This week, I patched in to become a part of the group of hikers who have completed the Belknap 12 summits. The Belknap Range is a set of peaks located in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, and they offer you a great opportunity to take in the beauty of the surrounding area—especially Lake Winnipesaukee….
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The Belknap 12
The Belknap Range Hiker Patch, which you can get from belknaprangetrails.org. Some lists aren’t as die-hard as others, and the Belknap 12 certainly felt that way to me as I took my sweet time completing them. Eleven years, to be exact. I first started exploring them when I started spending time at Lake Winnipesaukee and…
Fumbling About the Mack—Klem Loop
On Sunday I was in the seacoast area, and decided that while I was out that way, I needed to find a hike in the afternoon. After a couple weeks of college touring, work, and a host of other activities keeping me away from the mountains, I was anxious to get back out there again….
Kamikaze Bugs in the Belknap Range
I forgot the bug spray. I thought it was in the truck when I left the house yesterday and failed to double-check. Why, oh why, didn’t I double-check? For the better part of the six miles it takes to do the Mack—Klem loop, ascending two of the twelve major peaks in the Belknap Range, I…