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#42 & 43 South and North Moat: Excerpt
I stand there, irritated, waiting for Janelle to catch up. Despite the long day and the big miles, I know she can move faster. I need her to move faster, but I’m running out of ideas to motivate. “Look...
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#44 & 45 Middle Sister and Chocorua: Excerpt
Author’s note: Today, as New Hampshire rests and we all breath a sigh of relief that Sandy seems to have passed through the state without too much hardship, I thought I’d offer our readers an extended...
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#46 Paugus: Excerpt
There is no getting around the blowdowns. Four hours into what is supposed to be a three-peak circuit in the Sandwich Wilderness, Janelle and I are faced with a seemingly impossible-to-solve puzzle. We...
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#47 Kearsarge North: Excerpt
Winter is afoot. Near the top of Kearsarge North, we begin to see and feel signs that we are not going to escape winter before we finish the list. A full on storm was raging north of notches as we...
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#48 The Horn: Excerpt
Time is running out. We’ve explored the base of the summit rock now for ten minutes, fully exposed to a bitter valley wind, our sweat freezing to our fleece. We are six feet from the top, but it’s six...
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#49 Shelburne Moriah: Excerpt
The mountain gods are merciful today, a gift perhaps for all our hard work the weeks before. If there is a single moment to take away from this whole journey, it is this one. We are alone, sailing...
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#52 Starr-King: Excerpt
We stand alone, just below the summit of Starr-King with only 100 feet left to conclude our quest. Wet snow drips like rain from the branches above us. Steam rises from our clothes. “What are they...
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Epilogue and #1: Waumbek
Waumbek is a whisper. Upon reaching her first 4,000 footer, after this past year of triumphs, open spaces and spectacular landscapes, Janelle stands for a moment at the viewless summit looking at the...
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#1 Kearsarge: A beginning (excerpt)
(Edit note: This week, I thought we’d fill in some narrative holes. It occurred to me that we have no record here of our first two hikes. So, today, we’ll present a vignette from our first 52′er, Mt....
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#2 Welch-Dickey: Out of my league (Excerpt)
(Edit note: Today we continue with Part 2 of our recap of our first two adventures. We now have vignettes and information about all 52 With a View mountains on our site. To find information on any...
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