
The hike starts on the suspension bridge over the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River

Nate at Black Pond with the Bonds as the backdrop

Bruce at Black Pond, just before the adventurous bushwhack

Bushwhacking from Black Bond to the Lincoln Brook Trail

Nate treats and replenishes his water supply in Lincoln Brook

Nate goofing once he realizes he is on stage

Ascending the Owls Head slide with Lincoln and Lafayette obscured by the murk

The boys at the wooded summit and cairn of the vaunted Owls Head

A wet Nate relieved to be at the summit

On our descent the murk lifts off Lincoln and Lafayette