A returning guest who was just with us wanted more. While the first hike, on Pine Mountain, got her sense reeling a bit — as requested, and she loved it — there could have been more to it. We were thinking the next step for her could be the Ridge of the Caps this time spending a full day with us, by-passing Jefferson to allow more […]
After being self-employed for almost thirty years of his life, you’d think Redline Guide Mike Cherim would be an accounting whiz. You’d think. Fact is he didn’t know anything. Fortunately a many-time returning guest, an actual accountant, knew of Mike’s disability and offered to show him the financial ropes, all in exchange for some hike time. Deal. Mike now understands a little more than he used […]
It was still dark when they met at the gated access road to Cathedral Ledge. A State Park employee was ready with the key to the lock so as to open the gate for them allowing drive-up access to the summit. The only souls present on the road or on the mountain were the bride and groom, and our Justice of the Peace, Mike Cherim. Mike […]
Just behind and north of the Rocky Gorge Scenic Area off the Kancamaugus Highway (Rte 112, a.k.a. The Kanc), is Falls Pond. It’s highly accessible — to moose as we have seen in the past, as well as people — yet, many who visit this treasured site never actually find and view this gem because they simply don’t explore far enough. Content with this Swift River […]
We were introduced by Redline Guide Nico Dubois to a father and son looking to salvage their foiled plans of having an Outward Bound-esque experience. He wanted to help them and suggested they reach out to us right away to see if we could schedule the trip for them. Nico’s plan was design the program for them — and to make it something we can offer […]
Today marks the fourth anniversary of Redline Guiding. In that span of time we have slowly learned as we led, as we taught, and as we married blissfully happy couples. In this time we have always been trying to perfect what we do. Further identifying with ourselves and carefully making our very specific mark in this world, in this country, this state, these mountains, and our […]
[…] the couple looked great. When people register with us to officiate their wedding, they are asked if we may take photos of the couple and post them here on our blog. Some are totally okay with this and sign off on it. Others, of course, do not. And of course occasionally couples ask us to wait a specified period of time so that they may […]
The wind forecast was a cause for concern for our guest, understandably with gusts predicted to hit 70mph on Mt Washington, but it wasn’t enough of a concern to us to suggest we throw in the towel. In fact, when our guest asked for our thoughts, we said it sounded as if he would likely have a very exciting time on Franconia Ridge. We explained that […]
Distance, difference, a pandemic, even a tardy gatekeeper couldn’t stop this couple from marrying. It may have felt to them like fate would win out at times and that these challenges would just swallow them up and spit them out, never allowing the marriage to happen, but that’s not how it went down. As a couple, true to their foundation of unwavering love, they pushed through […]
For personal reasons one of our most recent guests was on a mission. It was a multipart mission, one on which she would reset herself, to escape grief, to see the lovely State of New Hampshire, and to hike upon its deceivingly difficult mountain trails. She would also try her hand at shopping and seeing the village of North Conway, but the crowds, she reported, were […]
Really cool parents take their kids hiking. It’s a fact. But after a while the kids grow up and they begin outpacing their parents. That’s when they call Redline Guiding booking a day of mountain trail running — a perfect gift for the birthday of a young man who has clearly become the fastest hiker in the household. Take him out, give him a run, tire […]
Officiating three weddings in a day was the record last year. This year we not only matched that record, we upped it by one for officiating four weddings on Saturday, October 10th, 2020. What follows isn’t really a blog post about each of these special events, but rather a very brief summary and a hearty congratulations to all four couples. They are all tied together, in […]
