On a mission
In mid-September, Katie Rhodes and Bethany Garretson were coming down off Panther Mountain. The sun had just risen and there was a blanket of clouds hanging over the High Peaks.
“You could just see those grand mountains poking out from them,” Rhodes said. “It was just a magical, beautiful view. It got me a little emotional, just having that standing-with-the-Gods type moment. And those are the moments that keep you going out there.”
Rhodes and Garretson were on an historic trek through New York’s tallest mountains, on their way to becoming the first known women to thru-hike the High Peaks in a continuous, unsupported, documented effort, according to , a website that collects data on time records for routes around the world. The pair did the hike in seven days, four hours and 50 minutes, giving them the third-fastest known time
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