2020 Vision Quest

2020 Vision Quest is a non-profit organization founded by Randy Pierce of Nashua, New Hampshire, in the United States. Pierce is a completely blind man, who planned to earn certification from the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) for climbing by the year 2020. Pierce completed his goal in August 2013, and was led on the trail by his guide dog Quinn, a yellow Labrador retriever, also called "The Mighty Quinn" by Pierce in appreciation of the dog's remarkable zest for mountaineering.
These charities are the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, which provides vision rehabilitation services, and Guiding Eyes for the Blind, an organization that trains guide dogs and matches them with owners at no charge.
2020 Vision Quest was formed in the spring of 2010, and performs all of its fundraising through the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. Contributions to NHAB - 2020 Vision Quest are tax-deductible for donors, given that the NHAB is organized as a public charity. In 2003, the disease that had destroyed his visual functions started affecting his cerebellum, causing him to suffer migraines and severe vertigo, and making him wheelchair bound.
*1 - Mt. Hale - 25 July 2010
*2 - Mt. Tom - 14-15 August 2010
*3 - Mt. Field - 14-15 August 2010
*4 - Mt. Liberty - 11 September 2010
*5 - Mt. Pierce - 2 October 2010
*6 - Owl's Head - 13-14 May 2011
*7 - Galehead - 23-27 May 2011
*8 - Garfield - 23-27 May 2011
*9 - Lafayette - 23-27May 2011
*10 - Whiteface - 18-19 June 2011
*11 - Passaconaway - 18-19 June 2011
*12 - Mt. Adams - 2-4 July 2011
*13 - Mt. Madison - 2-4 July 2011
*14 - Mt. Waumbek - 23 July 2011
*15 - North Hancock - 13 August 2011
*16 - South Hancock - 13 August 2011
*17 - North Kinsman - 23 August 2011
*18 - South Kinsman - 23 August 2011
*19 - Wildcat A - 4 September 2011
*20 - Wildcat D - 4 September 2011
*21 - Mt. Moosilauke - 11 September 2011
*22 - Mt. Tecumseh - 7 October 2011
*23 - Mt. Jackson - 19 May 2012
*24 - Mt. Washington - 7-8 July 2012
*25 - Mt. Monroe - 7-8 July 2012
*26 - Mt. Eisenhower - 7-8 July 2012
*27 - North Twin - 21 July 2012
*28 - South Twin - 21 July 2012
*29 - Zealand - August 4-5, 2012
*30 - West Bond - August 4-5, 2012
*31 - Bond - August 4-5, 2012
*32 - Bondcliff - August 4-5, 2012
*33 - Mt. Osceola - August 25, 2012
*34 - East Osceola - August 25, 2012
*35 - Mt. Willey - September 1, 2012
*36 - Mt. Cabot - September 8, 2012
*37 - Cannon Mt. - May 18, 2013
*38 - Lincoln Mt. - May 19, 2013
*39, 40 - North and South Tripyramid - June 29, 2013
*41-43 - Moriah, Middle Carter, South Carter - July 13-14, 2013
*44 - Mt. Jefferson - July 21, 2013
*45 - Mt. Isolation - July 26, 2013
*46 - Carter Dome - August 2, 2013
*47 - Mt. Carrigain - August 10, 2013
*48 - Mt. Flume - August 24, 2013
Remarkably, Randy and Quinn also summited all of the NH 48 during the three months of the winter of 2012, reaching their goal on March 10.
Randy's next quest is to run the Boston Marathon in 2015.

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