Tag: peak bagging

  • Mount Madison: Part 2

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    We had begun our hike just after dawn. The sun quickly began to rise above the ridge line, casting shadows through the birches.

    a hiker climbs a rocky trail in a forest
  • Reaching For 100

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    The New England Hundred Highest List is a collection of mountains in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. The list is administered by the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 4000 Footers Club. Hiking the NEHH was already on my mind during the final months of completion of the New England 67. I was already almost 70 peaks in.…

    A fallen tree sits beside a calm lake, ringed by green forested mountains
  • The 52 With A View

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    In 1979 a group of friends start a hiking group to be known as The Over the Hill Hikers. You can read about the formation and history of the group on their blog page here. In the 90’s, some of the members tired of hiking the New Hampshire 48s. The groups “Den Mother” Lib Bates,…

    a solo hiker looks out over a forested valley towards a range of mountains in the distance. He is standing on a outcropping of ledge that drops off to the valley floor
  • Hiking Pack Monadnock

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    When fall arrives and the air turns crisp, I reach for my snowshoes and winter pack.