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Who is the "lone canine"? Anybody we know? (All you wags out there, down-stay, leash your "going to the dogs" comments. )
Here's the relevant excerpt from Mike Dickerman's hiking column in today's Littleton Courier:
[start quote]Here's a footnote to last week's column regarding action taken recently by the AMC Four Thousand Footer Committee (FTFC). Besides speaking out on several issues related to ongoing controversies surrounding Owl's Head Mountain in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, the FTFC reaffirmed its longstanding tradition of honoring any dogs that have managed to successfully climb all 48 for New Hampshire 4,000-foot peaks.
Though dogs are not allowed inside the Stratham school where the FTFC holds its annual dinner and awards ceremony, canines who'd finished the New Hampshire peakbagging list the previous year were honored in a separate ceremony held outside the school building. This compromise seemed to work well, so a similar ceremony will be held at the April 2006 meeting, and presumably well beyond next year.
While dogs that have completed the list during the traditional three-season hiking year will continue to be honored by the FTFC, no such honors, however, will be accorded dogs that completed the winter 4,000-footer list. This action is a direct result of concerns expressed by a number of hikers, mainly over safety issues for both the dogs and their human companions. To date, only one dog is known to have successfully completed the winter 4,000-footer list. His award will not be "taken back" by the committee, thus it appears he will be the lone canine recipient of the FTFC winter award.
For the record, the FTFC also refuses to recognize dogs that have completed either the New England 4,000 Footer or New England 100 Highest lists. That's because dogs are not allowed inside Maine's Baxter State Park, where a number of eligible peaks are situated…[end quote'
Here's the relevant excerpt from Mike Dickerman's hiking column in today's Littleton Courier:
[start quote]Here's a footnote to last week's column regarding action taken recently by the AMC Four Thousand Footer Committee (FTFC). Besides speaking out on several issues related to ongoing controversies surrounding Owl's Head Mountain in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, the FTFC reaffirmed its longstanding tradition of honoring any dogs that have managed to successfully climb all 48 for New Hampshire 4,000-foot peaks.
Though dogs are not allowed inside the Stratham school where the FTFC holds its annual dinner and awards ceremony, canines who'd finished the New Hampshire peakbagging list the previous year were honored in a separate ceremony held outside the school building. This compromise seemed to work well, so a similar ceremony will be held at the April 2006 meeting, and presumably well beyond next year.
While dogs that have completed the list during the traditional three-season hiking year will continue to be honored by the FTFC, no such honors, however, will be accorded dogs that completed the winter 4,000-footer list. This action is a direct result of concerns expressed by a number of hikers, mainly over safety issues for both the dogs and their human companions. To date, only one dog is known to have successfully completed the winter 4,000-footer list. His award will not be "taken back" by the committee, thus it appears he will be the lone canine recipient of the FTFC winter award.
For the record, the FTFC also refuses to recognize dogs that have completed either the New England 4,000 Footer or New England 100 Highest lists. That's because dogs are not allowed inside Maine's Baxter State Park, where a number of eligible peaks are situated…[end quote'