Tag: challenges

By Randy Pierce Our winter hikes on the “NH 48” have begun in earnest and have been very successful so far We have already

By Randy Pierce The holiday season is upon us--with all the joy, excitement, and yes, potential pressures of the times I very much wanted

By Randy Pierce This winter, Quinn and I plan to undertake some hikes of the 48 4,000-footers in New Hampshire Hiking them in the winter

By Randy Pierce As part of our training to hike mountains for 2020 Vision Quest, Quinn and I added a regiment of running Guide schools do

Tonight I’ll be attending the NFL Monday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs As usual, I have no

By Randy Pierce Have you ever read a story so powerful it made your heart stop I very much hope this doesn’t occur as I follow the

By Randy Pierce The house is deep into darkness as the stirrings and creaks start to multiply, allowing the imagination to flare with

By Randy Pierce Typically people with good intent and motivation are a fantastic form of support and pathway to positive accomplishment

By Randy Pierce In September 1990, I snapped the cane over my knee and threw it into the trash, walking away in a maelstrom of emotional

In this high-technology era of audio options and scanning power, some might ask: shouldn’t we move away from such an archaic system as

By Randy Pierce My first personal exposure to Alzheimer's was as devastatingly moving as I could imagine As someone with deterioration of

By Randy Pierce "Why do you hike" is one of the most common questions asked of many hikers The answers are as diverse as the people being

By Randy Pierce We met just beyond the infamous hairpin turn of the Kancamagus Highway in the Hancock parking area For many 6:45 am cannot

In planning our August 13 hike of the Hancocks, we intended to undertake a considerable distance in a single day, and it seemed likely

by Randy Pierce When I first thought to undertake the "48” back in 2010, it was intended as a leisurely ten-year goal This was, in part,

by Randy Pierce Our July New Hampshire heat wave is not untypical, nor is the choice to seek some solace from the heat by hiking amidst

by Drew Bourn I first met Randy a little over 20 years ago, and in the last 7 years or so, we have become very good friends Both of us

by Randy Pierce Hudson Nottingham West Lions Club shut down on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, after years of service This was my Lions Club, and

by Randy Pierce Finally, we take a break from our many hiking topics and address a common question Do the challenges of it all overwhelm