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Hillstomping Update

Oh, the places the Samurai doth go to service broken appliances. This place had 50 mph gusts and -15°F temps. Can you believe this was a broken icemaker call? And there was no way to get my service van up there– believe me, I tried! No, I had to trudge four [...]

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Trail Break

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 19, 2010

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All this appliance repair talk is eating my brain! I’ve uploaded some pics from a few of my winter hikes this season. Best viewed in fullscreen mode. Turn your speakers up and click the thumbnail images below to watch the slideshows. Enjoy!
Mt. Cardigan

 
Mt. Moosilauke

 
Southern Saints Romp (Mt. Antipas and Webster [...]

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Winter Hiking Appliance

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 12, 2010

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Craters in the snow,
three feet deep on wintry trail–
postholing bonehead.

 

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After you’ve been kicking around the Web a while, you find that you’ve scattered your photo albums among several photo-sharing websites. As newer, slicker photo storing websites come available, you start using them; I never bother to transfer my photos from the older sites, waaay too tedious and, besides, I have important things [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Ragged Mountain, 10032005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on October 3, 2005

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My Three Nads: Samenilla, Stephenitza, and Bubba on Ragged Mountain’s Eastern Summit (click to enlarge)
Autumn Takes Root at Ragged Mountain in Danbury, NH (click to enlarge)
Brown, Smudgy Smog Layer Settles in Over the White Mountains (click to enlarge)

Report from the Trail, Part 1

Report from the Trail, Part 2
(Part 3 was deleted due to poor cellular [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Mt. Madison 07282005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on August 10, 2005

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Had another break in the heat and humidity so I headed off to the Northern Presidential range (“The Prezzies,” in native-speak) of the White Mountains for some mountain-made eye candy. After hiking all summer in 80 and 90 degree heat saturated with humidity, I had almost forgotten how it feels to hike in crisp, [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Franconia Ridge, 07232005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on August 7, 2005

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My family came up from Georgia for a visit and to have my sister’s two sons Baptized at our parish.
I took my brother on a classic hike up the Franconia Ridge in the White Mountains. Being an absolutely beautiful Saturday, lots of other folks had the same idea so the trails were crowded; I [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Monroe 06082005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on June 10, 2005

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This was one of the most spectacular hikes so far this year, rivalled only by the Edmands Col hike a week ago. There is an Edmands on this hike, too: Edmands Path. Bubba and I hiked Edmands Path for three miles up to the ridge where we picked up Crawford Path. [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Garfield 06032005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on June 10, 2005

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Took two of my little Samurai reproductive units on a hike up Mt. Garfield. We’ve all done this hike many times but it’s one of those that never gets old. It’s a mellow five mile trek to the summit on the Garfield Trail and you get rewarded with expansive views of the Pemigewassett [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Edmands Col 06012005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on June 5, 2005

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Route: Up via Lowe’s Path and Randolph Path to Edmands Col. Headed north on Gulfside Trail to Thunderstone Junction then took Lowe’s Path all the way back down. Total of about 11 to 12 miles.
Weather: Reports called for mostly cloudy skies with partial clearing by the afternoon. I know from [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Cannon Mountain 05242005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on June 2, 2005

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Just a quick run up to Cannon Mountain and back. The weather was calling for rain but it had already been raining steady for so long that I no longer cared, I just wanted to hike. So, I took my chances.
Went up via the Hi Cannon trail, which including climbing the [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Bond Cliff 05172005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on May 22, 2005

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I made my bi-annual pilgrimage to the Bonds last week. The Bonds are three mountains, Bond Cliff, Mt. Bond, and West Bond, smack in the middle of the Pemigewasset Wilderness Area; the jewels of the Pemi. All three are on the NH 4,000 footer list so you always see peak baggers making the [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Sandwich Dome 05052005

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on May 6, 2005

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A most splendiferous day for a spring hike in the Sandwich Range of New Hampster’s White Mountains yesterday. The sky was speckled with those cotton ball clouds and casting moving shadows on the rolling landscape creating an aquatic wonderland. While I love a clear blue sky for its crystalline purity, the watery, undersea [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Kearsarge

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on May 3, 2005

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Hillstomping Update: Mt. Flume and Mt. Sunapee

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on April 29, 2005

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Looking at Mt. Kearsarge from the Ledges on Mt. Sunapee.
Church on Mt. Flume
More stunning photos from the Mt. Flume hike on 4/15/2005.

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