Jodi read that you could see 10 million trees from the top of Mount Carleton. We saw like, 20, because the clouds were so thick. Not to mention the fact that it was freezing, and the winds were picking up, and it was dangerously close to sunset... as much of a sunset there could be with all the clouds and actual lack of sun. We didn't spend much time at the top. There isn't much to see when you're above all the layers of clouds. There was a separate path to lead to the bottom of the mountain, the only problem was that we had to find it, and we were the only ones at the top of the tallest mountain in the Maritimes.
Because Jodi has a level-head, we found the path alright and reached the bottom just before dark, and just before park staff probably would have come looking for us (we saw them come to check the sign-in sheet at the bottom literally 5 minutes after we reached the bottom). We had talked on the way down about what survival instincts kicked in while we were up there. I was nearly convinced we wouldn't find the exiting path and instead have to be stuck up on the top of this mountain during some crazy thunderstorm and get hypothermia and perish. Like, who starts climbing a mountain at 5pm on a rainy day in essentially the middle of nowhere (with zero cellphone service)!? People who die, that's who.
But we didn't.
We just were living such an awesome, adventurous life that day that instead, the grim reaper was all like: "Yo, these girls mean business." TAKE THAT, DEATH! ...Knock on wood.
FIN!
I know this girl.
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