New Hampshire – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:50:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg New Hampshire – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 WANE – Part 3 – The Lands In-Between; Moosilauke to Monadnock https://pmags.com/the-lands-in-between-moosilauke-to-monadnock https://pmags.com/the-lands-in-between-moosilauke-to-monadnock#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2025 01:42:52 +0000 https://pmags.com/the-lands-in-between-moosilauke-to-monadnock WANE – Part 3 – The Lands In-Between; Moosilauke to Monadnock

My walk continues with the lands between Moosilauke and Mondnock Read More ...

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Going back to where my outdoor life started. Read More ...

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My first 100 miles or so on my walk across New England. Read More ...

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An initial look at my overall plans for Walking Across New England (WANE) in Fall of 2025. Read More ...

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I am contemplating an extended walk in New England this Autumn.  This post comes back to mind. If all goes well, I will be returning to what sparked my love of the outdoors nearly 40 years ago. Read More ...

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A look at thirteen of my favorite campsites from over the years. Read More ...

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A hike to the scenic Bondcliffs in New Hampshire. Read More ...

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A visit to family in Rhode Island, but I'll be on a backpacking trip in New Hampshire first! Read More ...

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Some recent thoughts on the recent tragedy in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. And how gear and technology can only go far. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/technology-gear-and-decision-making/feed 7 7023 Big knife. Too much food. Out of shape. No map. My first backpacking trip https://pmags.com/big-knife-too-much-food-out-of-shape-my-first-backpacking-trip https://pmags.com/big-knife-too-much-food-out-of-shape-my-first-backpacking-trip#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:55:43 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=1784 Big knife. Too much food. Out of shape. No map. My first backpacking trip

An account of my first backpacking trip in 1996. I did not know what I was doing to say the least! But, everyone has to start somewhere. It was not a lightweight bapcking trip to say the least! 🙂

 

With me on that first trip was my buddy Tim. We both went to the same Catholic elementary school, worked in the same hospital, and (along with our other buddy Leo) probably spent enough to money on beers and wings in “Dave’s Bar and Grill” to pay for the addition they put up shortly after I moved to Colorado. I do doubt Tim’s sanity since he left a lovely, intelligent, attractive girlfriend to join me for the last stretch of my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. His sanity was further questioned four years later when he left his  lovely, intelligent, attractive WIFE to join me for the last stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail.

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