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If you’re peakbagging the New Hampshire 52 with a View, don’t leave Mt Pemigewasset for last.  It’s not an inspiring peak to climb, even in the snow. The views of Franconia Notch are obscured and you have to cross under Interstate 93 in four places, which just spoils the mood.  You can’t even see the famous Indian head profile from …

I climbed Mt Liberty (4,459 ft), my first peak of the new year, last Sunday. I picked Liberty because I wanted to hike up a steep trail in preparation for climbing Mt Washington (6,288 ft) this weekend. I didn’t summit the big one on my last winter attempt two years ago, and I wanted to make sure I’m prepared this …

With the end of the year upon us, I wanted to update you all about some of the life changes I set in motion a few months ago when I took a 3 month leave of absence from work. I won't leave you in suspense. I resigned, amicably, from my job working for a well known search engine company, at …

It is a mistake to short change the peaks under 4,000 feet in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Many of them are as hard to hike as any high peak and can be just as steep, rough, and dangerous, especially in winter, as their larger counterparts. I found that out last week when I climbed South Doublehead Mountain (2,979 ft), one …