Ascending New Hampshire's Mount Washington
1. Mount Washington: If the White Mountains wore a crown, it would look like Mount Washington, the highest peak in New Hampshire, New England, and the northeast, cresting at 6,288 feet. Yet, the greater the obstacle, the greater seems to be its attraction, and it is this philosophy which has served as its magnet for hikers, skiers, and technology-tamers-that is, those who sought to surmount it by road and rail-all in the conquering spirit of "reaching the top." ok Originally designated "Agiochooki"-the Indian word for "home of the Great Spirit," "the place of the spirit of the forest," and "the place of the storm spirit"-it was seen as the exalted domain of just such a deity, "Gitche Manitos," and any attempted ascent was therefore considered sacrilegious. Non-Native Americans, however, did not think so and did not hesitate to try. https://manito24.com/ Its obstacles were not to be underestimated. Surrounded by 5,372-foot Mou...