71>71 --- My New List

But wait!  There are 48 mountains listed on the AMC's New Hampshire 4000 Footers list.  How is it that you've now found 71?  Simple ---- I use a different selection criteria!
To be a NH 4000 Footer a peak must rise 200 feet above it's connecting ridge. If you drop that limit to 100 feet the list expands.

A little background:  I finished climbing the 48 4000 footers in the fall of 2012.  During this past winter I decided I wanted to continue hiking so I began looking for a new list.  There are a lot of them, but none fit just what I wanted.  Then I found Eric Savage's NH T3000 list, and things began to fall in place.  Eric used the 100 foot "bump up" rule, plus he only listed peaks with trails to their summits (hence the T designation.)  Then he included everything down to 3000 feet. This makes for a lot of peaks!  But one number jumped out at me.  Right at the line between the 4000 and 3000 footers was the number 71.  71 peaks were higher than 4000 feet.  I turned 71 years old last year.  Finally, a coincidence that fit!

That "fit" includes the realization that I am most at home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  Maine, Vermont and the Adirondacks are nice, but I know my heart is here.  I also get the most enjoyment out of higher peaks.  Climbing through scrub into the alpine zone is, for me, like stepping into another world.  And then there is the consideration that at my age, hiking alone most of the time, it's probably smart to stay on trails rather then attempt many bushwhacks.  It should be less stressful for my family, with whom I leave detailed trip plans.

So, thank you Eric.  I've modified your list to come up with one that I'm happy to call my new "Quest" -------- The 71 NH T4000 >71 List.  

My "score" updated to Aug. 26th, 2013 is below.  (I reached age 71 on June 25th 2012.)

All NH T4000 Peaks --- 71 after age 71 Peak Elevation Date Climbed Washington 6288     8/25/2013                           Ball Crag   6112     8/25/2013                           Adams   5799     9/7/2012                           Jefferson 5716 Nelson Crag 5635     8/25/2013                           Sam Adams 5561     7/31/2013                           Clay   5533     8/25/2013                           Boote Spur 5500     8/12/2013                           Monroe   5372     8/12/2013                           Madison   5366     9/8/2012                           Abigail Adams 5355     7/31/2013                           Lafayette 5249 Little Monroe       8/12/2013                           Lincoln 5089 North Lafayette North Lincoln 5020 Franklin   5001     8/12/2013                           South Twin 4902 Carter Dome       8/29/2012                           Moosilauke 4802     10/31/2012                           Little Haystack 4766 Eisenhower North Twin 4761 Bond 4698 Carrigain   4690     6/19/2013                           Hight         8/29/2012                           Middle Carter       7/19/2012                           Guyot 4580 Lethe         7/19/2012                           North Carter 4530 West Bond 4526 South Moosilauke       5/22/2013                           Garfield 4500 Liberty 4459 South Carter       7/19/2012                           Wildcat         8/14/2012                           Hancock         9/27/2012                           South Kinsman       5/15/2013                           Wildcat B         8/14/2012                           Flume 4328 Osceola         6/4/2013                           Field         6/27/2013                           South Hancock       9/27/2012                           4th Howk         7/9/2013                           Pierce 4312 Wildcat C         8/14/2012                           North Kinsman 4293     5/15/2013                           Middle Hancock       9/27/2012                           Willey         6/27/2013                           Zealand 4260 Bondcliff         8/21/2012                           Jim         7/16/2013                           Cabot 4166 North Tripyramid       7/12/2012                           East Oseola       6/4/2013                           Middle Tripyramid       7/12/2012                           South Tripyramid       7/12/2012                           Cannon   4084     10/9/2012                           Wildcat D         8/14/2012                           Hale         10/25/2012                           Jackson         5/7/2013                           Tom         6/27/2013                           Moriah 4049 Wildcat E         8/14/2012                           Passaconaway       7/10/2012                           Owl's Head       7/30/2012                           Galehead         11/5/2012                           Whiteface       7/10/2012                           Waumbek       5/30/2013                           Isolation         8/7/2012                           Tecumseh 4003