ronandjon
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As my wife says, I need a Project!
She knows I'm not happy unless I am working towards some kind of challenging goal. And, she is very supportive of me, but that's another thread.
Currently, the my pursuit of the 46 has been consuming me since 1998. With 38 down and the Sewards, the Santanoni's, Cliff and Allen to go, I just might finish this year - or not.
My son Jon, who got me started on these, finished last August. He will be away this summer, and studying overseas this Fall, so while I would like to finish on Allen in August with him before he goes, maybe not.
Trying to become a 46er is, for any number of reasons, the hardest thing I have ever tried, at least physically, and while I am pretty sure I am going to make it, there are still periods of doubt. So, speculating on what I will do after I finish them all is a little premature - but I will anyway.
Like Rhihn, I find that the goal of the 46 sometimes gets in the way of doing other things. I very much enjoyed Indian Head (not Owls Head, as I mistakenly posted) last Wednesday, and I am sure there are other places I would enjoy that are not High Peaks.
There are a bunch of High Peaks that were fogged or rained or snowed in when I wnet the first time, and I would like to try some of them again. The view from Phelps last Sunday was terrific, on my second trip there (warming up for the season), and going with a frist timer made it even more fun.
Jon swears the views from Big Slide are great - I'd like to try that one again, since all I saw on our first trip there was fog.
The Northville Lake Placid Trail sounds fun - I really enjoyed Duck Hole when I was there a couple of years ago. Whether I try it as a thru hike, or in pieces - who knows.
My wife is afraid of heights, but likes the outdoors I've taken her to some great places I've found along the way to the 46, like Marcy Dam - I'd love to show her more: Beaver Meadow Falls and Rainbow Falls come to mind. Hey, climbing nothing higher than a speed bump sounds pretty good to me at times, too!
It might be nice to be released from the self-imposed tyranny of a "list" It will probably be a little depressing, too. But, I'm pretty sure I will be on to other things - I'm just not sure what they will be.
Anyway, as George Bernard Shaw said, "Man can climb to the highest summits; but he cannot dwell there long."
She knows I'm not happy unless I am working towards some kind of challenging goal. And, she is very supportive of me, but that's another thread.
Currently, the my pursuit of the 46 has been consuming me since 1998. With 38 down and the Sewards, the Santanoni's, Cliff and Allen to go, I just might finish this year - or not.
My son Jon, who got me started on these, finished last August. He will be away this summer, and studying overseas this Fall, so while I would like to finish on Allen in August with him before he goes, maybe not.
Trying to become a 46er is, for any number of reasons, the hardest thing I have ever tried, at least physically, and while I am pretty sure I am going to make it, there are still periods of doubt. So, speculating on what I will do after I finish them all is a little premature - but I will anyway.
Like Rhihn, I find that the goal of the 46 sometimes gets in the way of doing other things. I very much enjoyed Indian Head (not Owls Head, as I mistakenly posted) last Wednesday, and I am sure there are other places I would enjoy that are not High Peaks.
There are a bunch of High Peaks that were fogged or rained or snowed in when I wnet the first time, and I would like to try some of them again. The view from Phelps last Sunday was terrific, on my second trip there (warming up for the season), and going with a frist timer made it even more fun.
Jon swears the views from Big Slide are great - I'd like to try that one again, since all I saw on our first trip there was fog.
The Northville Lake Placid Trail sounds fun - I really enjoyed Duck Hole when I was there a couple of years ago. Whether I try it as a thru hike, or in pieces - who knows.
My wife is afraid of heights, but likes the outdoors I've taken her to some great places I've found along the way to the 46, like Marcy Dam - I'd love to show her more: Beaver Meadow Falls and Rainbow Falls come to mind. Hey, climbing nothing higher than a speed bump sounds pretty good to me at times, too!
It might be nice to be released from the self-imposed tyranny of a "list" It will probably be a little depressing, too. But, I'm pretty sure I will be on to other things - I'm just not sure what they will be.
Anyway, as George Bernard Shaw said, "Man can climb to the highest summits; but he cannot dwell there long."
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Now we get to plan a wedding, and a honeymoon (a beautiful cabin on a lake with a trail up a mountain behind), and hike some of the mountains that we enjoyed the most over again. 
