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[hermit]

Congratulations to you both!!!

 

[prino]

I've given up trying to out-pun the good Doctor M.

Most of the time he was 'patiently' waiting for us to catch up.

I guess he could "fill the cavities" between the rocks to stay out of the wind while he waited.

 

[prino]

Prino's wife, Sari (pronounced Shari, rhymes with marry):
Laurie: I really enjoyed reading about your climbing in Baxter State Park and absolutely loved your close-up photos of the wildflowers and plants.

In the last year I have had two hip replacements and hope that soon I will be climbing mountains again. I met Phil through a hiking and cross-country skiing club in Montreal. We've climbed many peaks together and it will be nice to get back into the mountains again.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

Congratulations and thanks for posting the beautiful pictures.

 

[ajtiv]

WOOO HOOO
Great job you two
There are many shared memories you two have over your journey and it sounds like alot of fun, even the hard fought summits because you worked together and were there for each other.
What a wonderful gift you two share and are passing on to the grand kids
Keep enjoying every minute of it
Al

 

[una_dogger]

Congrats, Laurie!

Now, what's next for your two? The Colorado Fourteeners?

 

[JoeCedar]

Congratulations, my friends, for a great accomplishment. Having nature challenge you on the final hike makes it even more enjoyable and memorable!

Keep hiking.......


Joe

 

[Jean]

Well done. Congratulations Laurie!

 

[DreamFarmer]

Congratulations Laurie and Tom.
That is stupendamazinglicious !
So are the pictures !

 

[Tom Rankin]

Thanks everyone!

UD: Still have to do the W35 together - and there 's some grid talk
JC: Thanks! We will!
JR: Do you know Danny's last name? Or his s.o. ?
DF: I love that word!

 

[Puck]

Wow....whats next?

 

[Tom Rankin]

Wow....whats next?

There's always a new list out there somewhere!

 

[coldfeet]

Laurie and Tom a BIG congratulations to the both of you!
We're going to have to get together to talk about our new lists

 

[Lucky Laura]

Way to go, Tom and Laurie! What a climactic finish!

 

[OldMan]

Most Excellent! Congrats

 

[Tom Rankin]

Wow....whats next?

Laurie writes:

Thanks so much to everyone for all of your kind words, as we said, each of you are a HUGE part of what made the 115 so special!

Some of you are wondering what we are doing next and I have to say for the next few weeks we have some priorities that are not peak bagging. Tom's son is getting married in less than a month. We also have several of those volunteer projects going on. We will be finishing up the season with four more trips to Balsam Lake as natural resource volunteers, we are builing a lean-to in the Catskills, we are leading a couple of 3500 club hikes, we have our section of trail that we maintain for the TC that needs fall work done, a 3500 Club board meeting and a few tasks that we may "volunteer" for there, and a lean-to that we are caretakers for.

After that, we will look to see what one of the many partial lists we should consider actively working on; VNB Connecticut, Adirondack Quest, VNB Maine, Catskill 4 season, VNB Mass, Winter 48, VNB Pennsylvannia, Catskill Grid, VNB Colorado, Winter 115, State Highpointing, NEHH, ADKHH, Colorado 14'ers.............we shall not stop!!!

Tom adds: VNBs MA, and W35T (together)