A few years back, I started my quest to climb all 48 of the New Hampshire 4,000 footers. Today, I made a major milestone. With my 24th peak summited, I made the halfway mark. We reached the Eisenhower trailhead around 7:30 and started our ascent. Unlike Tecumseh which apparently is a popular climb, we didn’t encounter a single soul until we reached the Crawford path climbing the 4,760 foot mountain a few hours into the hike.
Remember in my last post when I mentioned that there were 48 4,000 footers in the New Hampshire White Mountains? Well today I learned that was a big fat lie.
Early in July, Massachusetts and New Hampshire came together in agreement that New England is handling the pandemic pretty well - get your shit together Georgia and Florida - and lifted the mutual mandatory/suggested quarantine for visitors from the other state (take a hint Maine). For me that means more hiking in my favorite spot - The White Mountains - as well as opening me up to New Hampshire breweries.
I arrive in the charming village of Bar Harbor and quickly check into my airBnB. The room I was renting for the weekend was in a beautifully restored old house, just a few blocks from Main Street. After spending some...