This spring, my writing partner for all things outdoors, and I had the idea to try and hike New Hampshire’s 48 mountains over 4,000-feet tall in just 48 days. While an injury derailed our quest before ticking all 48 summits in the allotted period, the massive amount of trail time—and driving time—led to a few articles for Eastern Mountain Sports’ goEast blog. One of which was our article Top to Bottom: Gear to Hike the NH 48 in which we detailed everything from how to layer to what shoes to choose to what type of pack to carry when hiking a New Hampshire 4,000 footer. 

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