We start early and climb for an hour, and climb another 1,000' to reach the fire tower. I am glad we did not try and do this last night. It would have killed us.Stucco and Boss have just left 10 minutes before we arrived. Then we have a long 4 mile descent to the road.
Another 2,000' climb over spectacular rock slabs to Mt Cube which is quite rocky. There are glorious views and we have lunch on top with some southbounders (SOBOS) asking them questions about the White Mountains, gathering as much intelligence as we can on how the hut system works.
We are feeling quite tired today - the combination of two full days of heavy climbing takes its toll. We finally staggger into Ore Hill Shelter just before 5pm. The first red oak leaves are starting to fall.
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