"...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.

Trailwrights 72 (Alex)

Trailwrights is a unique New Hampshire list. In addition to hiking the 72 listed mountains, one must do 72 hours of trailwork. Alex and I have each done about 10 hours over the last couple of years, so we've a ways to go on that front ...we'll step up our trailwork bigtime this summer (2012).


Also -- and this is important -- a hiker may only count one peak per hike. For example, if you tag both the Hancocks on a hike, you can only count one of the peaks for this list. To count the other, you must go back on a separate hike and tag it again.


Here are the peaks. Note there's a lot of overlap with the NH4K list.  The peaks listed in this color were accomplished during Alex's original round of the NH4Ks, so please look here for more information on those.  The peaks listed in this color were accomplished during Alex's winter rounds of the NH4K, so please look here for those.  Other completed peaks are linked to their appropriate trip reports.


Alex isn't in any rush to complete these.  I imagine she'll finish sometime next year (2012).


Washington 6288ft
Adams 5774ft
Jefferson 5712ft
Sam Adams 5551ft
Clay 5531ft
Boot Spur 5492ft
John Quincy Adams 5394ft
Monroe 5374ft
Madison 5367ft
Adams 4 5348ft
Adams 5 5266ft
Lafayette 5240ft
Lincoln 5089ft
No.Lincoln 5000ft
Franklin 4904ft
So.Twin 4902ft
Carter Dome 4832ft
Moosilauke 4802ft
No.Twin 4761ft
Eisenhower 4760ft
Gulf (Slide) Peak 4760ft
Little Haystack 4760ft
Bond 4698ft
Carrigain 4680ft
Hight 4675ft
Middle Carter 4600ft
Lethe 4584ft
Guyot 4580ft
Blue 4529ft
Moosilauke So.Peak 4523ft
West Bond 4520ft
No.Carter 4520ft
Garfield 4480ft
Liberty 4459ft
Wildcat"A" 4422ft
So.Carter 4420ft
No.Hancock 4400ft
So.Kinsman 4358ft
SW Twin 4357ft
Flume 4328ft
Field 4320ft
So.Hancock 4319ft
Osceola 4315ft
Clinton (Pierce) 4310ft
Wildcat"C" 4298ft
No.Kinsman 4293ft
No.Isolation 4293ft
Willey 4285ft
Bond Cliff 4265ft
Zealand 4240ft
Middle Osceola 4200ft
Jim 4172ft (1271.6m)
Cabot 4160ft
No.Tripyramid 4160ft
East Osceola 4156ft
Middle Tripyramid 4120ft
West Osceola 4114ft
So.Tripyramid 4080ft
Cannon 4080ft
Wildcat"D" 4060ft
Hale 4054ft
Jackson 4052ft
Mt. Tom 4051ft
Moriah 4049ft
Passaconaway 4043ft
Owl's Head 4025ft
Galehead 4024ft
NW Hancock 4020ft
Waumbek 4006ft
Isolation 4004ft
Tecumseh 4003ft
Whiteface 4000ft
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