The Semi-Pemi Pummel

Well, we tried it.  We made it to just into treeline on the Garfield Ridge after cranking up the Osseo and banging across Franconia Ridge.  Our 2am start got us to Flume at sunrise at 6:15 and a mere 5 hours later were in the trees on Garfield Ridge.  Some memories (more as I remember them):

Mutha's trip report (pics here):

1. Hunting for the trail on the Osseo:  "Anybody see anything?"
2. Taking 10 minute turns breaking trail on Osseo.
3. tMail hogging all the summits.
4. MadDog getting grabbed and held in place by the demons that live under the snow.
5. Me, dropping one leg into a hole deep enough to require tMail and MadDog to pull me out
6. Anxiety about the Flume Slide as we crossed the start zone (or rather, DIDN"T because I was bushwacking in the trees)
7. Standing on Lincoln and seeing the PM skiing on Sugarbush
8. Being faced with the 'Turn Back or Keep Going' decision at 11am!!!!
9. Sardines and Barenjager at Greenleaf
10. Having Sue and Jill pick us up and drive us to the truck.  BAM!

tMail's Trip Report (pics here):  What can be said on one hell of a day!  Some things that stick out from memory:

1.  Sleeping outside on Mutha's screen porch in my new zero bag...sweet I woke up once and thought I was in Morocco.
2. 12.00am wake up call, load the car and lessons on where the north star is from Dr. Mutha
3. En route conversation was around surgery's, recovery, what the doctors really know and what is relative.
4. Lincoln, NH at 2.00am scary, people walking the streets.
5. Osseo trails blows!
6. Aimlessly walking and saying we are not on the trail.
7. seeing the pre morning dawn red sky light up everything.
8. getting the body to work between the hours of 3am - 6am not easy.
9. the sun is a magnificant booster of energy, i got my second wind and felt fantastic on flume.
10. flume is a cool mountain i like the snow cornice on the ridge coming out of the woods, magnificent.
11. MadDog spending 1 nano second on each summit
12. MadDog falling in hip deep in a spruce trap, me digging his snowshoe out and still not being able to get it out...claustrophobia setting in and then freedom!
13. MadDog received a fashion ticket for not having the straps on his pack correctly latched to the male and female end of the bucket.
14. Using and icicle to credit card my arse to give it a cleansing after a money dump.
15. MadDog shattering a pole on the ridge, falling backwards, rolling, moaning, getting up and saying, "I'm good"
16. Mutha and his networking of calling people, G$$$, Sue, Travis, Nick, Jill.
17. I owe MadDog a follow up Dave's Taxi is the closest service provider out of Littleton, NH
18. Jetboil??????
19. MadDog eating snow
20. Mutha and his bear hunting liquor and sugar coated donuts, by the way the liquor was absolutely delightful.
21. Sue and Jill for picking us!!!
22. REI for taking the pole back and asking how did this happen? Tmail "it just gave out I think it was defective".
23. 14 hours in the mountains with great friends!
24. great weekend in Muthaville with all the members of the crew including non-humans.
25. Connor you sound like a weird bastard for just showing up on the back deck.

MadDog's Trip Report: