Monadnock

I had forgotten how bad the footing is, and how much harder that makes the hike.  I suppose I should be glad that steepness per se does not bother me as much as before, neither up nor down.  But the rarity with which one can take a normal-sized step and put one's foot down flat - I'm not asking for horizontal - got very wearing.

It is often repeated up here but likely less-known outside of NH that the geographical term monadnock, which is obscure but still used, comes from this mountain.