STP 2009-07-27 17:46:42.000 - Karen Hemeon,  Membership & Events Coordinator NULL On behalf of all of us here at the Obs, I want to thank each and every oneof you who participated in Seek the Peak as a hiker, sponsor or donor.Through your hard work and generosity, Seek the Peak 9 brought in $113,000for the nonprofit Mount Washington Observatory, making it the mostsuccessful fundraiser in the 77-year history of our organization!Despite the less-than-beautiful weather, 343 dedicated Obs fans made theclimb to the summit--an increase of almost 100 hikers over last year'sevent! 220 people took advantage of the opportunity to tour

STP 2009-07-27 17:37:28.000 - Karen Hemeon,  Membership & Events Coordinator NULL On behalf of all of us here at the Obs, I want to thank each and every oneof you who participated in Seek the Peak as a hiker, sponsor or donor.Through your hard work and generosity, Seek the Peak 9 brought in $113,000for the nonprofit Mount Washington Observatory, making it the mostsuccessful fundraiser in the 77-year history of our organization!Despite the less-than-beautiful weather, 343 dedicated Obs fans made theclimb to the summit--an increase of almost 100 hikers over last year'sevent! 220 people took advantage of the opportunity to tour

A Successful Seek The Peak 2009-07-26 07:29:38.000 - Scott Wehrwein,  Summit Intern NULL The Observatory area of the Sherman Adams building is normally a fairly quiet place, closed to the non-member public. Aside from EduTrips and members on tours, we usually have fewer than ten people in our home/office on the summit. Yesterday, that all went out the window as we opened our doors to more than 200 hikers who made it to the summit as participants in Seek The Peak, our biggest fundraiser of the year.With help from a number of volunteers we welcomed hikers, giving them tours, letting

Marty update and STP 2009-07-24 14:25:18.000 - Stacey Kawecki,  Observer and Meteorologist We are all very saddened by the passing of Nin, but we must remember our current furry mascot, Marty. Marty has recently been through some tough times. After another trip to the vet and valley, he came back up on Wednesday and was not quite himself. In fact, he cried all the way up and then hid behind the TV at State Park for most of the day. Upon inspection, we found him with less teeth and a pain patch on his back paw. We think the latter

Nin Remembered 2009-07-23 04:59:06.000 - Scot Henley,  Executive Director Nin, hard at work in the weather room in 2005 Mount Washington Observatory has lost an old friend. Nin, the Observatory's beloved mascot for more than a decade, passed away on July 14.A rescued stray cat from Vermont, Nin found his way to the Observatory in the mid 1990's with former observer Mark Ross-Parent. Over the twelve years that Nin ruled the summit, his furry face became nearly as well known as the mountain's weather itself. He brought joy to weather observers, interns, volunteers, visitors, website viewers and fans across the

Vol experience 2009-07-21 22:19:30.000 - Summit Volunteer,  Summit Volunteer Out hiking! Observer's Note:Don't forget to join us Wednesday evening at the Weather Discovery Center in North Conway Village at 7PM for Science in the Mountains: A Passport to Science. Through video conferencing technology, we'll travel to science centers around the world to learn about our environment from the experts in the field! Join us on July 22 at 7PM when we visit the Biospheré in Montreal to talk to René Brunet about the latest scientific information on air quality and climate change, their impacts on the environment and what we

Polycom and Marty 2009-07-20 23:23:05.000 - Brian Clark,  Observer and Meteorologist Marty! Probably just about everyone reading this has, at some point in their lives, started a project that ended up taking a significant amount more time than originally planned. This was certainly the case for me this shift.As Hedda mentioned in her comment several days ago, I have been working on installing a brand new Polycom video conferencing system here on the summit. This Polycom will give us greater functionality and flexibility in how we present our Live from the Rockpile presentations to the Weather Discovery Center, as well

How high are you? 2009-07-19 17:01:29.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Staff Meteorologist A view from the highest point in the NE. From an early age, we are taught to list things. It starts with the ABC's and the 123's and proceeds from there. Learning to list things teaches us how to order an array of items to either bring placement, rank, organization, or accomplishment. And while some of us live by lists, others generate lists subconsciously. Let me show you some examples of what I mean.We wake up and do our morning routine. It might play out by visiting the bathroom

Unexpected Visitors 2009-07-18 17:51:48.000 - Mike Finnegan,  IT Observer Food Fight Aftermath Yesterday was an interesting day, filled with a multitude of great visitors to the summit. The first ones to pass through were Jeff and Scott Wehrwein. Jeff was an intern last summer who continued on until December and Scott is his brother, a current intern on the other shift. They were doing a Presidential traverse and stopped in to say hello. Talking to them today, they finished up in the dark around 9:30 last night. Nice job, lads! It was nice to finally see the two of them

July 17th, 2009 2009-07-17 15:55:14.000 - Hedda Peterson,  Summit Intern Brian hard at work! Things on the summit have begun to pick up once again! There has been a steady flow of tours and the museum has been busy. We had a stream of unexpected visitors today, which always makes for an interesting break from the daily routine. Two longtime volunteers, Al and Marion, even brought us a delicious cheese cake! We have managed to stay in the clear for most of today. Early this morning I took a short walk. For once, the fog was elsewhere, blanketing the valley