Winter nh 48 canine finishers

[Ed'n Lauky]

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 another new canine winter finisher: Cole, along with his companion Alton Eckel. This was a SSW finish. Congratulations to them both.

John also mentioned that Hannah along with her companion Sarah Permalutter has another winter finish. Congratulations to them also.

More details along with some pictures will follow.

If anyone knows of any other finishers please let me know. Thanks.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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 16, 2011
9-- Lauky February 16, 2012
10- Cinilla March 7, 2012
11- Quinn March 10, 2012
12- Kali Feb. 16, 2013
13- Tobi March 10, 2013
14- Pemi March 15, 2013
15- Hannah March 8, 2014
16- Dusty March 1, 2015
17- Harley March 1, 2015
18- Thor March 1, 2015
19- Lucy March 15, 2015
20- Kibo March 20, 2015
21- Cole March 19, 2016

The Facebook page is temporarily down, so let us know here and we'll make sure your dog gets the patch.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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

 

[winnie]

I believe there is another finisher this winter: Esther (with Craig Kelleher) from North Hampton, NH. I saw them at the AMC Awards canine presentation.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

I believe there is another finisher this winter: Esther (with Craig Kelleher) from North Hampton, NH. I saw them at the AMC Awards canine presentation.

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

 

[winnie]

I think he is on vftt (don't know his user name) but hadn't heard about canine winter NH48 recognition. He is defnitely interested.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

I think he is on vftt (don't know his user name) but hadn't heard about canine winter NH48 recognition. He is defnitely interested.

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.

 

[winnie]

Yes, my Ella wears her patch with pride. She is #6 on the list.

I reached Craig by phone and he confirmed that his Bernese Mountain Dog Esther did finish the winter list this winter. He is not signed up for vftt, but he will email me a photo of Esther within a week or so and I will post for him.

Esther finished March 6, 2016 on Eisenhower. Thanks-
winnie (Donna Dearborn)

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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 16, 2011
9-- Lauky February 16, 2012
10- Cinilla March 7, 2012
11- Quinn March 10, 2012
12- Kali Feb. 16, 2013
13- Tobi March 10, 2013
14- Pemi March 15, 2013
15- Hannah March 8, 2014
16- Dusty March 1, 2015
17- Harley March 1, 2015
18- Thor March 1, 2015
19- Lucy March 15, 2015
20- Kibo March 20, 2015
21- Esther March 6, 2016
22- Cole March 19, 2016

 

[winnie]

Here is 4 year old Bernese Mountain dog, Esther, who finished her winter NH48 on March 6 (with Craig Kelleher)

 

[TJsName]

Here is 4 year old Bernese Mountain dog, Esther, who finished her winter NH48 on March 6 (with Craig Kelleher) View attachment 5518View attachment 5519

I'm wondering if I met up with Esther doing Zealand last year (failed Z-B traverse).

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

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.

 

[bikehikeskifish]

Pemi would be #3 - (Heather Hesse's) Kali finished her grid on Bondcliff, August 2, 2015.

Tim

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

Thanks, Tim. That was a slap on the head moment. Of course Kali also finished the grid. Sorry about that Heather and Kali. I've made the corrections above.

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

Pepper along with his faithful companion John Sobetzer just keep rolling along. Pepper was to my knowledge the first dog to finish the grid then the first redliner. He now to my knowledge is the first dog to finish the 1k 4k. That is, Pepper has climbed 1000 four thousand footers. They may well have done some peaks more than others I don't really know, but that comes out roughly to 20 times a peak. Do I hear a WOW???!!! If ever there was a dog deserving of a bronze plaque it's Pepper. Huge congratulations to both of you. More than one person has told John that he needs to write a book. How about it John?