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Arriving home after a visit with my daughter in Gettysburg, i headed out on a few hours sleep to do three peaks between Bingham and Jackman. The usual drive through Skowhegan, up Rt 201 past Bingham, Caratunk and the Forks. Cold night (26 up there around 6AM) with the full moon glistening off...

D--i hiked some stuff from Greenville side Hedgehog Gate after Columbus day last fall (Indian, Blue Ridge, etc-on one occasion went all the way through to KI)and Hedgehog was open (actually no gate, just the gate building shuttered) and free as was KI --i'm thinking the NMWs gates close later...

I traveled back to the Katahdin Ironworks area again today to get in at least one/two more peaks before the coming Nor'easter-maybe scout approaches. It was foggy when i left Orrington, mostly sunny when i arrived at the KI gate (unmanned and free after Columbus day :) ), but with high cirrus...

R--probably a good explanation--the stuff appears to be about the thickness of a heavy-weight garbage bag, is plain white with no visible lettering and was found across a fair sized area jim

After getting some new tires for the Forester this AM, i ran up to Katahdin Ironworks area to scout/get info re 4 future hikes and perhaps do one? A mixed day weatherwise- sun, then clouds for several hours and sun again as i headed home. I passed through Lagrange, Milo, Brownville...

After my last exchange with BD about 10 days ago (from my perspective they just blew me off re the poles), i had essentially given up on the poles, but decided to try my plan of penetrating oil for a few days and then a propane torch as a last ditch attempt. I dripped Liuid wrench penetrating...

Another cold (29), dark, early start. I'm hiking in the Livermore/Livermore Falls area (think Farmington) today (Sunday 10/10) and being near civilization :) means finding the unexpected road/trail to your summit, but also issues of parking and access to planned routes.....today i am just flat...

Continuing with the low hanging fruit in an area probably not hiked much by Views members--Lincoln to Topsfield, sort of inland, NW of Downeast :). The base elevation is fairly low here and these peaks, while small, are fairly "obvious" I went up Rt 95, got off at Lincoln exit and headed...

A late start today as I had to wait for an LP gas tank to be delivered/hooked up. Out the door around 10 :) to sunny, cool, windy weather-lots of Columbus weekend traffic and leaf peepers? This weekend's quarry are mostly low hanging fruit on the ME "P" list between #200-300, but do have...

:):):) jim

well, perhaps i lied......:) After the soaking rain of the last few days, i headed for Stratton this morning under a veil of fog (clearing promised)--destination.... Cranberry-3194'--so how have i managed not to do Cranberry with all the ME hiking i do?....pretty far down most "lists"?..a bit...

DS--thanks, but see my longish post in middle of thread--"screws/locks" are not the issue (i can remove them totally i i choose)--- --the top two sections are "frozen" in the completely closed position with middle section seated as far as it will go and 1 1/2" of middle section sticking out of...

not sure this is of much important in the larger scheme, but i gave them props when they were helpful, so when they're less than that...welll I've had numerous e-mail exchanges with Black Diamond re the stuck poles. My approach has been uber polite and sought help/ideas to get the poles...

Pierre--the bottle/entry was John's--when i was there some time back, i found the posting/vibe/border issue in the area oppressive enuff that i decided to "leave no trace" of my passing :) ........and since Albee has mentioned it, JP (a good guy, very modest about his hiking) has indeed set the...

oh, i was also in CO and OR for a bit and did some nice stuff including South Sister (great hike/climb) and a bunch of "smaller stuff" near Bend right when the Rooster Rock fire was raging--good stuff--also saw/hiked a bit around Crater Lake--wow is all i can say for Crater lake jim

Hey Albee --thanks--i may go back up there , who knows--right now i'm in an "really sick of these drives/bushwacks modes" -done 196 of first 200 ME prominence peaks and into #200-300, but abandoned for now anyway, been doing a lot of running, been to the NJ shore for a week and have returned...

thanks both-- -will try heat, carefully -"driving out with dowel" ( as "rapping") not possible as it's middle section stuck in upper section --edit -hair dryer, no go :( -hot water, afraid to try as i'll potentially get more "corrosive" liquid in poles jim

...i'm probably beating a dead horse, but really don't want to lose these poles before even using them much..:) to clarify.....let's call the top/handgrip piece "section 1" .............................. ...the middle piece "section 2" ................................. the thinnest lower/tip...

Kevin-thanks -not sure if i described situation clearly in original post (i've edited it) -if i try the "top rap" :) suggestion, i'm concerned that even if it does free the middle section from the top section that the middle section will be driven further "into" the top section leaving almost...

fix stuck BD poles?-FIXED-wohoo see post 10/11 for how :) ------------------------------ unfortunately, it appears this may have a less than optimal (from my perspective) resolution--see my post from today, 10/1/10 ---------------- ---------------- original post.. I have 2 (don't ask) pairs...