I enjoyed "Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure" by Patricia Ellis Herr much more than I thought I would. The book tells the true story of Trish's daughter Alex, who climbed all 48 four thousand footers in New Hampshire before her seventh birthday. I hike in the Whites frequently and...
Alex pokes at the shadow of her hundredth bug and watches as it promptly disappears. We’re inside our tent at Guyot Campsite, more than seven miles from a road and deep within the heart of the White Mountain National Forest. We’ve spent the day climbing three of the New Hampshire Forty-eight’s mo...