Mountain People: Hans (with Stacey, Ollie, and soon-to-arrive Madeleine) [Belknap Mountain, NH 3.21.2021]

Sounds like you’re from further south than here.   
Texas.

How do you like it here compared to Texas?
I love Texas but I don’t think I could live there again. . .the heat, the humidity, I love being up in the mountains, in the cold. 

Right to left: Hans, Ollie, Stacey (carrying Madeleine)

And you moved up here?
We’re stationed in Cambridge [with the Navy]. . .[Stacey’s] folks live up in this area so we pretty much relocated up here instead of being in the Boston area.

Any good hiking plans coming up?
Well, we're one month out from having a baby so we’re kinda trying to do some simpler hikes now than we did last year, so we're probably going to be sticking around, staying close to home in this area the next few weeks, and then probably take a break once the baby is born but--I don't know when you can bring a baby up on a hike-- but as soon as we can, we’ll be back up.

Do you have a name picked out for your upcoming child?
Madeleine. Well, we haven’t officially decided but we call her that every day and so it's pretty much done deal.