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opyrigh 2012 by aricia llis rr
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ublishd in h nid as by roadway aprbacks,
an imprin of h rown ublishing Group,
a division of andom ous, nc., w ork.
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GV199.8.47 2011
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Know What Youre Getting IntoFailed Moun Tecumseh Atemp, April 13, 2008
Is bs o sar a hiing narraiv wih xampls o
hings ha can go wrong, spcially whn your hi-
ing parnr is a vry young child. My inn is no olav radrs shaing hir hads wih dismay, bu o
inorm and prhaps btr prpar h would-b ou-
door advnurr, spcially a ponial parn-child
am. Im no mbarrassd abou h hundrsorm
incidn, sinc, in rrospc, I do bliv ha anyon
could hav ound hmslvs in h sam siuaion.W didn hi ino somhing prdicdha sucr
ormd righ ovr our hads. Howvr, h ollowing
includs an accoun o somhing ha could hav
shouldhavben prvnd. For h bn o hos
who migh b spard a similar xprinc, I includ i
blow.
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W rs sumbl upon h ida by accidn. T girls
ar running around a bnch by a roadsid ios o
h Kancamagus Highway nar h own o Lincoln,
Nw Hampshir, jus a w wes ar w buy our
small wend hom in h Whi Mounains. I had
jus pulld ovr during a lisurly driv on his amous
mounain road o btr njoy h viws and o a ad-
vanag o h fsh air. Is March, and h snow sill
blans highr ground; w can se h sun glining o
h icy pas in h disanc.
T Whi Mounain rgion is bauiul, a brillian
conras o h drab ci li w liv Monday hrough
Tursday, o hours souh in Somrvill, Massachu-
sts. I am so happy I prsuadd my husband, Hugh, o
buy a iny wend hom hr, or I wan h girls ohav a hug and rgular dos o naur, and, sinc w
innd o homschool, an opporuni o us h nau-
ral rsourcs around us as larning ools. Addiionally,
h girls ned a plac whr hy can saly run fe, a
plac dvoid o polluion, a plac whr hr ar pln
o waralls, res, and hiing rails. T Nw Hamp-shir hous will b our hom hre days a we. Evn
whn my husband, a prossor a h Massachusts
Insiu o chnology, has o say in Massachusts
bcaus o his wor, which is on, h girls and I will
com hr ach Friday hrough Sunday.
Alx has ben a high-nrgy id sinc birh, alwaysino vryhing and complly uninrsd in r-
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h siz o a posag samp, dos nohing o allvia
hr ned o mov-mov-mov. T ci playgrounds ar
small and lld wih cold, plasic srucurs. T only
ims Alx vr sems ruly happy living in Somrvill
ar whn w lav i o visi oudoor placs such as
Waldn Pond or Drumlin Farm, boh nar h hisoric
own o Concord. Ts o stings aord rails on
which o run bac and orh, somims giving h il-
lusion ha w ar in h mids o a wid xpans o
wildrnss. W hough o moving o Concord, bu w
couldn aord i as a on-incom amily.
Sag is asir o plas; shs conn whrvr
sh happns o b. Howvr, sh oo is happir whn
surroundd by res and dir. Ts placs o naur
brah joy ino my childrn; hy giv boh my girls apac o mind no ci amosphr can provid.
I can rla o hir snimns, or I hav ond
mmoris o roaming h oudoors as a young child.
T suburbs o Columbia, Maryland, wr, in h
1970s, an xrmly sa communi whr vryon
in h nighborhood nw who you wr and whryou livd. Mos o my ar-school hours wr spn x-
ploring h local cres and playing wih garr snas.
Id com hom jus in im or dinnr, covrd in dir
and mud, eling happy and fe.
Hughs childhood was also spn xploring h
naural world. H grw up on a hundrd-acr armnar Lancasr, Pnnsylvania, and dosn rmmbr
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spn running hrough cornlds and climbing res,
his summrs in various naional pars. By h ag o
lvn, h was allowd o ravl h counry wih his
brohrs by Gryhound bus and xplor a will.
Whn w grw up, naur was a par o who w
wr and how w livd, so eping Alx and Sag in
h ci day ar day, monh ar monh, has nvr l
righ o ihr o us.
I wach as my daughrs cavor ousid h ios.
Ty a urns chasing ach ohr on h grass,
acs brigh wih dligh, ches rd fom h chill
air, sraigh sras o yllow hair ying vry which
way as hy coninually run, urn, and mov wih ach
ohr. Ty ar h ssnc o Youh, and sinc hr is
no on around o disurb, I l hm chas and umbland pounc, o itns joyully pushing hir physical
and sisrly boundaris in h brigh Nw Hampshir
sunshin.
I am much lss aciv, choosing propr, adul r-
pos ovr h imprompu scamprings o childhood.
