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in reply to: Welcome to the 2004 Routes/Teams Forum #50090
75% have confirmed. Any others not confirmed by midnight will be opened up…
-Stephen
in reply to: Who is hiking Pierce? #50180@Frodo wrote:
I know her well (she has proudly participated in the past 2 events), and I will let her know about your concerns tomorrow…
Great! I’m planning on hiking and Eisengard, er I mean Eisenhower… assuming no one drops.
-Stephen
in reply to: Other flags #50213Thank you for your comments.
As I’m sure you realize by looking through our site, we are very supportive of other flags being flown .
However, since this was an attack on the United States, since the target was unquestionably this country and all it stands for, our focus is on flying the American flag.
This is no more “Bush” than it is Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Reagan, Nixon, Dunhom or Blasko. It is all of them equally.
-Stephen
in reply to: Welcome to the 2004 Routes/Teams Forum #50088We’ve heard from half the peaks! Keep them coming!
-Stephen
in reply to: Welcome to the 2004 Routes/Teams Forum #50087@Stephen wrote:
Need to hear from the following peaks still:
Bondcliff
Cabot
Cannon
Carter Dome
Carter, Middle
Carrigain
Eisenhower (Pleasant)
Galehead
Hancock, North
Hancock, South
Jackson
Jefferson
Kinsman, North
Lincoln
Madison
Osceola
Osceola, East
Passaconaway
Pierce (Clinton)
Owls Head
Tecumseh
Tom
Tripyramid, Middle
Tripyramid, North
Twin, North
Whiteface
Wildcat A
Wildcat D
(28 peaks)The registrants for the peaks above were just sent the following e-mail:
Happy Labor Day weekend!
As we are 1 week away from the memorial, I am writing to ask everyone to confirm that they are ready to go for next weekend.
You may confirm two ways:
1) [preferred] Please post a message on our forum indicating your peak and your plan, in case there are those who wish to join up with you. You do not need to register with the forum in order to post here:
http://forums.flagsonthe48.org/viewforum.php?f=13
2) If you are not comfortable posting, then please reply to this e-mail and let us know that you are still in and ready to go.
We are working hard to assure 100% coverage this year. If you are unable to hike, please let us know ASAP as there are hiklers willing to take your place. If we have not heard from you by midnight Tuesday, we will open your peak up to other hikers to assure coverage.
Finally, I look forward to seeing you at the Mosseland Grill in Twin Mountain, NH after the hike. You can read more about the Grill at:
Good luck on your hike!
—
Stephen
and the rest of the FOT48 Admin TeamThere is one exception. I have a J King registered for Pierce, but I have no contact information for this hiker, and I cannot find any message relating to this peak.
If anyone knows who this is, could you let me know ASAP how to contact this hiker? Thank you.
-Stephen
in reply to: Need someone for Wildcat D #50158Since someone has signed up for this peak, I’m locking and moving this thread to Status.
-Stephen
in reply to: Need someone for Wildcat D #50156LOL. No, I would hike it. But I am looking forward to doing the Eisenhower-Pierce loop.
But hey, I’ll go where the openings are. I’ll let Wildcat D languish for a few days; I’m sure someone will scoop it up.
-Stephen
in reply to: Wildcat D open #50155This was confirmed to me via e-mail last night.
It is now open on the signup list.
-Stephen
in reply to: Flag Upgrades #49546I bought a 25′ telescoping flagpole from Mainely Flags in Portsmouth, NH. Weighs about the same as a hiking pole.
in reply to: Welcome to the 2004 Routes/Teams Forum #50084Need to hear from the following peaks still:
Bondcliff
(1 peak)in reply to: Did the……. #49960Last year’s release. Something to work from.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Hikers remember 9/11 in New Hampshire’s White MountainsWhite Mountains, NH – September 3, 2003 – The second annual “Flags on the 48”, A September 11th Memorial Hike, will take place on Saturday, September 13, 2003 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
The “Flags on the 48” event was established because of the horrific terrorist attack that took place on September 11, 2001. Three days after the attack, several regular posters on the AMC Hiker Journal on-line message forum banded together and planned a following day hike up Mount Liberty with the biggest flag they could acquire.
On September 15, 2001, six hikers met at the “White House” Trailhead armed with a 96 square foot American flag, 30 feet of PVC tubing, 100 feet of rope, 2 rolls of duct tape, and a mountain of pride and determination. At noon the flag was raised on the summit of Mount Liberty in a tribute to the thousands of innocent people who perished a few days earlier; a small gesture for such a gigantic loss.
The patriotic display received a tremendous amount of positive feedback, and a few weeks later a committee formed to establish a larger memorial for the one year anniversary. A Web site was established at http://flags.alpinezone.com and the “Flags on the 48” was born.
During the first “Flags on the 48” event on September 14, 2002, several hundred patriotic compassionate souls embarked on a journey to raise American flags on all of the summits of the 48 4,000+ foot mountains in New Hampshire. Although still a small gesture for such an incredible loss, the feedback from all of the participants as well as observers was overwhelming.
On September 13, 2003, we are continuing this memorial to unite the hiking community in a show of support to all of the families and communities who suffered tragic losses that day, and to all of the people who have died serving this great country to preserve our freedom.
One of the coordinators, Richard Kipphut, notes why some hikers participate in this memorial: “By demonstrating our steadfast unity as Americans and as hikers, we hope to express our unwavering support to the families and to the communities whose losses are beyond comprehension and whose sacrifices will forever remain in our hearts.”
For more information or to sign up to raise a flag on one of the 48 peaks, visit http://flags.alpinezone.com or E-mail flags03@alpinezone.com.
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in reply to: Did the……. #49955No press releases have gone out this year.
Any volunteers?
in reply to: Need an "easier" peak #50077@rbhayes wrote:
Join us on Liberty and we’ll drive you too the Mooseland afterwards so you can take a 30 minute nap!
🙂 Thanks for the offer, but did Liberty last year.
Hopefully you’ll have fewer clouds than we did. We got socked in 15 minutes after arriving at the peak!
-Stephen
in reply to: Website Updates #50011Added 2004 Routes/Teams Forum
Rearranged the topics a little to move current information to the top.
Post-Event Gathering now in information section.
Signups/Status and Flags/Poles now in Planning section.-Stephen
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