When the event was in it’s infant stage, there was discussion as to just how big it should be. There was talk of the Hundred Highest, The six New England Highpoints, the NH 50 highest. Thankfully, it was settled that it would just be the 48 4000K peaks. The first year we filled I believe, 38 peaks and we were pleased as could be. 2003 brought us over 40 peaks and 2004 was the first year we covered them all. Smaller goals of pictures from all 48 have proved more elusive but I do have confirmation that we’ve successfully covered all 48 from 2004 to 2008.
Should it expand now? In my opinion, if we worry about covering more peaks, if we worry too much about the get-togethers afterwards, if we worry too much about publicity for the event, then it’s starts to lose it’s meaning and why we do it in the first place. It’s a memorial hike, not some fancy trick by hikers. We’ve hiked in blue sky weather and hiked in the pouring rain. In the end the only thing that’s really important is that the Flags are “still there”.
I welcome any photos from other non- 4k peaks. We’ve had some from Mt. Marcy, Little Haystack, Mt. Franklin and from where the Old Man used to reside.
