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Oh it can blow in the Twin Cities (remember that scene in Fargo:) But with a still air temp of -28 F on Monday not much breeze was needed to make one feel cold.

My sister who lives in St Paul MN can’t understand what all the fuss is about. She now thinks New Englanders are all total wusses! MWV Ice Fest starts tomorrow. There be plenty of brittle ice to knock about but who wants to stand around in a clinic when it’s blow’n 45 ???

Here is a story about a woman who has summited Everest 10 times but is relatively anonymous. In the era of wealthy clients being led by guides, she operates on a shoestring and has organized a successful all-female Napali expedition. Next stop for her? K2! Amazing story and amazing woman.

Ambient temperature is a big variable for me. I'll happily cruise along on a fall day and crash and burn on an 80 degree summer day. (MMDO - My mileage does vary. :)

Couple of thoughts: Early White Mountain recreation in the era of railroads and grand hotels was always class based. Who but the wealthy could idle away a month or two in Randolph, Waterville or Crawford hiking and exploring? Similarly, the Golden Age of mountaineering in the Alps and within...

I just came across this surprising story about why the AAC felt they had to rename their prestigious "Robert and Mariam Underhill" award. Both were AMC royalty in the 30s and 40s and very accomplished climbers and mountaineers. More than one mountain range has an "Underhill" route. If you...

I keep it simple: Winter = 1 mph Spring = 2 mph Summer/ fall = 2.5 mph If/when I better these times I congratulate myself for what a septuagenarian stud I am.

That gig is more than a job. It’s a lifestyle and for a college kid a cool one. If he loves the outdoors and can deal with the occasional dumb ass he’ll love it. And it is probably less of a grind than working in a hut. I’ve done a lot of volunteering at Pinkham and Highland and like all...

If you have not been following this winter's drama on Mount Baldy, you might find the following interesting: Unusually wintry conditions in the area have caught many hikers unprepared. The result is many rescues, several deaths and a missing in action. A short hop from LA, Mount Baldy might be...

Hey gang, Here's a link to the latest NH Chapter newsletter. Some interesting articles therein about winter in logging camps, womens back country skiing and a near-fatal accident in Huntington Ravine circa 1933. Jessie Whihehead (daughter of Alfred North Whitehead) was an experienced alpine...

After her misadventure Cindy n I bought her a pair of steel-toe boots. Hope they work.

Are you working alone in that wood lot PB? (Say it ain’t so). A friend just ran a saw through her big toe working up wood. As dangerous as solo winter hiking!

Here's an article discussing our collective response to the recent death of Emily Sotelo. It offers up interesting reading and some good food for thought. Not surprisingly, the author is a woman. The generally more empathetic version of our species. What do you think, all you accident...

Here is a cool collection of 2022 mountain photography taken in and around England. If you've ever hiked in Snowdonia, the Lake District or Wales you might see some familiar scenes. Of interest is the reference to "Wild Camping" in several of the pics. Are there any regs for above treeline...

Just curious: What band works best for you in the Whites? 2M or 440? I've only run 2M up there.

Yup, I've been licensed since I was a kid (vacuum tube era.) :) I think the magic and excitement of distant radio communications was totally ruined by the Internet and World Wide Web. For a while I thought the removal of the CW (Morse code) requirement would open the flood gates. But that...

This year's MWV IceFest offers a BIPOC/PGM ice climbing clinic. (BIPOC/PGM = Black, Indigenous and People of Color/ People of the Global Majority) What's cool is the clinic is already sold out! The LGBTQ+ ice clinic still has some available slots.

Interesting. Hobby picked up about 100,000 participants in last 25 years. Roughly 4,000 per year for a growth rate of less than 1% per year. Not good. (As always please check my math.) With numbers like that we better hope the League fights like hell to retain all our freq allocations...

Interesting. As I understand it, Ham radio is a dying hobby where the old guard is not being replaced by a younger cohort. RE satellites: I think we will eventually see an Apple or Verizon satellite network.

Sounds like you had the ideal existence in Nelson Andrew!! I remember doing vol work with the FS clearing trails that spring. In one case we chain sawed our way up to a Wilderness boundary and the saw went silent. I looked at the operator and asked "out of fuel?" He just smiled... Then the...