RIP Old Man Of The Mountain

Zane · May 3, 2003

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/2177841/detail.html

For those who do not know. The Old Man In The Mountain is a HUGE deal here in NH. Its on everything from the plates, drivers license, state troopers, road signs, state flag, highway tokens, state quarter, and more.

I've passed by and looked at the old man many a time. It a sad day in NH.

pacodiablo · May 3, 2003

Man, that sucks. My sister lives in NH, so I know how important the Old Man is to the state.

95whtZR2 · May 4, 2003

That makes me sick.... I always loved the pics of it....

Tom

Firetiger(MN) · May 4, 2003

I collect the state quarters and wondered what that was on NH's. Makes sense now.

I like their motto too "Live Free or Die". :thumb:

99silveradoz71 · May 4, 2003

Must have been something to see. It's always sad when you lose a landmark or tradition.

tmf6902 · May 4, 2003

HOLY SH!T...that sucks....I practically grew up in new hampshire.....my grandparents have a little cottage on New Found lake in Bristol that we visted every summmer to get out of my parents hair when school was over. I remember every year they made up "go visit the old man"....my sister and I always wanted to go swimming instead, but now I am kinda glad they made me go every year. That sucks...I havn't been up there for a couple of years....and I had always told my woman about it and was gonna show her.....man if there was a time for crazy glue.....I think this is it. sucks..man..sucks ???

Elwood · May 4, 2003

That sucks. I wnated to go see it sometime.

Lance Link · May 5, 2003

I remember when I was really young (5-6ish), my parents drove us all down to see "the Old Man on the Mountain". I pictured an actual old man up on a mountain with, for some reason, a sherpard's staff (with the curve on the end). I remember I was somewhat disappointed when it wasn't a real person.

Very sad, though. The news said the experts knew it was going to come down but didn't think it would happen so quicky.

Batgirl · May 5, 2003

I collect the state quarters and wondered what that was on NH's. Makes sense now.

I like their motto too "Live Free or Die". :thumb:

I wonderd the same thing. Now I know. That really is a shame.

BlueRado · May 5, 2003

SxViper · May 5, 2003

Some of us snowmobile right by this every year atleast a few times.. I rode by the old man the last weekend I was riding this year... I for one am very upset over the lose... I really enjoyed viewing of a natural wonder.... RIP we will miss you old buddy...

Wish I had taken more pictures now... Never thought I would live to see the day he fell from the mountain... For anyone that has never seen the old man I have a website with some pictures from this past year of snowmobiling.. Sorry they are not the best in the world. If you click on them the come up in a larger format. Sorry can be slow at times due to a lot of people visting the page now...

http://sxviper.webhop.net/oldman.html

If you go to the man page you can see even more pictures of NH...

http://sxviper.webhop.net/

BigPappa95 · May 6, 2003

Man that totally sucks. Our best friends live in NH and I fortunately have gotten to see the Old Man with my own eyes a few times. It was an amazing sight to see and I hate to here of its demise. I know I would be upset if someting happened to Grandfather Mountain here in NC. My regrets to everyone in NH.