Who Are We?

Well this is Jillian.

And this is Chris.

     We are a daughter and father hiking team who will be trying to complete a single season winter 48 in 2014/15. 

     The original purpose of this blog was to keep family informed on how we will be doing, but over the summer the idea to share it with the world came to be so we could hope to inspire more kids to get out there and hike. Jillian has all ready completed the White Mountain Four Thousand Footers and wanted a bigger challenge so this is what we came up with. We will be doing the single season winter 48 while attending school and working and living our normal lives on the weekdays and posts will come as quickly as possible after our adventures. Over time we will try to post some of the gear Jillian uses because I know how hard it can be to find real gear for kids, and maybe some random ramblings along the way from either of us. 

     The one thing we want people to keep in mind is if our photos make it look easy please remember winter is a very dangerous time of year and rather unforgiving to mistakes. There is a lot of planing and work that is involved with bringing your kids to the mountains. Every trip is planed out meticulously, and every precaution has been taken, and we don't travel light. Jillian and I started training for this in July and there has been many long days working up to this. Jillian started hiking at four years old, and I have been hiking for decades now so we have a pretty good idea of what we are in for and are realistic about our limitations. 

Please don't underestimate these mountains.