People choose to hike, climb, and study with us for myriad reasons: For the joy of the sport, for the love of the mountains, to be safe and ready, for the feeling of accomplishment from the effort and, of course, sometimes just because it’s there. And sometimes it’s a test to 1) see if they like it before 2) going hog wild and taking on big mountains all over the continent. Our beloved Mt Washington is a great proving ground for this for many folks. Our guests can test themselves and see what to make of it all without spending a fortune and committing days, weeks, or months or even years trying to figure it out.
In this case our guest wanted to try it out, hoping to discover he loved it — as he suspected he would. Good thing he did because in his case, even before the training day and ascent of the mountain the next day (during amazing weather), he was relatively sure he was going to fall in love and was already toying with the idea of someday taking on Mt Rainier and Denali. Thankfully Mt Washington did its thing, it called to our guest, finally putting those other peaks on his to-do list. Leading the training and this trip (our Two Day Winter Mt Washington Program), was newer Redline Guide Timothy Wentzell. Here are some photos of this anmazing experience.
