Nuvera’s Annual Winter Hike…in Retrospect
By Danielle Andre and featuring
Matt Dorson, Lead Systems Engineer
Nuvera Fuel Cells
With spring weather finally arriving in the Northeast, I am already nostalgic for winter. A die-hard New Englander, I love the snow as much as most people love sunny, 80 degree days. All of this early snow-nostalgia made me realize I never posted pictures from Nuvera’s annual winter hike and camp out back in late February! Ten of Nuvera’s brave engineers spent two days hiking Mount Hancock in New Hampshire under blizzard-like conditions (I opted to enjoy the snow from indoors).
Back row, from left to right: James Cross, Darryl Pollica, Pete Colantonio, Dave Henderson, John O’Malley, Shane Magner, Matt Dorson (holding a machete), Kurt Bastian and Christian Stanley. Front Row: Chris Ainscough.
The team hiked in Friday night and set up camp – for shelter, they built igloos using hand-made machetes. Matt Dorson, unofficial snow shelter captain and maker of the machetes, comments on the trip:
“We spent about an hour and a half madly cutting snow blocks and shaping them to form a mighty structure. Sadly, the envisioned 15 foot diameter igloo proved too great a challenge for our limited Inuit skills. Over dinner and tasty baked goods from Dave Henderson (peach cobbler, muffins in orange peels and banana Smores) we wisely reconsidered our grand plan and built three snow shelters with tarp roofs. Nobody froze overnight, but there were some chilly toes. More alcohol might have solved that problem!”
“The highlight of breakfast was Kurt (Bastian) chopping wood, shoveling snow and then frying SPAM all with the same shovel! A very tasty, smoky sandwich with German Fitness bread was the result. Then we hiked 3.5 miles (on snow shoes) to the summit where Pete (Colantonio) fought a valiant battle over his cornbread with a local bird. Then 3.5 miles back to camp and two more miles out to the cars. The total was about 11 cold, snowy, miles.”
Everyone made it into the office safe and sound Monday morning, much to the relief of our CEO!
Tags: Mount Hancock, Staff adventures
April 16th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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