RMC Newsletter - Winter 2006-2007

Remembering Ned
By Doug Mayer

A new book has been published about Ned Green, who served on RMC's trail crew in 2000. Ned died the following winter, in an ice climbing accident in Huntington Ravine on the side of Mount Washington. Compiled by his mother Clare, Cutting A Bond with the Long Trail is a collection of Ned's outdoors journals.

Ned was truly one of those rare, larger-than-life characters, who was well known in the New England mountains. While caretaking Gray Knob after his summer on the RMC trail crew, Ned penned the following entry:

August 13, 2000 My stay, however brief, has come to a close, and the cabin is silent except for a drip into an empty bucket. Clouds outside swallow up the mountains and freeze them in their belly. One week left in these gorgeous mountains. The summer is gone, fall creeps in clutching the ragged tendril of a beaten Gore-tex parka. Apple cider, maple leaves and the promise of a cold winter. Ah, New England and a tinge of romanticism races through my bones. Enjoy People, Ned

Proceeds will go towards a Ned Green scholarship at his local high school, and to the Green Mountain Club, where Ned spent a number of years. Copies can be ordered for $18 from Clare Green, 71 Athol Road, Warwick MA 01378.