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Author Archives: Mike Cherim

Huntington in the Clear

A quick search on our blog will reveal many, many stories about hikes up Huntington Ravine. Guidance on it is requested a lot being it’s such a scary trail — and deservedly so. The Fan, the Slab, the delicate and precarious moves along the way, the over all exposure, and all of it topped off by a Chimney. “It’s the most challenging trail in the WMNF… […]

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Play to Learn

There is therapy in occupation and it’s serious business — for some. As Mr. Rogers once noted: “Play is often talked about as if it were a serious relief from learning. But for children, play is learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Those in the know, those whose occupation it is to offer therapy of the occupational sort, for kids, love to play and […]

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Wanted: Mt Washington

Back in the day he skied Tuckerman Ravine. Now he wanted to climb the mountain — this time with no skis on his back, from the west side, and probably 25-35 years after the fact. But that’s okay. We serve many much older so we had no doubts. Moreover, to his credit, our guest exercised daily to include mountain biking, tennis, ice hockey, and he still […]

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Blowdown City

Today was the scheduled hike day for a guest visiting from California. She wanted something pretty, a hike around water, and only for a few hours. On the mission was Redline Guide Mike Cherim and the objective chosen was a circumnavigation of Mountain Pond in Chatham. For those who aren’t aware, Mike is the volunteer adopter/maintainer for this trail (and you can help). For him, this […]

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The Backpacking Bug

We develop some wonderful relationships with our guests. Some of them literally become our friends. On the first trip with our “friends” we get to know each other a bit, realizing later, by say trip two or three, that Redline Guide Arlette Laan (for example, or whoever they’re assigned to) is awesome. Fun, engaging, knowledgeable, and also approachable. It feeds the fire and they end up […]

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From Elsewhere

Our guest was from Massachusetts, but grew up elsewhere. She came to us hoping we would help her complete a bucket list item for her. The item: it was to hike the famed Classic Presidential Traverse. Leading on this amazing hike on this beautiful day was Redline Guide Dominic Torro. He told us she was one smart lady, well-known in her area of expertise. Both guide […]

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Up-Down, Up-Down

Most trails on most mountains require hikers go up if they want to summit whatever they’re on at the time. It’s a basic premise. Not all trails, though. Some, like taking on New Hampshire’s Mt Isolation — a particularly stout 4000-footer — via the Glen Boulder Trail, for example, requires hikers hike a lot higher than the summit they’re actually after. By roughly a thousand feet, […]

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Triple Wedding Weekend

Want to do it right without spending eight million dollars? You know, when you get married. We can answer that call and offer a mountain venue. It’s less, but even more impactful than that same old, same old — at least to those who appreciate that which surrounds them. Trees, sky, water, earth, and all that nature stuff. That’s what these three couples did. They chose […]

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Nature Tour to the Nth

What began life as a full day Nature Tour featuring Franconia Notch and some of what it has to offer, ended up being quite a bit more. As it turned out the visiting Connecticut couple had a lot of energy so adding a quick 4000-footer in the tour mix seemed feasible. Redline Guide Mike Maciel sent us a text detailing the change. And speaking of detailing. […]

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All Coming Together

We just guided a rock star of the New Hampshire hiking community. Specifically Redline Guide Chase Hall did. The rockstar was a guest who is creatively getting to the end of not one but three lists — not including her finish of the RMC-100 list which was completed on this trip, as was The Northern Peaks and the Great Gulf tab of the red-lining spreadsheet. Today, […]

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Owls Head After the Storm

We thought twice, then once more for good measure, wondering if not worried about the feasibility and safety of the hike coming up. It wasn’t a bad one. It was the 4029-foot Owls Head Mountain, just a long one. One of the 48 — and it was the 48 for this guest (congratulations)! This tour was led by Redline Guide Dominic Torro. The questioning was present […]

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Life Goals: Mt Washington

He wasn’t driven by lists. He wanted the mountain because it was there, because it called to him, because it was on his bucket list, and because of its formidable reputation. He wanted us because nobody in his own circles was jumping at the chance and he really wanted a companion for this one. It was time to hire a guide. The title tells the tale, […]

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