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Great tip about how to get a nice tip on a melted cord end - I could've used that on innumerable occasions! However, in this case of a set of OEM Asolo shoe laces with frayed ends, I had to chuckle when taking in this discussion thread and the various constructive ideas. Amid all the...

There is a tradeoff, though: the Waterville Valley approach results in an 11.4 mile round trip, vs. 8 miles on the Pine Bend Brook approach. Both routes share the same steep ascent of the summit cone. In approaching that common 0.8 mile segment, the Livermore/Scaur Ridge route entails more...

If your primary objectives are to minimize water crossings and scrambly sections, Pine Bend Brook would indeed be your best bet for a direct approach to one of those peaks. There's one moderate crossing and a few minor ones, and in contrast to Sabbaday I've never had a problem with them. There...

Great things to think through - I have yet to experience a hiking situation wherein an excess of caution proved to be a really bad thing. Re: SPOT [well, and headlamps as well for that matter], don't forget to bring extra known-fresh batteries. Let us know how it goes! Alex

I found the nav and contingency provisions on this route to be very straightforward. Assuming that the OP is facile with a compass and was OK with the nav on all the other NE100 bushwhacks, then imo the nav on this one is not a concern. The only sense in which I view this route to be...

I agree that other things being equal, it's much easier to bushwhack down a steep pitch than uphill. I led this route as an AMC trip in Sept. 2010. At that time, the spruce was fairly intense (~7 on a scale of 1 to 10) coming off of the Carrigain summit, along with some similarly difficult...

When deciding how far to go with LNT in any given situation, the standard I use in considering a course of action is to ask myself how I'd feel if I were another hiker trying to enjoy the outdoors, coming upon, stumbling on, stepping in, pitching a tent on, [etc.] my handiwork. If my assessment...

Dennis, it was great to run into your group on our backswing up Bond from Bondcliff -- what a fantastic day on which to share these peaks! You had my group pegged before I personally had even emerged from the trees, and your T-shirt definitely provided the necessary cue had you not done the...

I'm a bit late to this thread, but have to agree -- it was a pleasure to be on that Presi traverse, 23 strong and divided into northbound and southbound teams. The cat herding (actually, the company was wonderful) was a successful team effort with jniehof, PamW and 6 other great AMC leaders...

I was marveling at all the new names on this thread - then I realized that I was actually looking at 10 year-old postings! A modern technology-related addition to the list: a SPOT beacon. It enables me to periodically report my location and status to my family, and serves as an additional safety...

Thanks all, for the reminder and associated clarifications - I'd completely forgotten about this.

Hmmm, good point. Perhaps we can consider this a Capital-M vs. little-m dilemma... Alex

Hey Richard, sleep's a good thing -- If we miss you at the start, we'll look forward to catching you on one of the backswings! Alex

I never cease to marvel at human diversity - what is misery for one person can so often be pure pleasure for another. I enjoy the rocky stretches of the Twinway on either side of Guyot, and find that for the most part the rocks enable me to move more quickly than otherwise. Misery for me...

Ian, camping *is* allowed along the Twinway, so long as you're at least 1/4 mile away from the huts and are not in the alpine areas on South Twin and Guyot. Re: the AT in general, it varies. You can find the rules that that apply (and that folks have been referencing in this discussion) on the...

Tim, thx ... edit made.

You'll be fine with either route - no significant water crossing concerns if you allow at least a full day after any rain. Out/back from Zealand avoids a big car spot and the drudgery of the Lincoln Woods trail, but has more elevation gain thanks to the re-climb of Bond and the 'pud' factor on...

As Eric puts it: It's a game, and games have [written] rules. If you hadn't flipped those peaks, you wouldn't have had the 'capstone' finish you desired, and your approach to doing so was fully compliant. And what fun is a game if you don't try out all the moves? :-)

Just don't scramble up NK's summit boulder until you're ready to 'have' the peak. :-)

I remember two things about my NW Hancock visit. The wooded mini knife edge just S of the NW peak was a fun feature, and I too liked the view from there into the ravine. And second, I remember how utterly long it seemed to take to return to Hancock Notch from the base of the slide along the...