The White Mountain Chronicles eBook Laudizen King
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This is a work of creative nonfiction by Laudizen King stories, memoirs, and essays of travel and adventure that celebrate the human spirit. 'The White Mountain Chronicles' is a volume of 22 stories that celebrate the author’s two decades of adventure in the mountains of New Hampshire. From Monadnock in the south to the White Mountains in the north, these memoirs and stories capture the fleeting moments of a New Hampshire life from friendships forged on the trail to nights of revelry, from dangerous water crossings to winter storms, and all the strange memories and events that make the experience whole.
The volume begins with 'My AMC White Mountain Guides', the author's homage to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a story that ends with a poignant bit of graffiti found by the author years earlier.
That story is followed by 'May Camp', an appreciation of setting up camp in a driving rain, a task made joyous so long as it means being back in the White Mountains.
Many adventures follow from wild nights on the trail to hot summer treks, from the humor of the 'Golden Girls' to the discovery of red flannel hash, from frigid winter outings to the camaraderie of the High Huts, from the last motorcycle ride to the shadow of Monadnock.
In 'Mt Garfield Dream', the author and a companion ascend the Garfield Ridge in a May rainstorm, enduring a frigid and dangerous water crossing on the way. After reaching the ridge, they continue their ascent toward Garfield Shelter, negotiating the steep climb up the rocky cone of Mt Garfield as the freezing runoff from the rain cascades down the trail like an icy waterfall. As they climb wet and frozen, the rain turns to a blinding driven snow, yet more wonder awaits them higher up the mountain.
'Out of the Fog' is a collection of strange happenings compiled over eighteen years on the trail in New Hampshire.
In 'The 48 Summits', the author describes the haphazard way in which he came to climb all of the 4000' peaks in New Hampshire, and gives special mention to those awe-inspiring places he visited numerous times over the years, such as Mt Moosilauke, a peak he climbed twenty times.
These unique stories are filled with the author's love and respect for New Hampshire; this collection is unlike anything available on the market today.
Enjoy!
(approx 53,900 words)
Chapters
My AMC White Mountain Guides
May Camp
Red Flannel Hash
In the Shadow of Monadnock
Carter Notch in Winter, the First Trip
Through the Past Darkly with Sven Saws and Candle Lanterns
Winter Night at Hermit Lake
How Things Come to Pass
Second Sojourn
Camp 16
Ghosts and Summits
Golden Girls
Pilgrimage
Mt Garfield Dream
Closing Galehead
Remembering Ray Evans, 1909-2001
Mountain Pond and Carter Dome
Riddle of New Hampshire
Mt Carrigain Trilogy
On the Garfield Ridge with Jack Kerouac
Out of the Fog
The 48 Summits
The White Mountain Chronicles eBook Laudizen King
It was not what I had expected. My wife and I have hiked many of the trails that the author and his friend chronicled in the book however I was looking for more excitement. A description of the trails that sometimes are nothing but a tangle of roots, or climbing up a wet riverbed or scrambling over loose gravel ledge and boulders. Although climbing all the 4000 footers, some many times and many trails in the winter is a great feat, the book needed something more, at least for me. If someone had hiked the trails in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the past, this book could relive those memories but more details could have made it five stars.Product details
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The White Mountain Chronicles eBook Laudizen King Reviews
I enjoy reading the stories from "The White Mountain Chronicles" over and over again. Laudizen King's dry sense of humor, combined with his beautiful prose make every read like the first time!Must read if you are a hiker or anyone who has spent time in The White Mountains (or even if you haven't).
Laudizen King truly brings the White Mountains to life for the reader. I know, I grew up in New England and spent many wonderful days hiking and camping in the "Whites". He has a way of taking me back to a magical time long ago and reminding me what a special place that part of the country will always have in my heart and soul. This book is a great read for anyone who enjoys getting out and felling the wonder of nature.
It was not what I had expected. My wife and I have hiked many of the trails that the author and his friend chronicled in the book however I was looking for more excitement. A description of the trails that sometimes are nothing but a tangle of roots, or climbing up a wet riverbed or scrambling over loose gravel ledge and boulders. Although climbing all the 4000 footers, some many times and many trails in the winter is a great feat, the book needed something more, at least for me. If someone had hiked the trails in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the past, this book could relive those memories but more details could have made it five stars.
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