New Peakbagging Club - NH 48 in 48 (yrs)

[RickB.]

41 years in a row is a lot, nobody else so far has claimed such a streak although I'm sure somebody is out there. The question would be whether anyone is still hiking various 4k all those years or is just climbing a favorite peak such as Moosilauke every year.

Check the Trail Conditions
Several years ago, we met a man (in pressed khakis and oxford shirt) in his 80's on Haystack who told us he'd been up Lincoln/Lafayette every year since he was a teenager. He was completely credible and his stories were captivating. Among my best Whites memories.

 

[Ashfordite]

This thread got me thinking so I checked my hiking log. I am at 29 different peaks in 29 different years. 19 more to go. I think I will keep this in mind when planning future hikes. There are quite a few years that I hiked a dozen or more mountains, so I have some flexibility as to which summits I assign to those years. I will definitely plan on saving the easiest hikes for the last few years because I will no longer be in my prime by then.

It is so much fun looking back on past hikes and looking forward future ones!

 

[RickB.]

I've have records for 1969 through 1975 and from 1983 to present which easily support a different peak each year and I was just as active during the gap. But unless my hiking partners can fill in the blanks, Ashfordite has an inside track on the $1,000,000.

 

[RoySwkr]

23 down. Still have some time to get my peak this year.
I could finish by the time I'm 71. Seems possible.

Of course it would be nearer for you to go for 46 in 46 or 35 in 35

Of maybe you can concoct some elixir and do the 772 in 772

 

[RickB.]

While we were hiking yesterday, we established that Giff is at year 38, with multiple peaks per year.

 

[Trail Bandit]

I know this is off thread a little, but there is/was a guy "Davis" that hiked up Monadnock every day for ten years, I don't know if he is still at it. That has to be some sort of record.

 

[The Hikers]

This patch is cleary out of the question for me. My continuous goal is
to be able to hike tomorrow.

 

[RoySwkr]

Done

59-Isolation 61-Washington 62-Lafayette 67-TripyramidM 68-Jefferson 70-Osceola
72-Eisenhower 73-Owls Head 74-Carrigain 75-Jackson 76-KinsmanN 77-Cabot
78-Bond 79-BondW 80-Bondcliff 81-WildcatD 82-Hale 83-Tecumseh
84-Pierce 85-Whiteface 86-KinsmanS 87-Moosilauke 88-Waumbek 89-CarterS
90-Tom 91-Flume 92-Cannon 93-TwinS 94-Lincoln 95-OsceolaE
96-Passaconaway 97-TripyramidN 98-Madison 99-Garfield 00-Galehead 01-HancockS
02-Willey 03-Liberty 04-Carter Dome 05-CarterM 06-Wildcat 07-TwinN
08-Hancock 09-Moriah 10-Monroe 11-Adams 12-Zealand 13-Field

 

[DiamondRidge]

Done

59-Isolation 61-Washington 62-Lafayette 67-TripyramidM 68-Jefferson 70-Osceola
72-Eisenhower 73-Owls Head 74-Carrigain 75-Jackson 76-KinsmanN 77-Cabot
78-Bond 79-BondW 80-Bondcliff 81-WildcatD 82-Hale 83-Tecumseh
84-Pierce 85-Whiteface 86-KinsmanS 87-Moosilauke 88-Waumbek 89-CarterS
90-Tom 91-Flume 92-Cannon 93-TwinS 94-Lincoln 95-OsceolaE
96-Passaconaway 97-TripyramidN 98-Madison 99-Garfield 00-Galehead 01-HancockS
02-Willey 03-Liberty 04-Carter Dome 05-CarterM 06-Wildcat 07-TwinN
08-Hancock 09-Moriah 10-Monroe 11-Adams 12-Zealand 13-Field

Super cool! And, Go You, for having kept track!

 

[MTNRUNR]

Can hardly wait to see the patch you come up with

 

[Still Steppin']

I have to get in on this one. A few months ago I submitted my NH 4000 Footer application. 48 peaks in 57 years -------- not the one per year talked about here nor the 0.84 peaks per year that it averages. What did happen was a few beginning in 1955 and throughout the rest of the 50’s (there were some prior to that, as a Boy Scout, but I have no documentation,) a lot during 1960 when I spent the whole summer hiking sections of the AT, then no new ones till 2012 when I decided it was time to finish my remaining 24. They’re done ----- I’m not. This season I hope to do the first half over again so I can say I’ve done them all after 70.
Most everyone here already knows this but I’ll reinforce it again for you --------- Keep at it. Getting out on the trail will make you feel younger and it may even fool your body into believing that it is!

 

[Sunshine Chris]

ok I just figured it all out. Only 12 done with 36 to go. I'll be 89 years old at completion. It's a goal. As Still Steppin said, Maybe going for this goal will trick my body into believing I am younger than it really is. Hee Hee. It is possible, not probable, but possible. All I have to do is live that long and still be mobile enough to complete the list. Hee Hee LOL- Lots of Laughs and LOL- Lots of Luck to me.

 

[sierra]

Times like this makes me glad I stopped keeping track years ago.