High peaks 5 & 6 Dial and Nippletop, with a stop at Fish Hawk Cliffs. This was a long day, over 12 hours. The trails were extremely muddy. Owen complained a little on the way out, but never gave up. Once we hit the road he had renewed enthusiasm and we finished the hike out with a nice couple who had just finished Blake and Colvin.
Original plan was to do Dial, Nippletop, and fish hawk in that order. While signing in I had a conversation with a gentleman who said he preferred to do it in the opposite order. Walk the road in, go to fish hawk Nippletop, Dial and then out. That is what we did, and I’m happy we did it that way. I just felt that going in the other direction would have made for a longer day. We hit the summit of Nippletop at 1:08 pm. Another great hike, Owen has a new found desire to complete more high peaks. Looking forward to our next adventure, whichever one it turn out to be.