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Author Archives: Mike Cherim

Remote Experience

We took out a group for a mellow backpack, the adventure led by Redline Guide Arlette Laan. Our guests wanted to revel in fall foliage while testing their gear in colder temperatures. Mid-October was chosen and what a great choice it was. Arlette decided on taking the team into the Wild River Wilderness offering a very remote experience. A scenic 2.3 mile hike to the Blue […]

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A + D = 47

The title of this blog post, A+D=47… what is that? Some strange math or a cryptic code only New Hampshire hikers would be able to decipher? Let’s crack this mystery. To do so, let’s begin with the formula’s sum: 47. What, pray tell, does 47 mean? To a New Hampshire hiker, the number may refer to a position or number on some list. For example, there […]

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Fall Hiking & Nature Touring

We just had a guest from Connecticut — an experienced hiker — spend a couple half days with us, about a week apart. She was taking some personal mountain time here in New Hampshire. It was a private tour in terms of photos, so we’ll offer no photos of our guest, but we did want to share some of the views and experience she was able […]

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We’re Now Six

If we were a child, we would be in first grade this year. It does not seem like it’s been six years, but it has been. Redline Guiding is now six years old, heading into year seven. It feels good. We have a very solid group of guides and instructors, and our reputation is likewise solid. We have tried to make a positive impact over the […]

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Falling for Fall

One day up — making for the top of a mountain — then one day across staying low, going slow, and having a stellar experience on a couple of New Hampshire’s awesome trails. Specifically, Redline Guide Arlette Laan, brought a new guest all the way from Austin, Texas (currently living in Boston) to the summit of the 4780ft Mt Eisenhower via Edmands Path on day one, […]

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Crab Walk Butt Slide

Wow, we’re going to get spoiled. We asked Redline Guide Mike Maciel for a few tidbits about a recent trip he led. He quickly replied that he did, but they still resided in the comments field. He didn’t hit “Send.” But when he finally did, we had before us this awesome summary of what sounds like a really fun and exciting trip rich with history and […]

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Bonding with the Twins

A returning guest, working one-on-one with her go-to hiking companion, Redline Guide Phoebe Seltzer, came up with a delightful plan that would result in edging her very close to completing the hiking of all 48 of the New Hampshire 4000-footers. After this trip, three peaks remain (Wildcats and Mt Flume). And then… well, the 48 isn’t the end. It is but one part of the overall […]

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Two Seasons, One Day

Please note: this post was made in our fiction category. The details of the story are purely contrived for the purpose of conveying educational content to our readers. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Describing such an event is something we can all learn from. (Stock helicopter photo from Pexels.) The helicopter rising up and away, growing smaller in the distance, […]

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It Was All Perfect

She called us looking to arrange a few days of hiking. As a returning guest from Connecticut she knew the drill and planned to book after we spoke… she was just hoping we had some availability. This time of year, after all, is still pretty busy what with the gorgeous foliage out there — which, by the way is at near peak right now — making […]

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Final 2022 Hut-to-Hut

We guide a fair number of guests on longer traverses and whatnot, and often rely on the AMC’s system of “High Huts” at the request of our guests — in lieu of backpacking. The huts are on the pricy side but our guests don’t have to carry a tent or a pad and can also omit their larger meals (namely breakfast and dinner) from their packs […]

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Gotta Touch Them All

Most of the writing on this blog is penned by owner, Mike Cherim — weirdly talking about himself in the third person but he’s getting used to it (look, he’s doing it again). Every now and then, however, the guide on the trip being written about likes to jump in and share their perspective, in their words. That’s how this post is going to play out. […]

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A.T. Finisher, Age 74, Finds Her Bear

Debby’s trailname is “Bear Repellent” because over the decades while trying to section out the Appalachian Trail she had never spotted a bear. Finally, however, in the nick of time we might add, Bear Repellent got to meet a bear named Prince Hairy, a mere three feet from her finish line in Tennessee. We wanted to literally be there to help welcome her to the end […]

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