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 President's
Letter
By Mike Pelchat
"The good news is that the
Bowman Basecamp Committee has morphed into The Valley Home Needs
and Search Committee. This new committee will be looking at land
or buildings in Randolph that meet our criteria for a permanent
RMC home for our summer trail crews, caretakers on their days
off..."
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 Reports from Committees
By Jeff Smith, Doug Mayer, Ben
Phinney and Michele Cormier
Camps Report, Web Site News,
Trails Report, RMC Long Range Planning Update, and Treasurer's
Report.
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 Guy's
Winter at Gray Knob
By Laura Waterman
"With encouragement of Guy
and Doug Mayer, I made it up the Lowe’s Path and was able
to see how well-swept and welcoming Guy and Paul kept Gray Knob.
The next morning we awoke to 20 below outside and 10 above inside,
so Guy broke the cardinal rule and started the stove..."
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 Bragging
Rights
By Will Kemeza
"Having spent the last,
frigid, winter as the Gray Knob caretaker, I was able to witness
the natural processes of the mountain world with some immediacy..."
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 A
Brief History of Trails
By Judith Maddock
Hudson
"Up until 1941 the Club
hired local woodsmen for trail maintenance, often contracting
the job through John Boothman who then himself hired local labor.
Volunteer work parties were also a regular summer activity, mostly
to clear blowdowns and brush the paths."
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Four Soldiers
Path and Underhill Path Trail Descriptions
By Steve Smith
"This new trail, located
on land recently acquired by the Town of Randolph and the White
Mountain National Forest, leads from the Pasture Path, 1.5 mi.
west of its trailhead on Pasture Path Rd., over the Crescent
Range to the Pond of Safety Trail, 0.3 mi. from the pond..."
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Stories from
"Appalachia" ...
By Klaus Goetze
"The last time I saw Louis
F. Cutter was at a meeting of the Trail Committee of the Randolph
Mountain Club two days before his death. Someone asked him why
the trail to Lookout Ledge used to be called the Hallway..."
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A Note of Thanks
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By Michael Hussin
"I can’t tell you enough
how incredible you all were. Please pass my thanks on to all
involved. I only managed to get a few names..."
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RMC Bylaws
Update
"When the Club amended its
Bylaws in 1999, there was one omission and one item which should
have been deleted..."
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Randolph
Mountain Club Jeopardy
By Doug Mayer,
Judy Hudson and Jack Stewart |
