This stream-of-consciousness postcard was assembled from random entries in the Marlboro Trail hiker register on Mount Monadnock, most-climbed mountain in the Western Hemisphere. A year of scrawled fragments…

Winter:

• Happy New Year!
• Today is my half-birthday!
• Lost crampons on hike, if found please call…
• Played hooky from work, a great choice.
• Made pee-pee in the woods! 
• Happy Spring!

Spring:

• Happy Easter.
• Rescued two lost hikers.
• May we continue to be grateful for Mother Earth.
• Nice day except for the people: jerks on the phone; jerks drinking beer. 
• Day #47: we finally made it back to civilization!
• Forgot the bug spray.

Summer:

• All human beings are Gods!
• Cool morning, humidity to come.
• Mushrooms blooming.
• Freedom!
• Barefoot on the way up.
• Sprained ankle.
• Park closing at 6 pm as Hurricane Irene approaches!
• Summer is about to end

Autumn:

• Escaped from Massachusetts, may not go back.
• Beautiful day to hike with the people I love most
• Out of breath already, can’t wait for summit.
• Thanks to all US Veterans. 
• Enjoy winter, see you next spring.

Although many asked in earnest, there was no comment from the mountain.