Description: Learning that reaching the summit isn't always the goal
In the early spring of 2014, a friend recommended I read Following Atticus, a book written by Tom Ryan about his adoption of Atticus and their adventures climbing New Hampshire’s 48 4,000-foot peaks. Over the years I’d climbed a number of peaks, climbing my first 4,000 footer, actually a 6,000 footer – Mt. Washington –…
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In the summer of 2013, I had one hiking goal – The Bonds. I’d heard about them, read about them and had seen pictures of them, especially the iconic pics from Bondcliff. Their remoteness and jaw-dropping beauty intrigued me. I thought often of a former co-worker who several years earlier told me I needed to…