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Sad story out of Colorado. Experienced hiker missing since Feb. 3, his dog turns up alive 8 days later. Search called off on account of bad weather. https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-colorado-hikers-dog-found-alive-days-search/story?id=75875737 "How can a domestic dog be up in the Rocky...

What do you carry in your first aid kit to address pain from severe trauma/accident? In the past my doctor wrote me a prescription for APAP/Codeine (APAP = paracetamol = acetaminophen) with a dosage of 300/30mg. This would be for use on multiday/multiweek/expeditionary trips where evacuation to...

Some other models Benpacker benpacker.de Monowalker monowalker.com Wheelie radicaldesign.com Comparison of these three models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=885bOAFBpnU One or more of these has been suggested for walking Camino de Santiago, the famous network of...

Local land managers have the authority to allow wheeled backpacks in wilderness areas, under the Americans With Disabilities Act. You need a letter from your doctor explaining the disability. See this page for more, "Wilderness Access for People With Disabilities"...

I am recovering from a back injury. My recovery will take several months after which hopefully I can continue day hiking as before. But I may have to give up overnight backpacking if the weight creates too much strain. I am looking at wheeled backpacks as an aid in future. They put most of the...

After reviewing the comments above, I have reworded my rating levels: Easy: Hikes up to 3 hours in length with 500 meters or less elevation gain. Maximum altitude 2,600 meters. Moderate: Daily stages of 6 hours or less, with up to 1,000 meters of elevation gain. Maximum altitude 3,200 meters...

On a recent backpack, my camera (iPad in this case) lasted 4 days. Then conked out as I reached the most beautiful scenery of the trip. I may get a solar charger in future, but will have to do without for the time being. My current devices are iPhone SE, iPad mini, and Canon point and shoot. I...

Good feedback, thank you. I have never liked hiking times expressed as a range. Like, "the hike to the summit takes 4-6 hours". For my guidebook, I provide hiking times from my personal trips, in hopes that a baseline of one person's experience will give useful info. That plus elevation gain...

The AMC Guide to the White Mountains has been the dominant influence on my thinking when it comes to organizing a guidebook. That for me was always the gold standard for printed guidebooks. However, today’s internet allows for flexibility of presentation not possible when I started hiking...

I recall a thread or threads on these forums comparing VFTT to similar hiker websites. There was discussion about overall aging of VFTT participants, experience levels of users, quality of advice offered, novice hiker questions being asked, and such. Please point me in the direction of those...

I am creating an online guidebook for hikers and backpackers, for areas in my neck of the woods. This after I decided to forego a printed book format. VFTT readers, please suggest any online guidebooks that I can review for ideas, what look's good, what doesn't, and so forth. Preferably with...

My wife and stepson had never seen the Milky Way or even a starry sky, having always lived in the big city. On a trip to Yellowstone we were driving back to our lodging after dark, and I stopped the car in the middle of nowhere. They were astounded seeing the dark sky filled with stars and the...

If memory serves, this topic was broached in AMC's Appalachia magazine some decades ago. I don't have the reference. What I recall is an elevation of 9,000 feet. Not sure if that was supposed to be the summit elevation, or Tuckerman bowl elevation, for permanent glacier to form.

The elastic side pockets on my pack have these gaping holes. They are in the middle of the fabric, not at the edge. I suspect they got started when my pack scraped against trees or other objects. Almost to the point where contents will drop through to the ground. Looking for good ideas on how...

Time to start carrying bear spray into the Pemi. Let 'em get a whiff of capsaicin. It has proved a healthy deterrent in places like Yellowstone. Once they get a sniff of the stuff, the bears back off next time they see a can in hand (hopefully). I carried bear spray when I did Owl's Head...

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/girl-youngest-summit-46-high-peaks-adirondacks-years-64720173

The longer I live the expatriate life the more I live outside the loop, or at least one of so many loops. gaia? trs?

My understanding: the state supposedly requires permission, the question is to what extent it is enforced. Laws are often written with wriggle room, but in any event are subject to interpretation. What is allowed in one place can be verboten in another. The site I write for is located within the...

Growing up in New England, I had access to trail info and maps for almost any locale in the entire six-state region. The printed guidebooks and maps were easy to find and wonderfully informative. Then I retired and moved to China. I was astonished and dismayed by the overall lack of trail info...

Wachusetts! A favorite partly because near where I grew up in eastern Mass. So where is the gold fish pond? I've hiked several times, don't recall seeing it.