Franconia Ridge Backpacking - August 26-27, 2020

As is our tradition these last few years, Ezri and I went up the Whites for an overnight in the mountains. Usually this involves a stay at an AMC Hut - a good incentive that gets her up there. This year with COVID the Huts aren't an option so with some reluctance she agreed to go backpacking and stay at an actual campsite in the woods. I choose Libery Springs campsite as it's not too far a climb and would allow us to climb Liberty and Flume unencumbered. Fairly windy up top but the forest provided some cover so it wasn't too bad down at the campsite.

I wasn't sure if she would be willing to continue along the ridge on Day 2 but she was game. Very windy once we got past Little Haystack. It was a long day and she was toast by the time we reached the top of Lafayette. As a result it was a long slow descent down Old Bridle Path. Our moods darkened. Luckily nothing like finishing the hut to pick up our spirits. Overall this was a fun adventure and I'm hopeful she'll want to undergo more such trips with her old man.

Mt. Isolation - August 7, 2020

This is the final of three videos from my White Mountain solo trip I took at the beginning of August. After camping out at the Horn, I hiked out and drove over to Pinkham Notch for an ascent of the Glen Boulder trail and then "down" to Mt. Isolation. It was a tough return to above treeline after that as I was running out of steam. Took the Boot Spur trail down but I was pretty beat by that point and there was no more recording from that point on. 

So this is a fairly short video but I added some ukulele/percussion to the second half to spice things up. Definitely trying to talk a lot less in these videos and use music instead. I'm enjoying the editing process. 

Isolation was #46 for Round 2. Only Carrigain and Whiteface remain for this second round.

Hammock Camping on the Horn

Been a couple years since I went hammock camping so I was happy to get up to the Whites for a night in the area of Mt. Cabot. Went over Cabot for #45 of round two and then continued on to the Horn. Incredible sunset and sunrise. Very happy to be able to do this hike.

Peaked Hill Pond Trail

I'm trying to improve my hiking video game and I've working with some new fancy software.  Shot this short one at the end of my recent foray to the Whites.  I'll be working on some longer videos soon but this was a short bit of redlining to wrap up three days of hiking.