Early this morning, after visiting Monson Village, I still had a little time and since I was in the area, I thought I’d visit Federal Hill. Monson was great, but I need to go up something each week, and without any guarantees on the calendar for the next several days, I wasn’t going to let…
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Discovering Surprises on Middle Sister
Yesterday I got the chance to climb Middle Sister, one of New Hampshire’s 52 With a View mountains, on what turned out to be a cold and blustery day. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt the need to bring a face mask and goggles on a climb, and I was very glad I…
All Alone on Smarts Mountain
I didn’t expect this. On a beautiful sunny October day, with weather hovering in the high 60s, surely, I thought, someone else would be here. But as I made my way down a dirt road to the start of the Daniel Doan Trail, passing over a couple of wooden bridges that made me wonder if…