My Hiking Partners

I could not have completed my Epic Hike without a lot of help from my friends and family. Thank you to the following forty-five (!) people who hiked with me:

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With Ted Kellogg (trail name Wombat) on Day 1 near Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts
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Matthieu and Didier Collin de Casaubon (ok, so I’m not with them but that was my fault and not theirs!)
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With Ted and Didier (aka Otter) in Vermont
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With Josh and Kate Reynolds and my wife Eileen in Vermont
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With Steve Delaney and Walter Scully, crossing the Connecticut River, from VT into NH
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With Jay Weed (“Batwing”) enjoying maple bacon donuts in NH.  Wombat is with us.
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From left to right: Matt Engleby, Sean Dalton, me, Jay Olmsted, Whit Rappole, Carlos Nolasco, Bill Walsh, and (in front) Thomas Brown, on the summit of Mt. Pierce, NH
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Sean Dalton, Bill Walsh, me, Carlos Nolasco, and Matt Engleby on the summit of Mt. Washington, NH
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From Boy Scout Troop 507: Steve Bell, me, Matthew McPhee, Chris Rogers, Mann Shoffner, Quinn Shoffner, Deb Miller in Maine
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With Scoutmaster Chris Rogers
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With Marty Mahoney and Dave Miranda in Maine
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The Maxwell Road neighborhood gang: Joe Wesolaski (Floss), Mark Budreski (Toad), me (Steady), Ben Harding (Hur), Ben Bell (Moose), and Jed Sheehan (Boose) in Maine
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With Philip Marks and Steve Bell in Maine
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The final weekend at Baxter State Park, Maine with Troop 507 and friends at the trailhead for the Hunt Trail: (front row) Max Chen, Matthew Swift, Karina Pikhart, Jerry Li, Eileen Marks, Tom Simard, Joseph Wong; (back row) Joan Swift, Tim Swift, Eric Chen, Jason Innes, Jasper Schultz, James Schultz, Philip Marks, me, Tyler Donovan, Brandon Whelan, and Brian Spies. We then split into three groups.
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Tim, Matthew and Joan Swift on the Hunt Trail (with Eileen and me)
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On the Hunt Trail…
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Tyler Donovan, Brandon Whelan, Philip Marks and Joseph Wong (clockwise from lower left)
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These young men deserve two pictures after their harrowing experience crossing the Knife Edge: Tyler, Philip, Brandon and Joseph
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(front row) Jerri Li, Karina Pikhart and Tom Simard; (back row) Jason Innes, James Schultz, Jasper Schultz, Eric Chen, Brian Spies, and Max Chen