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It's Thor's 5th birthday and he is going to finish his NH 4K peaks on Jefferson this Sunday. He is also caught up to me on winter peaks so he will be finishing the Winter 48 with me as well. Would be great to see folks out there but we won't be running a race, at least I won't be! ;) Have had...

Just a reminder that hunting season for deer by muzzleloader opened yesterday in NH and regular firearm season opens in a couple of weeks. I realize bear season has already been open but the deer season puts much more hunters in the woods. Despite the hunter's safety training and all the public...

I know this is not a lost and found site but good gear is hard to come by and though I have bitched about the bindings I will sorely miss my MSR snowshoes! Had them on my way out from Zealand and may have lost them off my pack while loading them into the back of a pickup in the parking lot at Rt...

Most folks that know me are sure to agree that I am more fond of colder weather and so is my hiking partner Thor! I have two vacations per year and the winter one is from Christmas til New Years, this suits me fine but ticks others off! The summer one is ordained by the good folks I work for so...

After catching up to Mats and others at Barnes Field Saturday night Thor and I borrowed my in-laws place in Milan while they were away. I figured this would have me poised to cross paths on the Presis with Mats Sunday. I had plans of hiking Monroe and when I found out he was changing to a south...

Not that I don’t like people and comradery, but sometimes it feels very special to have a mountain or piece of woods to yourself. When you come through some places on the trail as you dayhike its hard to resist a feeling that tells you “What a great place to pitch a tent and enjoy life”! The...

Thor and I had spent Saturday enjoying a hike up Osceola and the comradery of the group celebrating Eric Rathburn's Grid Finish. I knew that Sunday was to be the pick of the weekend and the last day of winter so I was contemplating doing an open summit that did not require much effort like...

I'm planning to finish round two of the NH48 on Cannon February 20th. I finished round one there on my 48th birthday so I thought it would be a great place to catch up to some friends again for my 50th which is actually on the 22nd. No need to bring gifts, just great to see friends anytime! I...

My daughter Kimberly “K2” has been keeping me on a steady diet of summits every weekend lately. She has even been getting up some in afternoons to bag shorter hikes, sometimes the day after a long one! Having recently done Isolation, Owl’sHead and then a Twins, Galehead Garfield loop she told me...

During the spring of 2007 when I was camping out in the snow with my sister-in-law “Sunshine Chris” she told me about an adventurous hike with Joe Green. Joe had passed away the previous spring and Chris had shared the adventure with him when he was about seventy. It was the first of many they...

North Twin trail is broken out again and well packed from an out and back. The crossing is tricky but doable. One loose rock and snowshoes did get wet. Many blowdowns, some we went around several you had to slide under. Dave Lynch a.k.a. Dave Bear

Its been over a month since I did any serious hiking so when Adventurous invited me to hike Moose I had reservations about how well I could keep up. She planned on a mid-morning start so I figured I would get ahead on the steep climbing. It was so easy to get lulled into daydreaming along the...

I know this is old news but I stayed off the forums when the viruses were about. Then the virus hit home so time slipped away some. This is the third year in a row that my mother and I have shared a hike on a weekend near her birthday. She gets very excited as soon as I call her to see what...

Okay, so you see its that new mountain math! My daughter Kimberly had 12 4K summits complete and a Bonds traverse would put her 1/3 of the way through the NH48 4K list. Not that she is worrying about peakbagging lists but it is pretty sweet to get out with her to places she has never seen except...

Old news already but worthy of sharing. Last Sunday was important to me because it earmarks the day I got back into hiking 4Ks three years ago. I had hiked up Liberty Spring Trail with the whole family and they reached the spring and tentsite. I knew Liberty was a short distance around the...

I have been trying to get more one on one hike time in with my daughter Kimberly and Saturday morning's weather in southern NH didn't seem that great. As the weather improved so did our stamina and we decided instead of Washington for Saturday and Franconia Ridge Sunday we would adjust our...

It’s a rare thing at my home when enough of our schedules jive to do something together. I had spent a week out in Fargo, North Dakota for work and longed for mountains the whole time. The trip was hard work with a serious deadline but the very “layed back” culture of the area made it enjoyable...

Since hearing about three weeks ago that my daughter Kimberly wants to enlist in the Marines and has filled out much the necessary paperwork I have wanted to invite her on a rewarding hike. To me one of the best there is has to be Franconia Ridge and I have found a love for its easy access and...

After hiking Owlie last spring in May with Mike, Sabrina and Terra last spring in the rain it was easy to take the bait when MEB asked me if I might join them Sunday. I headed in early so I could set my own pace and choose a higher route to bushwhack from Black Pond. Heading uphill from the left...

Saturday’s plan was to drive up north in the wee hours of the am and hike Moriah with Dr. Dasypodidae and other friends. I hadn’t informed them because to many things get in the way of plans and I did not want to hold up a good strong hiking group. As usual I was delayed by my own doing and...