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dug replied to the thread Overnight Hiker Rescue Conducted On Mt. Washington.Their version https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/02/06/mass-hikers-story-rescue-mount-washington-whiteout/?p1=hp_secondary -
I’ve climbed the 3000 footers in BSP. Approaches from the north are always better than the south. The park was generally fine with day...
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dug reacted to Dr. Dasypodidae's post in the thread Overnight Hiker Rescue Conducted On Mt. Washington with
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Not co compare Jefferson with Nanga Parbat, but I was thinking about the Messner brothers when I decided to descend Caps Ridge, which I... -
dug replied to the thread AMC Action Plan for 2025-30.Ha. Similar experience...I used to say "We're a for-profit company or at least trying like hell to be..."
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Your understanding is, unfortunately, far off base. The top 1% pay about 40% of the entire US taxes collected by the IRS. True, the...
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No such thing as a write-off (said Johnny Rose...). If you donate $10K to a 501(c)(3), you deduct it from gross income and have still...
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dug reacted to Puma concolor's post in the thread Finishing the Vermont County Highpoints, Northeast P2Ks and New England Fifty Finest with Like.
A couple of compilation-style trip reports I’ve been working on for several months now. Lots of obscure peaks here … perhaps someone...
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dug reacted to skiguy's post in the thread Climbing Everest solo potentially coming to an end. with Like.
If your thinking about climbing Everest solo, better think about doing it sooner than later...
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I read this article and think it (and the AMC staff interviewed) totally miss the point. IMHO the huts exist for one simple reason: to...
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dug reacted to Puma concolor's post in the thread Mt. McKinley officially to be renamed back to Mt. Denali with Like.
I’m covered both ways. LOL.
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dug replied to the thread Rescued hiker says he owes NH Fish and Game his life — and the cost of his rescue.Likely true. Of course, good chance they spent the last several hours going "5 more minutes and just a little further and we are out"...
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dug reacted to KRooney's post in the thread Rescued hiker says he owes NH Fish and Game his life — and the cost of his rescue with Like.
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-01-19/winter-hiker-rescue-new-hampshire-fish-and-game-franconia-blizzard "...Zienkiewicz had never...
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dug replied to the thread AMC Action Plan for 2025-30.Chicken or the egg.... If you got rid of the Cog and the Autoroad and the huts, there would be a substantially less amount of visitors...
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Get your check book out now.
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dug replied to the thread 2024: Less snow than normal.Feel better about that rant? Again, I don't disagree with you, just wondering what reading newspapers have to do with it... My...