Congratulations to Ed Hawkin's for his NH3K finish!

[Damselfly]

Lew Dow, Steve and I accompanied Ed Hawkins today for his NH 3K finish on East Huntington!

It's a good thing the weather turned out good, and that the company was good..... because the woods were consistently "scrappy and crappy." Not the hardest or thickest we've ever been through, but there seemed no break from the thick woods.

We parked off the horseshoe turn on the Kanc and Ed did a terrific job leading us on a mostly easterly approach to East Huntington. Once at the summit, Lew presented Ed with a congratulatory Coca-Cola!

Although the trip appears short as the crow flies, it took us far longer to get to the summit than we thought it would, so we turned it around after brief break.

The westerly trip back was slow...again, thick woods, along with terrain that wanted to pull us down / south.

To top off Ed's finish and make it a bit more memorable, sunset overtook us and the head lamps came out for the last 40 minutes.

Back at the car it was time to again congratulate Ed and share some PBR's.

Congratulations, Ed!

Beth Zimmer
btzimr at gmail dot com

 

[lx93]

My goodness... every 3k in the Granite State. According to Google results, there's 175 of these peaks... I can't image- Bushwhack City, I'm sure.

Googling also reveals that there is a NH 1,000 Highest- do they plan on- oh, I won't even ask.

In any case, congratulations.

 

[Wolfgang]

Great Job Ed, Congratulations. Glad to see that you changed your shorts.

 

[arm]

 

[audrey]

Wow, congratulations, Ed! And to all of you for East Huntington. I'm still trying to put it out of my mind!

 

[una_dogger]

What Bob (Lol!), Arm (ROTFL), and Audrey said!

Ed - you are blessed with stamina, a sense of adventure, and most importantly- friends with a REALLY GOOD sense of humor!

;-)

 

[Cymbidium]

Kudos to you Ed! Great job on completing this difficult list!
Regards from Karen and Fran Maineri

 

[Tom Rankin]

And he couldn't have done it w/o Diet Coke!

 

[Ashfordite]

Congratulations Ed!!!!!!!!!

Keep on hiking!

Len

 

[spencer]

pure genius by Arm.

Way to go, Ed!
Someone should count of the number of congratulatory VFTT threads aimed at Ed...

 

[Peakbagr]

congratulations !

 

[Lucky Laura]

Congratulations, Ed! But wait... I thought you were working on the 2's! Oh, right- you have to work on multiple lists at the same time to keep it interesting. You should be the "official NH state hiker"!

 

[Silverfox]

lol..way to go ed..quite an accomplishment to add to you quiver...nice pic

 

[Dave Bear]

Congratulations Ed! You certainly do set the bar high for post retirement activities and accomplishments. I could only hope to have your level of stamina and glad you're having fun doing it!

 

[RoySwkr]

So he's finally getting bored with the 4k? About time

 

[OldMan]

Congrats Ed, your accomplishments amaze me!

 

[forestgnome]

congradulations Ed!!!!! wow!

 

[Summerset]

Congrats Ed!

I passed you yesterday going up the I-93 to hike, the license plate is easy to spot!