PINKHAM NOTCH — Alton Weagle Day was held Saturdya at the Mt. Washington Auto Road, kicking off the road's 158th summer season and celebrating new and different ways to ascend the 7.6 mile road to the summit of New England's highest peak.

The annual event, named in honor of Alton Weagle (1911-1984), gives people a chance to walk or ride up the road performing some unique activity. Weagle himself was famous for his record number of "first ascents," including climbing it backwards, blindfolded and pushing a wheelbarrow full of 100 pounds of sugar — without putting it down.

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