This ebook is a work of creative nonfiction by Laudizen King: stories, memoirs, and essays of travel and adventure that celebrate the human spirit. 'The White Mountain Chronicles' is a volume of 25 stories that champion the author’s two decades of adventure in the mountains of New Hampshire. From Monadnock in the south to the White Mountains in the north, these memoirs and stories capture the fleeting moments of a New Hampshire life: from friendships forged on the trail to nights of revelry, from dangerous water crossings to winter storms, and all the strange memories and events that make the experience whole.The volume begins with 'My AMC White Mountain Guides', the author's homage to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a story that ends with a poignant bit of graffiti found by the author years earlier.That story is followed by 'May Camp', an appreciation of setting up camp in a driving rain, a task made joyous so long as it means being back in the White Mountains.Many adventures follow: from wild nights on the trail to hot summer treks, from the humor of the 'Golden Girls' to the discovery of red flannel hash, from frigid winter outings to the camaraderie of the High Huts, from the last motorcycle ride to the shadow of Monadnock.In 'Mt Garfield Dream', the author and a companion ascend the Garfield Ridge in a May rainstorm, enduring a frigid and dangerous water crossing on the way. After reaching the ridge, they continue their ascent toward Garfield Shelter, negotiating the steep climb up the rocky cone of Mt Garfield as the freezing runoff from the rain cascades down the trail like an icy waterfall. As they climb wet and frozen, the rain turns to a blinding driven snow, yet more wonder awaits them higher up the mountain.'Out of the Fog' is a collection of strange happenings compiled over eighteen years on the trail in New Hampshire.In 'The 48 Summits', the author describes the haphazard way in which he came to climb all of the 4000' peaks in New Hampshire, and gives special mention to those awe-inspiring places he visited numerous times over the years, such as Mt Moosilauke, a peak he climbed twenty times.These unique stories are filled with the author's love and respect for New Hampshire; this collection is unlike anything available on the market today.Enjoy!(approx 53,900 words)ChaptersMy AMC White Mountain GuidesMay CampRed Flannel HashIn the Shadow of MonadnockCarter Notch in Winter, the First TripThrough the Past Darkly with Sven Saws and Candle LanternsWinter Night at Hermit LakeHow Things Come to PassSecond SojournCamp 16Ghosts and SummitsGolden GirlsPilgrimageMt Garfield DreamClosing GaleheadRemembering Ray Evans, 1909-2001Mountain Pond and Carter DomeRiddle of New HampshireMt Carrigain TrilogyOn the Garfield Ridge with Jack KerouacOut of the FogInterludeSaco River IdyllsFranconia OneThe 48 Summits