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Sisters bag 48 N.H. peaks with their mom

Mother-daughter bonding taken to new heights

By Kathy Shiels Tully

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 13, 2012

Every mother wants to be a good one, and most will go any distance in any direction to reach that goal. But for Trish Ellis Herr, 41, of Somerville, looking for an outlet for her then 5-year-old daughter Alex, there was only one way to go. Up. Herr’s book, “UP: A Mother and Daughter’s Peakbagging Adventure,” tells the story of their climb up 48 peaks in the White Mountains, and the bonds their adventures forged.

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