White Mountain GRID Finish #16

[Cath]

Today, on the Mighty Tecumseh, John & June, also known as J&J, finished their journey of the Grid. Weather & company was fantastic ~

After ascending the Mt Tecumseh trail from the vacant ski resort parking area, and having the customary summit celebration (thank you Jessie for the group photo's!) the group crossed the Sosman Trail to the top of the ski area, where some crazy butt sliding on the ski trails took place

Congratulations to John & June !!!

**** The word from Hiker Ed is that they are finishers #16 & #17

 

[Becca M]

congrats J&J - yay!!!! You guys did it!!!! I've had fun joining you guys on so many (really wish I could have been there....)!!!

 

[Mohamed Ellozy]

Congratulations, J&J!!!

 

[Tom Rankin]

Congrats! But is this 15 and 16, or 16 and 17?

 

[TrishandAlex]

Fantastic news, a huge congratulations to you both!!

 

[bigmoose]

Awesome accomplishment June and John! Way to persevere!

 

[una_dogger]

Congrats to the the hottest Gridiot couple on record. ;-)
You two rock!

 

[yvon]

WOW!!! Fantastic, congratulations to you both.

 

[MichaelJ]

Awesome, congratulations!!!

 

[J&J]

Thanks to all who have joined us on so many of our hikes. The greatest part of our GRID journey has been the people we've shared so many fun times with. That's what it's all about. Thank you all!

Now for some pictures of our finale.

Our group for the day: Val, Larisa, Rick, Ed, John, June, Craig, Mark, Jeremy, Cath, Diane and Bill.

That's a good number.

We presented Ed with Coca-Cola pj's since Coke is the unofficial sponsor of the GRID.

Not everyone gets to celebrate a double GRID finish with an Easter Bunny on skis!

Rick, men in kilts should not be butt sliding!

Mark says, "Look Ma, no hands!"

Val, staying focused on her butt slide run.

Ed showing us youngsters how a real butt slide is done.

Larisa with the best smile of the day.

Cath running down the mountain.

Jeremy slip-sliding away.

Dave, the grill master, with the results of his efforts. Thanks Dave!

Thanks also to Ben and Gary for their parking lot support and the pictures from our J-A-M hike.

A truly fun day where the smiles were non-stop.

Thank you all!!!!!

John & June

 

[una_dogger]

Ed's got quite a roostertail going on there....so sorry I missed your day, great croo !

 

[DiamondRidge]

Congratulations! Looks like it was a fun day!

 

[rocket21]

Congratulations!

 

[loanshark]

grid finish

Congrats to the both of you! Can't wait to hike with you two again.

 

[Paradox]

Congratulations, great job guys!

 

[Dr. Dasypodidae]

What, no one brought skis for the descent?

Congrats to J&J!

In mountaineering lore, the first 20 ascents of a new route are commonly known as "classics." Perhaps the same applies to the Grid?

 

[MadRiver]

What, no one brought skis for the descent?

Craig was the only one who brought skies.

 

[Snowflea]

Hearty congratulations to the first GRID couple!!

#3

 

[Wolfgang]

John and June,

Way to televate! Good Show, Jolly good show. Again Congratulations.

bob

 

[Jimmy Legs and Little D]

Congratulations John and June! We always enjoy viewing your slideshows on Phanfare of your hikes.

Donna