PINKHAM NOTCH — Friends of Tuckerman Ravine's 21st Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon is set to return to Great Glen Trails at the base of Mount Washington Saturday, March 19.
The event is open to five-person mixed and same-gender teams as well as solo competitors, known as TuckerMen and TuckerWomen contestants.
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