08.16.13 “The waving of a pine tree on the top of a mountain-a magic wand in Nature’s hand-every devout mountaineer knows its power.” – John Muir I think I could read John Muir’s writings all day if they didn’t make me want to get outdoors so badly. It is typically why I only […]
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Monadnock Weekly Report 08.02.13
08.02.13 “Not a few painters and poets of renown have been inspired by the mountain’s stalwart beauty, and it is chiefly through this physical charm that it holds the affection of a multitude of devotees.” -Allen Chamberlain, Annals Of The Grand Monadnock, 1936. *Monadnock’s Weekly Report will not be published next Friday, August 9th. […]
Monadnock Weekly Report 07.19.13
07.19.13 “We sometimes hear, half waked from sleep A nearer hoof, a phantom neigh Till breezes from Monadnock sweep And bear the magic sounds away.” – Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The brutally hot weather blanketing much of the Midwest and Eastern United States has been no stranger to us here in the Monadnock […]
Monadnock Weekly Report 07.12.13
07.12.13 “Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, […]
Monadnock Weekly Report 04.05.13
04.05.13 “And take off your hat for me to Monadnock, the most high-bred of our mountains.”- James Russell Lowell, 1890 Mount Monadnock continues to transition out of Winter and into Spring and despite the date on the calendar and conditions in States south of us, snow and ice are still largely present […]