When you have a busy pharmacy job and two young children to care for, extra-curricular adventures are rare. Mount Washington in New Hampshire with their best friends.
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Potential climbers are also warned that many hikers have been stranded, lost or killed while climbing the trails to the mountain's peak. Still, he adds, the weather was a challenge. The hike down was incredibly tough on the knees, McDowell adds.