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I though about suggesting that you contact Arteryx to see if your shell would be covered under Practical Product Lifespan warranty, but when I looked it up on Arcteryx web site ( https://arcteryx.com/us/en/help/limited-warranty ) I discovered that the definition of Practical Liefespan is so...

Interesting that no one has marked the trail on OpenStreetMap yet. I did come across a trail map here: https://www.nhmountainhiking.com/hike/boundarybald/info.html

My family once told me that people in Alaska say "snowmachine" for what everyone else calls a "snowmobile", so I believe that you are a true Alaskan! :)

I think this is a very good point while given persons weight pressure exerted on snow surface is inversely proportional to surface area, I am quite certain that snow compaction is not a linear function of pressure unlike the spring model that we got to learn in high school physics. I was trying...

Not sure how I missed this post but the pictures look really great!

More than 20 years ago my wife & I decided to drive up Mt. Washington in our Honda Civic. After paying at the booth our car failed inspection as it it did not have an option to downshift it into first gear, so we got vouchers to go up in a van. The driver supplemented the usual recording with...

I kind of wonder how many times did you have to walk back and forth to record this footage... Fun to watch!

I have done French Louie loop with a friend about a year and a half ago overlapping Columbus day weekend, so we saw some people near Cedar Lakes on the first day, and then one more person following day, but otherwise the hike was fairly serene. There were some muddy spots, so I was happy that I...

Have you updated your GPS to latest firmware from Gramin? Most of issues like you described can be fixed with software updates, so I would try this first. When you noticed lower accuracy, were you perhaps in place with lots of tree coverage or near steep slopes that could block the view of the...

Campmor has a repair department (or at least had it in the past), although I have not used it in a while.

It's a bit of a thread drift, but since there is a discussion of georeferenced pdfs I would like to point out that most Garmin GPS units can handle georeferenced jpgs that have map images. I have had quite a bit of success exporting various PDF maps to JPGs and then overlaying them on top of...

I forgot to mention that I also have an app called "GSP Status & Toolbox" that has an option to calibrate electronic compass in my phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en_US&gl=US

I use just two apps on my phone right now: 1) OsmAnd+ (it was a one-time purchase a while back for me) - this app has a number of features that I like: a) offline car navigation with voice commands which is helpful in places where cell coverage is nonexistent (otherwise I use Google Maps for...

I think if a tick female gets to feed enough it will lay more than a thousand eggs in one spot. I have suspected for a while that if one is unlucky enough to walk by an area near such nest then this person is more likely to pick up lots of ticks but this is just my guess.

I briefly considered e-mailing him with gps recommendation but then I thought that it would be a bit arrogant to make suggestions to someone who survived in conditions in which most likely I would perish myself. I'm pretty sure he has already analyzed his trip over and over again and will draw...

I wonder if the poster of this report has a (real) hiking GPS. In very low visibility it could help him retrace his steps even if he did not have good trail maps on it.

What I find a bit amusing is that the articles says "about [...] 45.72 meters" - accuracy on par with modern surveying equipment. I guess that's what happens when kids ask Google to do all their math homework...

Also, if you look at Kestrel 38 on Osprey web site and scroll down to "Special features" under number 4 they are implying that "DUAL UPPER REVERSE STRAIGHTJACKET SIDE COMPRESSION STRAPS" can be used to attach snowshoes: https://www.osprey.com/us/en/product/kestrel-38-KESTREL38S19.html

Being no stranger to modifying my gear, I would probably try to think if there is a way to attach a shock cord with a carabiner to your pack. The nice thing about shock cords is that they eliminate the need to adjust tension and carabiners make attachment and detachment fast and probably easier...

I think peakbagger's suggestion is very good - search the Web for NH Stone Wall Mapper to see LIDAR images. They are pretty revealing in terms of abandoned roads and railway beds.