Tag: mountains
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Over The River
The Little River, Twin Mountain New Hampshire USA. 2018 “Over river, and through the woods.” Rather than head to Grandfather’s house as Lydia Maria Child’s tune would suggest, I parked in the gravel turnout. Crossing the plank bridge, I set out along the North Twin trail, to hike it’s namesake on the other side. It’s…
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The Lemon Bar
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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Peak Above the Nubble
This short bushwack in New Hampshire was one of my first trailless hikes for the Hundred Highest list. Having finished most of the blazed and trailed peaks on the list, I had picked most of the “low hanging fruit.” It was time to begin knocking off the hikes that required more care and research. The…
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Megalloway
Awake before dawn, I was wrapped in my sleeping bag and some extra blankets. I was warm and didn’t want to get moving. The rental I was driving had more than enough space for sleeping with the seats folded. I was literally “car camping”. This far north and being fall, temperatures were too cool for…
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