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Monadnock Weekly Report 06.07.13

June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park Leave a comment

06.07.13 “We were left alone with the night hawks…their dry and unmusical, yet supermundane and spirit-like voices and sounds gave fit expression to this rocky mountain solitude…it was a thrumming of the mountain’s rocky chords; strains from the music of Chaos, such as were heard when the earth was rent and these rocks heaved up.” […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 05.31.13

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park Leave a comment

05.31.13 “We have climbed it in all kinds of weather; in snowstorms and summer heat, in zero weather, in thunderstorms, in fog, and in brilliant sunshine.” – Mildred Groot, On Climbing Monadnock, 1959  As you can find a day within the past seven where any of those conditions were present, Mildred may just as well have […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 05.17.13

May 16, 2013May 17, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park Leave a comment

05.17.13 “I walk wherever the weather provides because everybody needs some time outside. Give me no lip and I tell you no lie.”- Clutch, Pure Rock Fury     *Please note that the Monadnock Weekly Report will not be published next Friday, 05.24.13. Please call Monadnock State Park directly with questions: 603-532-8862 After a bit […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 05.10.13

May 10, 2013May 10, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 1 Comment

05.10.13 “The birds are singing in your eyes today. Sweet flowers blossom in your smile. The wind and sun are in the words you say. Where might your lonesome lover be?”- Woody Guthrie     It has been a busy week in the trees around the lower elevations of Monadnock. In a very short period […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 05.03.13

May 3, 2013May 4, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 5 Comments

05.03.13 “Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there, He makes men.” – (attributed to) Daniel Webster […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 04.26.13

April 26, 2013April 26, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 1 Comment

04.26.13 “…Birds sing to you at night. The rain and the sun, the changing seasons are true friends. Solitude is a hard won ally, faithful and patient. Yes, I think I know you.” – Henry Rollins, Black Coffee Blues   Winter may have exhaled its final breath on the Monadnock Region this past week. On Tuesday, […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 04.19.13

April 19, 2013April 19, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 2 Comments

04.19.13 “For Boston, for Boston we sing our proud refrain. For Boston, for Boston , ’tis wisdom’s Earthly fame. For here all are one and our hearts are true. And the towers on the heights reach the Heavens’ own blue. For Boston, for Boston ’til the echoes rise again!” -T.W. Allen   The staff at […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 04.12.13

April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 2 Comments

04.12.13 “I want to wander, in my Meadows, to ramble over my Mountains, and to sit in Solitude, or with her who has all my Heart, by the side of the Brooks. These beautiful scenes, would contribute more to my Happiness than the sublime ones which surround me.” – John Adams in a letter to […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 04.05.13

April 5, 2013April 12, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 2 Comments

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 […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 03.22.13

March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 1 Comment

03.22.13 “There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out…” – Charles Bukowski, The Last Night Of The Earth Poems   On Tuesday, Mount Monadnock was blasted with 14 inches of fresh snow. Wednesday was the first day of Spring.   You would not know it was now “Spring” around here. Deep snow […]

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