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An Interview with Matt Bowman, NEM Guide

Matt Bowman – Mountain Guide, NEM

Matt started mountaineering while studying geology at University of Maine, Farmington. After a summer of fieldwork in the Cascades of Washington State, he relocated to New Hampshire to begin his tenure as Harvard Cabin Caretaker in Huntington Ravine. This move nurtured a love for Mount Washington and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Matt’s happiest while climbing, skiing, and exploring the lesser visited mountains and crags of New Hampshire and Maine with family and friends – old and new.

 
What is your favorite climbing trip of all time?
Before my wife and I married, before we were even seriously dating, we decided to leave New England winter and drove southwest. We spent 3 months living out of my 91′ Honda Civic, climbing at Enchanted Rocks TX, Joshua Tree CA, Red Rocks NV, and Stone Mountain NC.
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Free Yourself to Find Happiness

Go! Because, why not? Because, all we have is experience. We have one perspective – and if we don’t face the unknown then it will never change.

 
“It seems to me that when you free yourself from a single idea of what makes a life, you open up possibilities. And when you embrace the life you have, you open up to happiness.” –Brett Houle


Have you heard of the magazine Iron & Air – The motorcycle and the places it takes you? I am fortunate to call the publisher, Brett Houle, a good friend. We share a strong bond through our love of the mountains [specifically the White Mountains of New Hampsire]. His magazine is editorial perfection. Even though I don’t ride motorcycles (yet), I am captivated by the human need to expand our horizons – so elegantly displayed through word and image in Iron & Air. Continue reading →