My lbows lan agains h ioss woodn rails; myorarms rs agains a cnrd inormaion placard.
Evnually my gaz urns fom my childrn o h
conn blow. Trs a word down hr saring up
a m, shouing in larg bold prin: Pabaggrs. In-
rigud, I sraighn and urn my atnion o h nir
x.T shor paragraphs dscrib a gam o sors,
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mounains. Nw Hampshirs local pabagging gam
has an organizaion ddicad o h rcogniion o is
mmbrs: h Four Tousand Foor Club. Sponsord
by h Appalachian Mounain Club, i awards a cr-
ica and a pach o hos who ascnd all or-igh
o h Whi Mounains whos summis ris abov
our housand e. I conmpla h words and hin
abou my olds daughr. Always a consan bundl o
nrgy, h id nvr sems o ir.
Hy, Alx, I call ou o my v-yar-old, who is
now running around and around h ios, lapping hr
hre-yar-old sisr vry w sconds.
Wha? sh calls ou brahlssly, joyously.
Do you wan o ry o hi a grown-up mounain?
Alx brings hrsl o a hal and loos up.You don hav o i you don wan o, I
quicly add.
Sur! Hr ac bras ino a grin. I wan o!
Sag runs up o my lg and ass i sh can ry as
wll. Tough I srongly suspc my youngs daugh-
r is no y rady o hi mulipl mils on hr owno e, I gur Ill giv hr h coursy o allowing
hr o ry. Ar all, on o h rasons Hugh and I d-
cidd o homschool is bcaus w el childrn should
b m whr hyr a, inllcually and ohrwis.
W don wan o orc our childrn o conorm o any
group man. Trs no rason o insanly dismisshir goals solly bcaus o hir ags; o undrsi-
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hre dos no man sh should no b allowd o giv
h mounain hr all. Sur, I answr.
Boh girls whoop in joyul anicipaion, hn r-
sum running around and around h ios.
5April coms a w wes lar, and, sinc h snow
around our hous has ully mld, I gur is im o
giv on o hs mounains a go. Moun cumsh, a
si mounain my amily has noicd whil driving ino
narby Warvill Vally, is no oo ar fom our hous.
A quic Googl sarch lls m i sands mor han
4,000 e high4,003 e, o b xac. Anohr
quic sarch rvals ha is pa can b rachd aronly 2.2 mils o hiing2.2 mils! Alx can do ha;
Im sur o i. Sh hid 4 o 6 mils vry day wih-
ou complain during las yars rip o Mains Acadia
Naional Par, whn sh was only our yars old. Sh
shouldn hav any problms. Sag? Wll, wll se. W
can always urn bac i sh gs oo ird.Tough hrs no snow on h ground by our hous,
I gur hr migh sill b som l on h pas, so I
bundl up boh xcid ids in hir rgular snowsuis
and boos. Feling proud o mysl or hining ahad,
I pac som glovs, has, war, and ood ino a small
bacpac. How proud wll all b whn w rach hop! Wha a gra a w ar going o accomplish! T
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h grand viws ha awai us a h op o our rs
Four Tousand Foor.
Alx chatrs nonsop all h way hr, asing i
wll se any bars, i wll ned a roc climbing har-
nss, i wll b bac in im or dinnr. I answr, No,
no, and ys. Im airly crain our nois will ep away
any bars, I now his is a hiing rail and no a climb-
ing rou, and h hour is arly . . . jus bor noon. W
should b n.
Sag is qui and loos ou h window, and I won-
dr how ar up h mounain shll hi bor asing
o b carrid. Iv no xpcaions ha shll ma i
up on hr own o e, as hr probably isn nough
chocola in h world o ep hr moivad all 4.4
round-rip mils. Sill . . . i I carry hr whn sh irs,h hre o us should b abl o summi. Sag won
b abl o apply his hi oward h Four Tousand
Foor Club, bu sinc sh dosn rally undrsand or
car abou his, i dosn matr. Is Alx who appr-
cias h clubs concp. Is Alx who posssss h
srngh and nrgy o pull his o. Wll jus a iasy and se wha happns.
W pull ino h si paring lo and nd h rail-
had, h sign ha mars h bginning o h hiing
pah. Moun cumsh rail, h capial ltrs an-
nounc. I zip up h girls coas and srap on my litl
bacpac bor lading my daughrs condnly, ar-roganly, ino h ors.
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romp hrough h war and our boos do hir job.
Evryons e rmain dry.
Now h pah gos slighly uphill and mandrs by
a broois bauiul. Alx commns on h sound
o h alling war. Is li music, sh says. Sag is
lss nhralld. Can I hav a snac? sh ass.
