Cath completed The Grid on December 31, 2003 on Mt Isolation accompanied by John Swanson & Nan Giblin. She has been a
member of Androscoggin Valley Search & Rescue since 1999. In 1999 she adopted a trail and has been maintaining Moosilauke's Beaver Brook Trail ever since. She enjoys hiking with others in pursuit of their
goals.
Here is a list of her other hiking accomplishments:
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From January thru December 1994 she hiked the entire NH 100 Highest list, most with hiking & bushwhacking enthusiast Cindy DiSanto.
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During the calendar Winter 1994/95 she hiked the 48 NH 4000’ers with Cindy DiSanto & Steven Martin, starting in December hiking Owl’s Head and finishing on Middle Carter in March . It took 3 attempts to summit Mt Isolation.
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She completed the New England 4's any season in Sept 1995
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She completed the New England 100 Highest any season in Oct 1996
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She completed the New England Winter 4's in March 1998
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She completed the New England Winter 100 Highest in March 1998
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She completed the New Hampshire Winter 100 Highest in March 1999
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She made a solo hike to each New Hampshire 4000'er during Winter 2001/02
- She hiked them all again in calendar Winter 2002/03 and 2003/04
- She hiked them all TWICE in calendar Winter 2004/05
- She hiked them all again in calendar Winter 2005/06
- She hiked them all again in Winter 2006/07. This time she expanded the list to include the other New England 4000 footers to complete all 67 NE 4000 footers in one winter.
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AMC’s Winter Open Huts Traverse - March 2004 - 23 hours and 41 minutes, accompanied by Tim Seaver
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March 2006 NH 4000’ers in 9 days 23 hours and 13 minutes accompanied by Tim Seaver
- Another White Mountains 48 All In One Winter round in '08/09
- Two All in One Winter Rounds in '09/10
- Hiked the NH 4000'ers in the shortest amount of time for women non-winter
Started: Aug 27th at 5:14AM on Carrigain
Finished: Sept 1, 2010 at 1:12AM on Moosilauke
Total Time: 4 days - 19 hrs - 58 minutes
Here are a few pictures of Cath in action.
Cath and her good friends on Franconia Ridge - December 21, 2007
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Cath near the summit of Katahdin, coming from Hamlin - March 2007
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Cath on the Castle Trail
Special thanks to Tim Seaver who provided the above photos. To see more of Tim's awesome photography please visit www.VermontPhoto.com.
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Cath with a favorite hiking buddy ~ Brutus
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