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Maybe the squirrel was wondering what a human was doing up there, no Starbucks for miles in any direction... TomK

Duct tape? Moleskin? Although that sounds like a longshot. Throwing out the bad idea that might lead to the good one... A pic showing how badly/where the damage is might help. Good luck! TomK

I'm not sure about that. My phone is not a "smart" phone, and I didn't think it had a GPS. I checked the manual, it says it does, but that is all the manual says about GPS, nothing about how to use it. While there are apparantly a limited number of apps that can be downloaded for this phone...

How is that any different from every business in the history of the world? Customers *always* pay *all* of the costs. It is why we can have nice things. TomK

Only if CMP is very stupid (I will not discount that possibility). It is more reasonable to believe that CMP will charge enough for transmitting the power to pay for the repair and maintenance, recoup the costs of building the lines, and make a profit, which would be the whole point building...

First, let me say that after a short time of getting acclimated to the new forum software, it has been running pretty smoothly, so thanks to the new management/admins/tech support. Having said that, I am still running into this problem, maybe 40% of the time. Here is the message I get when...

Exercise of brain or body is its own reward and is worthwhile for its own sake. Exercise of skills one may need one day is also worthwhile. Having said that, yes, I am often lazy and use GPS routinely. It has led me astray (briefly) on more than one occasion, always because I misused it. It...

Yup, jam and peanut butter. And occasionally, butter... Very durable, these have to be over 40 years old... TomK

What is the thing you appreciate most that has changed since you started going into the mountains? GPS. I’m not that enthusiastic of a hiker, although I’ve improved as I’ve gotten older. Mostly, hiking is what I put up with to get to where I want to go. Being able to see at a glance *exactly*...

While on the subject... About half the time, when I log out, I get the "login" page, as expected. And about half the time, when I log out, the main page still shows me as logged in, but when I try to do pretty much anything, I get a message stating that there is a problem, and to hit the...

Second this, I've had good success with Shoe Goo. Even if you don't want to trust them for a hike, you could get some use from them wearing them around the house/yard... TomK

I admit to being a bit of a curmudgeon. But mostly, I object to being told I opted into something that I didn't opt into. OK, I went into "Preferences", and de-selected each of the three e-mail options. But I wonder if I have now cut myself off from, for example, getting an e-mail with a new...

Today, I got an e-mail from VFTT which included this: "This message was sent to you because you opted to Views From The Top - Forums newsletter." Um, no, I didn't. TomK

If I were looking for rationality, government is the last place I'd start looking. TomK

Back when I would backpack solo, I used to bring an aircraft band handi-talki. Figured if in dire straits I should be able to hit an airliner at altitude and get a message through that way. Probably not legal, since the radio license belonged to the airplane not the transmitter, but I figured in...

Yup. And several years before that, a homebuilt, I think, disappeared in bad weather on the way from the mid-west to Nashua. We looked for that one for quite a while. It was found a couple years later by hikers, on the ridge just a little south of Temple Mt. TomK

From '74 to '76, I'd travel from CT to the Whites each August as part of a group for a week's backpacking. First place we'd stop was Skimeister to get anything anyone in the group needed. In '74 I got my first plastic coated copies of Maps 5 & 6 from the WMG there (still have 'em) - I couldn't...

Wow! It really *has* been 10 years of site care you have given us. Barely a noticeable burble in all that time. Thanks for the fine work, wishing you well going forward! TomK

Not quite the exact same situation, but similar, and in NH, although quite a few years ago: Mid-August, 1976 - At age 19 I was nominally the "adult in charge" of 6 scouts in their mid/late teens from a few different troops on a week-long backpacking trip in the Whites. First a 3-day, 2 night...

Yakima Others have spoke of Thule, I'll hold up the Yakima side. I have a Yakima rack which I have used with 3 different vehicles (Dodge Intrepid, PT Cruiser, Subaru Legacy). Yakima uses a "clip" which is the interface between the rack and the roof of the car. The "clips" are sold in pairs...