Doing The Fifty

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Students with the 窪做惇蹋厙 Outing Club hike back to campus, nonstop and overnight, from Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.

About three dozen students attempted to hike the 50 miles from Moosilauke Ravine Lodge back to Hanover, starting Friday and overnight into Saturday, in one go and with no sleep in the 窪做惇蹋厙 Outing Club event known as The Fifty.

Along the way, they were given food, first aid, and hugs at support stations run by enthusiastic, flair-clad fellow students. Just under 30 students made it the whole way.

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Caroline Mahony , Naya Lunney, Dara Casey, and Anna St. Jean hike away from the Ravine lodge
Caroline Mahony 25, Naya Lunney 25, Dara Casey 25, and Anna St. Jean 25 set out from Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in the White Mountains as support teams cheer them on. In all, nine 4-person teams embarked on the 50-mile hike to Hanover. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Wyatt Ellison and others hike across a bridge
Wyatt Ellison 25 leads his team across the bridge near Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. They had just set out on the 2023 version of The Fifty. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Students sit outside a cabin
Students with the Outing Club set up a Great Bearrier Reef support station at the Outing Clubs Great Bear Cabinthe first of five support stations along the 50-mile trek. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Students bandage blistered feet
Sophie Lewis 25 tapes up classmate Marina Wangs blistered foot at the Great Bearrier Reef support station. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Students blow bubbles
Faye Benjamin 25 looks on as Klara Meyer 24 and Reese Bragg 25 blow bubbles at a support station on the route. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Students talking outside a cabin
Nathan McAllister 25, Justin Pavan 25, and Mason McIlwain 25 chat with Sophie Lewis 25 after arriving at the Great Bearrier Reef support station. Carter Kruse 25 and Brendan Chia 25 talk with Gannon Forsberg 25 in the background. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly on a table
Snacks and sandwiches await hungry hikers about 3 hours into The Fifty. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Students arrive on campus after completing 'The Fifty'
Charlie Rudge 25, Wyatt Ellison25, Jeremy Gart 25, and Alejo Rincon 25 hike into Hanover on Saturday, finishing the last mile of The Fifty after starting on Friday at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. (Photo by Sophia Scull 25)
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Students are congratulated after hiking "The Fifty'
Meredith Thomas 25 runs through a crowd of supporters outside Robinson Hall after finishing The Fifty with her team. (Photo by Sophia Scull 25)