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I just heard from John Sobetzer that Pemi Innes who completed his first winter 48 on March 15, 2013 has, as of today, completed the grid and is the third dog to complete the grid after John's dog Pepper and Heather's Kali. Congratulations to Pemi, well done.

I must confess I haven't hiked the Catskills since the late 1960s when I moved away from the area. But even at that distance I have memories of spectacular views of the Hudson Valley from what I believe was called North Mt. I also don't remember the hike being particularly hard but with all...

You're right, that is an absolutely fascinating read. While reading it I was reminded of an anecdote I read about Davy Crockett, someone asked him if he ever got lost and he replied: 'No, but there was a time when I wasn't quite sure where I was for about three months.' :)

Trail to Natural bridge KY. TPBM is of you and your dog on a winter summit.

One of the White Mountains most famous hikers Atticus, who accompanied by his loving owner Tom was famous for his winter hikes of the 48 passed away yesterday. He had been suffering with a brain tumor. The Facebook link is here: https://www.facebook.com/FollowingAtticusBook

Good detective work, very interesting.

Thanks so much, Donna, for your help. Here are the two pictures of Esther, one of them with her owner Craig Kelleher. The first one was taken on Garfield. The second, with Craig, was taken on South Twin.

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...

Thanks Donna. Could you contact him again and let him know we need an address to send him the patch. You could PM me with it or have him E-mail me at Ednlauky at gmail dot com. I appreciate your help.

There is a patch for winter canine finishers. If you have any contact with him and he is a VFTT member please have him either post on this thread or PM me.. Or if anyone can give me his user name I'll get in touch with him. Thanks.

Thanks for posting. If you or anyone, has any idea how we can get in touch with Craig please let me know.

Maybe not the "Presi" you were thinking of, but Lincoln was a "Presi" and without Lafayette we might not have had any "Presis". :) TPBM is the pause the refreshes

Here's another picture of Hannah and Sarah. This one taken on North Hancock.

Pepper, the first canine grid finisher, the first canine redliner is now the first canine calendar day finisher. Here is part of what John Sobetzer wrote to me: One of the fun things about doing the Calendar Day with Pepper, was that roughly a year ago I looked at our list of dates, astonished...

Here is a photo of the the legendary Pepper, the first canine calendar day finisher.

Here is a picture of Hannah who along with Sarah Sullivan (Perlmutter) (AKA Hikes with Hannah) completed another SSW. Congratulations to both of them.

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...

Here are a couple of pictures of our latest finisher Cole (and Alton Eckel) who finished on March 19, 2016

Thanks, very interesting. I wondered when I saw the Salmon if there was any way it just happened to be sitting somewhere in the fridge.

I just received word that Pepper accompanied by his faithful companion John Sobetzer has just become the first canine to complete the calendar day grid. The completion took place this weekend on the Kinsmans and according to John it was ice, ice, ice. John tells me also that there has been...