Evn hough is only ben n minus sinc w l
h car, I pull ou a bag o rail mix and hand i o Sag,
whos ac brighns ino a smil. Mayb ha will ep
hr happily occupid or a good hal mil or so.
W ollow h sram uphill or a w hundrd yards,
and hn w rach snow. I dosn loo li anyhing
w can handl. In ac, i loos inviing. T snow
on h rail has ben so pacd down fom prvious
hirs ha i rsmbls a a sidwal. Fanasic! I isli his all h way up h mounain, hn w should
b good o go.
T girls and I sp ono h snow, slid a litl, hn
nd our balanc and gingrly coninu on our way.
Sag loss a w brighly colord chocola pics hr
and hr, laving a candy zigzag bhind us. W lavhr consumabl litr whr i is or h im bing, g-
uring ha wll pic i up on h way ou.
W cross anohr sram, and h grad sepns,
maing h snow di cul o wal on. T rads o our
boos don adqualy grip h surac, and h girls
slip coninually, somims caching hmslvs boralling ino h snow, bu onims no. Sag bgins
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se a rlaivly a srch jus ahad and urg h girls
onward.
W rach h a srch, bu insad o xprinc-
ing a rpriv, h snow on his srch has los is rm-
nss and w ar no longr waling on a a sidwal.
Evry v sps, somons oo punchs hrough and
mas a hol svral inchs dep. Sag coninus o
complain, hr voic gting loudr by h minu. Al-
xs orhad now has a urrow, and sh ass i w can
sop or a war bra.
Is di cul o nd a plac o rs, sinc siting
mans sining ino h snow. Ar a w minus, w
nd a larg roc whos a surac is jus abov h
snowlin. I si boh girls down, dig ou h war botl,
and hand i o my lds.Alx loos discouragd as sh ils h botl o hr
lips. Sh dosn sem aigud, hough. I wondr how
ar wv com . . . a mil? Is obvious jus by looing
around ha w ar nowhr nar h summi. Can sh
ma i all h way up? Dos sh wan o?
Sag dosn loo discouragd. Sh loos down-righ ups.
Ar you oay, hony? I as.
No, sh mumbls, looing down a hr lap.
Gting ird?
Ys.
Would you li m o carry you?Ys.
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ino h snow wih vry sp. Sag rids on my hip,
hr shor lgs gripping my wais as I sruggl no o
all ovr.
Fien minus lar, h snow suddnly gs much
depr, and i bcoms almos impossibl o wal.
Each sp givs way undr our e, and I sin up o my
nes, Alx up o hr highs. I can coninu holding
on o Sag, so I pu hr down and as hr o ry a w
sps. Sh dos, and immdialy sins o hr wais.
Sh is no amusd, and proceds o loudly bmoan h
ac ha hr boos hav jus lld up wih snow. W
rudg onward, bu h snow bcoms depr sill. W
sin rpadly, and w xhaus ourslvs by coninu-
ally having o pull our lgs up ou o h snow. I noic
ha h middl par o h rail is rlaivly rmr, so Ill h girls o say in h cnr as bs hy can. Ty
ry, bu hy rpadly slip, all ovr, and sin.
W com o a sep hill lading down o a largr
war crossing. Iv no ida how w can saly g down
ha slop coninually slipping and sining in such
dep, roting snow. I com o a hal, loo down a mymisrabl ids, and nally admi o mysl ha w ar
no gting up his mounain. A las no oday.
Alx loos down h hill and voics my houghs,
loudly and rmly.
I don wan o ep going, Mama, Alx dclars.
I wan o g up h mounain, bu I don li all hissnow.
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Sags ac is as scrwd up as a ac could possi-
bly b.
I squa down nx o hm, my ac lvl wih hirs.
Im sorry, girls. I didn now hr would b all
his snow. Would you li o ry again whn h snow
is gon?
Alx says ys. Sh lls m sh rally wans o g up
hr, bu no oday, no unil sh can wal normally on
dry ground. Sh hn adds ha no only is coninuing
on a bad idabu ha sh a ou won do i. Sh
dosn man o b a bad id, bu sh is notgoing on
sp arhr in his mss, han you vry much.
Sag dosn say anyhing. Hr ac coninus o r-
smbl ha o somon wih a mouhul o lmons. I
rach ino h bag and hand hr a granola bar. Hr acrlaxs innisimally.
Im disappoind and chagrind. I hadn orsen
ha hr would b so much dep snow on h rail, and
ha i would b so di cul o wal on. I had hough
I was wll prpard, wih snowsuis, boos, ood, and
war. Hc, I vn pacd a ashligh, map, and com-pass! Y hr w wr, dad and rady o go hom.
