Wednesday Aug. 12, 2025
There is an article that Allen Crabtree wrote for the AMC magazine, Appalachia, about the Denmark Mountain Hikers, which is set for publication in the coming months. He talks about our club’s initial ad hoc formation:
“The very first mountain that we climbed that was the genesis of the Denmark Mountain Hikers was Peary Mountain in Brownfield, ME on January 10, 2010. My minister, John Patrick, tricked me into the hike after we had been talking about hiking and backpacking, and there were only 5 of us. It is an easy, short climb but the snow was deep and I was out of shape – breaking trail through the knee-deep snow damn near killed me to do it. But after relaxing at the summit and enjoying the views of the Whites, we talked about doing this type of thing on a regular basis. We hiked to Sabattus Mt in Lovell a short while later and we started hiking every Friday as a group and have been doing it since. It is such a wonderful group of folks and we look forward to our weekly outings.”
Below is a photo John Patrick shared with me today of Allen making his way up to the viewpoint
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