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Our final highpoint of our 2012 trip out west. This one was tough! The following is an abbreviated version of what's on my blog. Accompanying pictures can be found here. ***** Trail Canyon route. About 8 miles roundtrip with 4200 feet of elevation gain. My main worry about Nevada's...

The is the second of three TRs I'm posting this week from our Highpointing 2012 trip out west. I posted our Mt. Elbert TR a couple of days ago, and I'll post our Boundary Peak (Nevada) TR over the weekend. This is an abbreviated version of what's on my blog. Accompanying pictures can be found...

I know there a few highpointers on this board, so I thought I'd post our TRs from our recent highpointing trip. The girls and I just returned from a three week+ highpointing expedition out west. We lucked out with the weather and we spent a week acclimating before we hiked anything, so we were...

(Most of this entry was copied from my Summit Cheeseburger post.) All the pictures can be found here. Summit Cheeseburger's Mission: "To encourage, enable, and document the consumption of a Cheeseburger on every summit on earth." We've wanted to do a Summit Cheeseburger hike for some time...

I got my doc's all-clear to resume hiking as usual last Thursday, so on Sunday the girls and I decided to...well...resume hiking as usual. :D Our original plan was to ascend Boott Spur, but the girls changed their mind at the last minute and asked to hike up Washington. We decided to do both...

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or a nurse practitioner. If you have a DVT, then discuss what you should and should not do in terms of activity, etc. with your licensed doctor (MD) and his/her medical team (registered nurses and nurse practitioners). The following relates how I am dealing with...

This TR is copied from my blog. :D You can find the rest of the accompanying pictures there, or you can view them on my Facebook page. TRAILS: Air Line - Short Line - Randolph Path - Short Line into King Ravine, Subway, King Ravine Trail attempt, Chemin des Dames, Air Line, Air Line Cutoff...

Accompanying photos can be found here. Lincoln Woods Trail, Osseo Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail. 11.2 miles roundtrip. At long last, the final winter 4K hike! As is so often the case in the Whites, the weather was odd. Seven days earlier, Alex and I had ascended Mt. Washington in frigid temps...

I am pleased to announce that Broadway Books, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, will publish my memoir, Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure, on April 3, 2012. Up chronicles then-five-year-old Alex's quest to climb the White Mountain Four Thousand Footers. The book has...

Hugh was interviewed by Sanjay Gupta. The half hour feature will air on CNN's "The Next List" on March 25th (Sunday) at 2pm. In addition to discussing his work, Hugh talks about his 1982 accident on Mt. Washington.

Mt. Jefferson with Alex (winter 4K #45). March 6, 2012 Accompanying pictures can be found here. (Thanks for helping me find the right link, bikehikeskifish). :) ******************************************************************************************************* Jewell, Gulfside, and...

Tim C. completed his 2011-2012 NH48 winter-single-season yesterday! A big congratulations to him! Alex and I were honored to be there for his finish. I'm having trouble posting pictures -- folks can either visit my Facebook Page for the photos (link below) or perhaps, Tim C, you could post a...

Copied from http://www.trishalexsage.com/2012/02/tuesday-trip-report-zealand-and-bonds.html Photos and one short video can be found there. ********************************************* Zealand Road, Zealand Trail, Twinway, Zealand Spur, Bondcliff Trail, West Bond Spur, Wilderness Trail...

Copied from http://www.trishalexsage.com/2012/01/tuesday-trip-report-passaconaway-and.html Photos and a short video can be found there. ***************************************************** Dicey's Mill Trail and Rollins Trail. About 14.4 miles, out-and-back. We began the day not knowing...

From their website: Paradox Sports Ice Climbing Weekend New Hampshire Friday, February 10, 2012 3:00 PM - Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) North Conway New Hampshire North Conway , New Hampshire United States Paradox Sports is a non-profit organization that provides...

Free of charge and open to the public: MIT Outing Club Winter School lecture Sarah Garlick presents Wild Stone: Climbing the Unclimbed from the Arctic to Arabia The lecture is in Building 35, room 255. Tuesday, Jan. 31 7:00 p.m. Map of Building 35 Cambridge, MA...

The girls and I had a wonderful time on Carrigain last Thursday. Trip report with photos and a couple of short videos here.

Copied from: http://www.trishalexsage.com/2012/01/tuesday-trip-report-owls-head-winter-4k.html Accompanying pictures can be found there. **************************************** To finish the winter list this season, Alex and I must adhere to a somewhat inflexible schedule. Weather permitting...

Copied from http://www.trishalexsage.com/2011/12/tuesday-trip-report-north-and-middle.html. Accompanying pictures can be found there. **************************************************** Livermore Trail, Scaur Ridge Trail, Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail. 12.1 miles roundtrip...

Copied from http://www.trishalexsage.com/2011/12/tuesday-trip-report-sandwich-dome.html. Accompanying pictures can be found there. ************************************************************ Drakes Brook Trail, Sandwich Mountain Trail. 8.6 roundtrip miles. Sandwich Dome -- our last "small"...