A man hiing down fom h summi approachs
us. Hs waring snowshos, and his bacpac, which
is much largr han min, has a rolld-up oam ma
atachd o is ousid. H as a good loo a boh
my ids, and a sligh wrinl appars across his or-had. I xplain ha w ar abou o urn bac, and h
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wrinl quicly disappars. Good movh snow
jus gs wors h arhr up you go, h xclaims b-
or quicly snowshoing o. I noic heisn sining in
h snow. Snowshos! Wow, I didn raliz . . .
W ma our way bac oward h car, h hi
bcoming asir as w lav h dep snow bhind. I
carry Sag, sinc hr mood has l h land o Irriad
and is now rsiding in Ourigh Misrabl. W rach
h ara o spilld chocola, and I do my bs o collc
h droppd pics.
W g bac o h car, and Sag scamprs ino hr
car sa, graul o b siting down in a warm, amil-
iar nvironmn. Fiv-yar-old Alx rmains sanding
ousid h car and wachs m closly as I pop h
run and oss in my bacpac. Alx has nvr benon o ep hr houghs o hrsl, and Iv a eling
Im abou o g a wll-dsrvd arul.
Ar you oay, Alx? I as, and brac mysl or
hr answr.
Tough my daughr dos hr bs o b rspc-
ul, sh mas i clar his was a bungld opraion.Why didn I now abou h snow? Why didn I urn
us around arlir? Wasn hr som way o now-
ing mor abou h condiions o h rail bor w
sard? Good qusions, hs. Ty pour ou o my
young daughrs mouh in on long, mid run-on
snnc. My v-yar-old has a wondrul capaci orlanguag. Sh bgan o rad a o yars o ag, and
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Hr vrbal abiliis now shin in all hir glory as sh
scolds hr mohr or no bing mor prpard.
I allow hr his ouburs, as sh is absoluly righ.
I was a oolish and ill-quippd vnur. I didn now
wha I was doing.
Whn sh has nishd vning, I nel down and
pull hr clos. Im sorry, I say. You ar righ. I will
larn mor abou hs mounains bor w atmp
anohr hi. Do you sill wan o ry again, ar h
snow has mld?
Alx bacs away fom m a litl so ha sh can
loo dircly ino my ac. Ys, sh says, hn isss
my che. Bu Mama, plas gur i ou a litl b-
r nx im.
T nx o monhs ar spn doing xacly ha:guring i ou. Soon ar our aild cumsh atmp,
I nd a hic boo displayd on h counr o a local
sporing goods sor: AMC White Mountain Guide,
compild and did by Gn Danill and Svn D.
Smih. I pic i up and la hrough iwow. I con-
ains ino on vry rail in h rgion, and i comswih a bunch o maps. Whn I a i o h counr,
h sals rprsnaiv suggss I buy an addiional
boo, also auhord by Smih and a llow namd Mi
Dicrman: Te4000-Footers of the White Mountains. I
hand ovr my mony, a boh boos hom, and bgin
o rad.Now our hiing advnurs ruly bgin. No by
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and h various rail maps. On o h boos rrs o
a coupl o norhasrn hiing wbsis: Viws fom
h op (www.viwsfomhop.com) and Rocs on
op (www.rocsonop.com). I accss boh daily, rad-
ing qusions and commns fom xprincd Whi
Mounain hirs.
Using h inormaion Iv gahrd, I sar o
buy appropria gar or all hre o us. I nd war-
rsisan hiing boos or mysl and boh girls. I
buy bacpacsiny, school-p ons or h girls
and a larg, propr daypac or m. A salsprson a
ha aormniond sporing goods sor wals m
hrough h ps o clohing a hir neds o hav
wih hr. Layrs ar y. Somhing quic drying righ
nx o h sin ha wics war and swa away fomh body. Flec o go ovr ha wicing bas layr, o
ep h body warm whn h mounain air chills. A
windproo, warproo our layr o proc h body
fom h harshr lmns.
Along wih hs basics, h ollowing ims ar
also demd ncssary or purchas: a war ramnsysm; a bivy shlr (a hin, lighigh warproo
and windproo bag ha rsmbls a iny on-prson
n, usul or accidnal ovrnighs ou in h wil-
drnss); a lighigh sleping bag; a oam sleping
pad (o ep your body o h cold ground); a rs aid
i; duc ap; a compass; sunbloc; bug spray; had-lamps; mrgncy whisls; a pocni; warproo
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T girls and I wai ou h las o h spring haw
by hiing a, snow-fe rails a lowr lvaions o ry
ou our boos and gar. W wal or hours a a im,
Alx consisnly happy and srong, and Sag conn
as long as w don go mor han our mils. A h nd
o our his, Sag is worn ou whil Alx only sems
nrgizd. Tr is no doub in my mind ha i w a-
mp a snow-fe cumsh, Alx will summi. I rad
and rrad h o guidboos whil h hre o us
wai or h springim sun o dry ou h rails.
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