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Eric Pinder
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Eric Pinder was born in upstate New York, attended college in western Massachusetts, graduated, and some time later drove to northern New Hampshire in a rusty Chevy Nova packed with a few clothes, almost no furniture, and about a dozen boxes of books.
Eric’s lifelong interests in science and the outdoors led to jobs at the Appalachian Mountain Club and Mount Washington Observatory. For seven years he lived and worked as a weather observer atop the snowy, windswept, 6288-foot summit of Mount Washington, the “Home of the World’s Worst Weather.” His experiences there inspired two books, Life at the Top and Tying Down the Wind.
His latest books are Sheep Football and North to Katahdin, about the appeal of mountains and wilderness. He also is working on a novel and several children’s books.
Eric enjoys hiking and biking up the hills of New Hampshire, but has not yet qualified to join the Four Thousand Footer Club (for people who have climbed each of the state’s 48 peaks rising 4000+ feet). He has, however, climbed one of those peaks (Mount Washington) at least 48 times and thinks that ought to count.
He lives in Berlin, New Hampshire.
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Life at the Top $14.95,
Sheep Football and Other Strange Tales $13.95,
North to Katahdin $14.95,
Books
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Short Stories
A Purr-fect Storm: Cat Tales from Mount Washington by Eric Pinder
Meet the cats who live at the Mount Washington Observatory, the "Home of the World''s Worst Weather."...
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Poetry
Two Wheels Good: A True Story by Eric Pinder
Some vehicles are more equal than others....
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Articles
Schrödinger’s Rejection Slip by Eric Pinder
Has science discovered the cure for rejection slips?...
Signs of the Times: New Hampshire Primary Humor by Eric Pinder
Ever wonder what it''s like to live in New Hampshire during an election year?...
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News
Cycling's Greatest Misadventures by Eric Pinder
New anthology documents the pleasures and perils of riding a bike, from cross-country tours to commuting to work to "amateur day" at the Tour de France....
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Links
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| Nature Writing by Eric Pinder
Find books, reviews, interviews, and links of interest about mountains, weather and the Appalachian Trail at Eric Pinder's home page.
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Mount Washington Observatory
For many years Eric lived and worked at a mountaintop weather observatory famous for being "the home of the world's worst weather." His experiences there inspired his first two books.
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Mount Katahdin and the Appalachian Trail
Read a short excerpt from Eric's book of nature writing, North to Katahdin.
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The Yellow Jersey (book review)
Sometimes I finish a book and think, "Geez, I wish I'd written that first." This is one of them.
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Additional information
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| Eric's essay "Bicycles and Bagpipes" appears in the recently published book Cycling's Greatest Misadventures (Casagrande Press). |
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