I was up in the Whites last week and spent a couple of nights at Joe Dodge Lodge in Pinkham Notch. I was privileged to have had Cimarron as my roommate for a night (evening of Thursday the 18th). He had come down off Mt Washington on Thursday and needed a ride to the Mt Washington Auto Road the next day so he could catch a van back up to pick up where he left off. I gave him a lift ... dropped him off at the Auto Road around 8:30 Friday morning. He was expecting to be back at Pinkham Notch yesterday or possibly today, I think, where he was going to stay another night before moving on.

He's an interesting guy and you've got to admire him, doing this at his age and after some physical ailments. He was in good spirits and feeling well.

I hope I'm still alive and kicking a** at his age!