I had not had much of an experience with real hiking/climbing until this past weekend.  I did not know what a 13er or 14er was and had no idea of the strategy and planning that goes into climbing to the summit of a mountain.  Sure I climbed local “mountains” in the past, but I was never was presented with an opportunity to climb something bigger or more difficult.  The mountains in Southern New Hampshire just are not all that big.  Hardcore climbers would argue that they actually are not mountains at all.  The largest mountain in our area, Mt. Monadnock, [...]