An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Category: Peak Bagging

  • Killington in Winter

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    A hiker was tightening the laces of his boots. He was in his thirties I guessed, and looked a bit new to hiking. We were parked close together at the trailhead. He was headed up to the summit of Mount Killington. I was on the way out. We chatted a bit. It was late August…

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    snowpackjack

  • Hiking The Belknaps

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    The insatiable hunger for another patch needed to be satiated. Licking my chops, I set my sights on the Belknaps. The peaks of the Belknap Range pack a fantastic visual punch despite their reasonable elevation. View from the Belknaps, New Hampshire, USA. My time in the mountains was limited. I had a few weekend dates…

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    grey granite ledge is in the foreground, framed by shrubs and trees. A mountain pass is in the distance with a dark blue sky scattered with wisps of white clouds

  • The New England 67

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    The Appalachian Mountain Club has an official list of mountains over 4000 feet. While many mountains in the north are over 4000 feet, “prominence” over their neighboring peaks whittles the list down to 67. I collected the New Hampshire 48 over a period of three years in all seasons. Upon completing them ,it only made…

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    A black and white image of a river in the foreground tall grass frames the lower part of the photo. a dark band of river flows left to right through the center of the photo. tall pine trees stand beyond the river on the opposite side of the riverbank.

  • The Lemon Bar

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    Fireworks crackled somewhere near us. It was close to the 4th of July. It’s my least favorite holiday, with all the noise and chaos it brings. “Some idiot’s going to blow a finger off” I thought. “They might say it’s the land of the free and home of the brave, but there’s no mention of…

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