After stashing
the TrekMobile on Rt 124 near Jaffrey, NH, Bugs and I headed up the side of Monadnock on a cold overcast December morning. It was snowing lightly. The trail heads straight up, following a rocky dry creek bed. I was wearing my usual assortment of multiple layers of turtle necks, sweat pants and sneakers. Bugs had his righteous winter coat. The trail is a bit tricky here and you have to be careful not to lose track of it.I had to lift Bugs over some of the tougher obstacles; icy boulders etc, but he was up for it as usual. The picture to the right was taken very near the top. As I was standing on the icy ledge wondering how both of us were going to manage getting up this last climb, I looked down and we made eye contact for about 30 seconds as we together thought this through. Just like we always do. I had to hoist Bug up the last steep and icy ledge. Then we had a clear shot over the frozen summet.
