"...a charming, uplifting account...a keen feminist fable for brave girls." -- Publishers Weekly

"As someone who has struggled to keep up with Alex on a pair of New Hampshire 4,000ers in winter, I can testify first- hand to what a remarkable hiker and person she is. Patricia Ellis Herr's charming memoir distills the lessons she learned on the trail with her precocious daughter. UP offers a welcome corrective to the Tiger Mother syndrome."--David Roberts, author of Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer

"I love this mother-daughter tale of sharing something beautiful and profound together and building upon those shared experiences. It's what every family should emulate. The delightful stories put a smile on my face as they brought back memories of my daughter when she was Alex's age." — Erik Weihenmayer, World Class Adventurer, First and Only Blind Man to Climb Everest, and Star of ABC's 2011 "Expedition Impossible."

TRISH, ALEX and SAGE

This blog documents the ongoing adventures of 9-year-old Alex and 6-year-old Sage.

Alex's earliest hikes, including my original trip reports for the hikes chronicled in UP, can be found at Trish and Alex Hike the 4000 Foot Whites.

Sage's earliest hikes, including many for the New Hampshire Four Thousand Footer list, can be found at Sage Dylan Herr On the Trails of New Hampshire.

52 With a View (Sage)

This list was created by Over the Hill Hikers.  These mountains are all under 4000 feet in elevation, and each summit has a view.

I've linked the ones we've already hiked to the corresponding trip reports. Sage isn't in any rush to complete this list; she started when she was four years old and I figure we'll casually finish by the time she's eight or nine.

Sandwich Mountain 3,980' -- December 12, 2011
Mt. Webster 3,910'
Mt. Starr King 3,907' - On the way to Waumbek, May 8, 2011
The Horn 3,905'
Shelburne Moriah 3,735'
Sugarloaf 3,710'
North Baldface 3,610'
Mt. Martha 3,573'
South Baldface 3,570'
Success 3,565'
Mt. Chocorua 3,474'
Stairs Mountain 3,463'
Jennings Peak 3,460'
Mt. Avalon 3,442' - -February 21, 2010
North Percy Peak 3,430'
Resolution 3,415'
Magalloway 3,383'
Mt. Tremont 3,371'
Middle Sister 3,340'
Kearsarge North Mountain 3,268'
Smarts 3,238'
West Royce 3,210'
Mt. Paugus 3,198'
North Moat Mountain 3,196'
Monadnock Mountain 3,165'
Imp Face 3,165'
Mt. Cardigan 3,155'
Mt. Crawford 3,119'
North Doublehead 3,053'
Eagle Crag 3,020' and Mount Meader
Mt. Parker 3,004'
Mt. Shaw 2,990'
Hibbard Mountain 2,940'
Eastman Mountain 2,939'
Mt. Kearsarge 2,937' -- April 30, 2010
Mt. Cube 2,909'
Stinson Mountain 2,870' -- October 11, 2009
Mt. Willard 2,850' -- June 20, 2009
Black Mountain 2,830'
South Moat Mountain 2,770'
Black Mountain 2,757'
Welch and Dickey Mountains 2,605 ,2734 -- November 17, 2011
Iron Mountain 2,726'
Potash Mountain 2,680' -- May 23, 2010
Blueberry Mountain 2,662' -- October 18, 2009
Mt. Israel 2,630' -- December 1, 2011
Square Ledge 2,620'
Mount Roberts 2582'
Mt. Pemigewasset 2,557' -- October 2, 2009
Hayes 2,555'
Middle Sugarloaf 2,539'
Hedgehog Mountain 2,532'

* - The increasingly overgrown Mt. Wolf may be replaced by Mt. Roberts.
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