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It is with a great deal of sadness that I share with you news of the death of the greatest hiking dog ever in the New England White Mountains John Sobetzer’s little Schnauzer Pepper. Pepper died at age 17 after struggling with cancer for the past year. I asked John to share with me a bit of...

Thanks for all your work Tim. I'm glad there was a way to keep VFTT going. As I no longer live in New England I don't post much anymore but I enjoy checking in from time to distant time.

The new updated list is as follows: 1-- Brutus Jan. 18, 2004 2-- Feb. 22(?), 2007 3-- Denali Feb. 25, 2007 4-- Marley March 16, 2009 5-- Pepper Jan. 29, 2011 6-- Ella Feb. 16, 2011 7-- Romeo March 15, 2011 8-- Izzy-Israel March 16, 2011 9-- Lauky February 16, 2012 10- Cinilla March 7, 2012 11-...

I just received word via Facebook that Bennett and his owner Arienne Mendelson finished the Winter 48 on Mt. Washington on 2-23-2020. Congratulations to both.

Congrats to Eva and Baxter. Great job. Happy trails.

I've already heard back from John, here's his response concerning the canine grid finishers: I just saw your VFTT post Ed so here's a quick list of the known dog Grid finishers: Pepper, Kali, Pemi, Hannah and now Cole. Pepper's pal Cinnilla was close to finishing when the accumulated injuries...

John Sobitzer just let we know that a very special word of congratulations is due for Cole who just finished the Grid. That's a fantastic accomplishment. Besides John's dog Pepper I can't remember what other dogs have done that. When John gives me the update I'll post it here.

This is our latest list. If anyone knows of any other finishers (from any year) please let us know. 1-- Brutus Jan. 18, 2004 2-- Feb. 22(?), 2007 3-- Denali Feb. 25, 2007 4-- Marley March 16, 2009 5-- Pepper Jan. 29, 2011 6-- Ella Feb. 16, 2011 7-- Romeo March 15, 2011 8-- Izzy-Israel March...

We've had another finisher. On 3/14/19 Leoni McFarland finished her winter 48. Congratulations to both Leoni and Casey.

Last Wednesday I clicked on Garmin Express to see if there were any updates. I noticed that there was an update for Garmin Express itself so I downloaded it. When I did interestingly the icon for Garmin Express disappeared from the computer. I also noted then that there was a map update so I...

Here's a link to the episode of Windows to the Wild featuring John Sobitzer and Pepper. https://video.nhpbs.org/video/pepper-and-me-2henmz/

I just received the following note from John Sobitzer: "In case you didn't see it, Hannah (of Hikes with Hannah) and her pal Sarah, finished their Grids. Hannah is the fourth dog to finish a Grid now." Congratulations to Hanna. :) John also added this comment: " I've forgotten to mention...

Even the leash is not foolproof. I one time was standing at the trailhead for Valley Way with Lauky on a leash when he suddenly jerked the leash from my hand and took off after a couple with a dog that had left an hour before us. He caught up with them about half way up. After they had...

I tried it once on my dog Lauky, but he hated it so much I just gave up.

Thanks for the video clip. I lived in France from 1980 to 2000 and that clip brought back some great memories.

If everyone would just get one of these it would take care of everything. https://www.amazon.com/The-NoPhone-nophone-Original/dp/B016856FDG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1527210473&sr=8-5&keywords=no+phone&dpID=31OBcDwFLpL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Here's a link going back a few years to a thread on alcohol stoves. In post 9 I have placed several pictures of my Esbit setup. http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?58470-Let-s-see-your-alcohol-stove-kits!

John Sobitzer who just finished a second grid accompanied by the faithful Pepper just sent me this final tribute to Cinnillia: Hi Ed: Per and Helle led a very nice memorial/celebration hike for Cinnilla on Moosilauke Friday. 10 years earlier on that date Per and Cinnilla did their first 4K...

We just received the sad news that another of our winter canine finishers has passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Todd Bausch has written to tell us that Denali the number three winter canine finisher has passed away. This is what he wrote: Hello Ed, We are sad to say that we had to say...

I got to thinking after my last post that the photo posted in my previous post looks more like a decal than a patch so I thought I would post this photo. If your dog completes the winter 48 please make sure you contact us for the patch. Thanks.