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  1. Hillwalker

    Ultra Runner Search and Rescue in the Pemi

    Are you referring to the Long Range Traverse in Newfoundland's Gros Morne Wilderness?
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    Story from Tucks 1952 (Deaths)

    I just happened on this video and had never seen it before. Found it pretty interesting. If its existence is common knowledge I apologize.. The use of the term "ice block" is a little off putting however. Snow blocks? I own a old Army mountaineering snow saw and don't think I would like...
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    Pickett Mountain Mine in Maine

    This one is less than a mile through the woods from my old house on Atwell Hill Road in Wentworth. Part of the AT Boundary went through the site with the AT Boundary Monuments and blazes visible from the mine portal. I walked through there on a curiosity hike before the second cleanup event and...
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    Pickett Mountain Mine in Maine

    A little history from next door: https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-03-23/the-lucrative-largely-forgotten-history-of-copper-mining-in-vermont
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    Wolves in Maine (no mountain lions yet)

    White patch on chest was what interested the "expert".
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    Wolves in Maine (no mountain lions yet)

    One of the camera shots from my backyard was verified as a Northern Gray Timberwolf. The other was a suspected Wolverine, but not confirmed. I put in a shot of one of the local Coyotes for comparison. And of course a bear.
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    Bartlett Boulder

    Interesting, but have you been here? NH State Parks - Madison Boulder Natural Area I first saw this hunting Partridge with my Dad around 1946. There were steps and Iron railings on top in those days. Then of local color is Goodrich Rock, Then a little more distant is Piazza Rock and if...
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    Mt Jefferson Dog Rescue

    A Much Loved Dog I would guess
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    Sunday River may get company - Lithium Mine

    One major problem is that in Maine Lithium is classified as a metal which makes it fall under that category of mining. Were it simply a gravel pit there with be no difficult permitting necessary. And of course, technically lithium is a metal. There is work afoot to attempt to have the parent...
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    This car has climbed Mt Washington

    Visit WALL DRUG. Anyone know that one?
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    Rainbow Family Gathering in the Kilkennies Fourth of July

    I missed Woodstock because I was participating in the Southeast Asian war games at the time. (2nd place) Maybe I ought to go and maybe discover what I missed. What popular bands are featured? What? None? Humph.....
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    Trouble on the Ridge (again).

    Thinking about so-called "nanny state" restrictions and their application hear in the East stirred up my 83 year old memory cells: A couple of years ago myself and two buddies drove and ferried up to Newfoundland to backpack the Long Range Traverse across the Long Range Mountains beginning with...
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    Hi all!!!

    Welcome Destiney. I hope you find this Forum meets your needs and will connect you with persons of a like spirit. In what particular states and locales are you interested? HW
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    Geez, That's a new one for me. A couple of weeks ago I volunteered to be a Spam moderator. Now...

    Geez, That's a new one for me. A couple of weeks ago I volunteered to be a Spam moderator. Now, maybe I am. I see some new options I never noticed before. I just deleted a post from a Vietnamese poster so let's see what happens.
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    Maine - Conservation easements have grown

    Good news for us Mainers: 13,500 acres in Maine’s Western Mountains now protected by conservation agreements – Daily Bulldog Did you know that Maine's privately owned, but publicly accessible northern woodlands known as the "North Maine Woods" at 3.5 million acres is the same size as the state...
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