35 miles 12000 feet Day 1 North Fork Sauk Trailhead to White Pass Camp 9.5 miles 4600 feet. I decided to leave a day earlier than my friends that I was tagging along with. I wanted to give myself the best chances of a summit after coming off of a failing summit attempt of Mount Baker a couple weekends before. I took my time packing at the house and drove to the trailhead and was off right at noon. I knew this was going to be a really long day and probably the hardest day, so I came up with a plan of 1 hour and mandatory break. The first…