Wtih Phil from Amethyst Brook over
Mt. Orient and down to the first brook crossing. Struggling on the first long climb, legs (quads) sore/tired, working hard trying to keep up, which seemd to leave Phil quite delighted. Took a while to recover on the nice trail down to the brook. On the way back put in some effort to keep a decent pace on the way back up to the high point, then eased off coming down until at some point Phil said that we might not make it back in 30 minutes. That immediately forced him to surge ahead, which forced me to surge back, so the last 8 minutes or so were at pretty close to full speed. Ah, the foolish games we play. 35:30 out, 31:30 back.
