am. Whitney and I hit the trail headed towards Lonesome Lake. Our goal, North and South Kinsmans as well as the Cannonballs. We wanted to be out for most of the day and both knock off some peaks we needed. We headed up Lonesome Lake trail. I have only been down this trail and only in the winter. I knew it was steep when covered in snow so I was expecting it to be super steep when it isn't covered in snow. We reached the lake bright and early and it was absolutely beautiful as well as frozen. It was incredibly chilly so we continued our trek toward the Cannonballs. With the first signs of snow on the trail! I was excited. First snow for me this year!! As we passed the junction for Hi-Cannon and continued on the Kinsman Ridge Trail we knew that the Cannonball that Whitney needed for 100 Highest was shortly after.. We continued up a steep section with some beautiful views as we looked back. At the moment we took a slight left on the...