Today is our last hike to complete the 48 4000 footer challenge. We started at 5 am to start our climb up Mount Washington. My backpack was filled with protein bars, trail mix, and gatorade. My sister had hers stuffed with water and our extra layers. We both had hiking shoes, shorts, and a sweatshirt on.

Now that you have a good idea of what we were working with, here's the story.

So we got out of our car at 5 am on a Saturday in September. Which is the beginning of fall season, so think of chilly mornings and evening with a warm up mid day. I grabbed my headlamp, coffee, and backpack. My sister grabbed her backpack and we closed up the truck and headed to the trailhead. Over the last year of hiking the 48 4000 footers, we've bonded an incredible amount. We were always close but now it felt even stronger. Unfortunately Mount Washington is one of those hikes where it's become so popular, the solitude of a hike is nowhere to be found. We're making our way up and it is rough! Even with the training we've done, the elevation in such a short time is incredible. So we do what we do best and that's help each other keep pushing. We spend the next 3 hours just hyping each other up and pulling ourselves over the boulders. Our teamwork was on par and we managed to reach the summit! It was an absolutely incredible view. There's also a lot to do at the summit so we hung out for a bit to celebrate our successful challenge completion. The way down was about 10 times harder than going up. Which means we had to continue the teamwork and take our time. Slowly but surely we managed to finagle our way down the mountain and got back to the car in one piece. As we got in the car we both looked at each other and said, "Which ones next?"