{"id":5,"date":"2010-01-01T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbuchholz.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2017-01-05T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T18:34:25","slug":"mt-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/5\/mt-liberty","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Liberty via Liberty Springs Tr"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hike was 6hrs 20min.\u00a0 We were on the summit for 5mins.\u00a0 For the other 375-minutes, the only thought running through my mind was, \u201cWhat the hell were we thinking…\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Suunto<\/a><\/p>\n

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Conditions on the summit were close to -20 degrees, and given wind of around 20-30mph, the wind chill was closer to -50.\u00a0 Before the final ascent, we quickly switched layers and grabbed a bite to eat.\u00a0 While my googles were on my forehead, condensation formed, and before I could pull them back down, I had a thick layer of ice on the inside of the lens.\u00a0 The conditions required them, so I had to hike for 30 minutes with them on (maybe one-foot of visibility) to try to melt the ice.\u00a0 Every time the ice started melting, I would whip out a cloth, and before I could rip the goggles off my face and wipe the lens, the condensation instantly refroze.\u00a0 I practiced the art of profanity heavily over the course of the next hour.<\/p>\n

\"Panoramic<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This all paid off when we finally reached the summit; the views were amazing in all directions.\u00a0 Having been deeply packed for the course of the hike, I quickly got my camera out.\u00a0 Well, on my first picture I made the mistake of breathing\u2014the condensation that hit the back of my camera froze instantly.\u00a0 Unable to see any of the shots I was taking, I just hoped for the best as I kept shooting.\u00a0 Within minutes my autofocus motor froze, a thin layer of ice was forming on-top the lens, and I was growing a little scared for my camera’s life (as well as my own).<\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a><\/div>\n

The ascent was too slow given the weather to continue on to Mt. Flume, and given the fact that we were the only people dumb enough to be hiking in this weather, we decided to turn back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Winter<\/a>

If pictures could talk, this one would be saying, “JUST TAKE THE #$*%ING PICTURE!”<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hike was 6hrs 20min.\u00a0 We were on the summit for 5mins.\u00a0 For the other 375-minutes, the only thought running through my mind was, \u201cWhat the hell were we thinking…\u201d Conditions on the summit were close to -20 degrees, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[4,1458,215,750,464,577,1538,677,171],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-photography","tag-hiking","tag-landscapes","tag-mountains","tag-mt-liberty","tag-new-england","tag-new-hampshire","tag-trekking","tag-white-mountains","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6388,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/6388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}