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I'm surprised there is not more howling here about the RMC's $50 a night price increase. Ya gotta be RICH to stay there. :) As a non-member I can enjoy a January night at Zealand or Carter for less than I can at unheated/uninsulated Crag. ($50 vs. $37). Yikes! QUESTION -- How come you guys...

Yep, she uses hand warmers regularly. But I thought I might bring her into the 21st century with heated gear. Unfortunately most is made "off shore" and quality / durability seems to be an issue for many brands.

Yes, he was a bit odd. I first met him when he was caretaking Grey Knob in the Winter of 71 I think. We were staying at Crag Camp and he came over and gave my buddy and I the third degree trying to ascertain if we were qualified to head above tree line the next morning. We did Adams and...

Any of youse have experience using battery-powered heated gloves or mitts? My wife gets really cold hands alpine skiing and Christmas is coming. Online reviews are all over the place for heated gear, so that's why I ask. Thanks.

Maybe, but olde Guy Waterman would take strong exception to that opinion! I believe he once re-enacted the first ascent of Pinnacle Gully wearing period clothing and using period equipment. The period was the 1930s! God knows what he’d think of dry-tooling on a modern mixed route.

Very true. Formerly difficult and challenging climbs have gotten easier and safer due to improvements in equipment. And the limits of the possible greatly extended. I wonder how many contemporary sports could ascend Pinnacle Gulley by laboriously cutting steps rather than front pointing with...

Evolution.... 1965 to 2010 My kingdom for a Hummingbird!!!

As with all other forms of human activity... There is a pretty good YouTube video for basic ice axe use.

Problem w ice tools in pic two is that you’d be bent so far over it would be awkward and probably pop crampon front points. 70cm is considered to be good all around mountain length. In pic 2 you could sink the ferrel end into top of bulge and front point up. (But trekking poles might actually...

He texted his father asking him to send a picture of a map? Nuggies for that 19 year old.

Sad news about our New England climbing legend... Taken by a heart attack on Nov 29 at home in Maine. He was 66.

I think there are two major differences between the Dacks and Whites: 1. The Whites have a lot more potentially deadly terrain than NY. The amount and nature of above treeline hikes in NH is also more dangerous due to weather patterns and storm tracks, esp in Winter. 2. The Whites are much...

Interesting Richard. The YouTube video is the first place I've seen her activity described as "mountain running" and not hiking. Her level of kit would bear this theory out.

Totally. Like all of us she didn't know, what she didn't know. Unlike the rest of us she never got a chance to learn from a big outdoor mistake and grow more proficient.

I'd like to see solar powered electronic signboards at high-incident trail heads, similar to the ones used along highways. They could display up-to-date information about trail condition, weather above treeline, and expected changes in weather in next 24 hours. Keep signboards blacked out...

She seems like a great kid. I surmise she and mom were up north for the week so she could finish the 4Ks before her 20th birthday later this week. (That also explains the inclusion of Flume in her hike plan.) Makes it all the more tragic. May she be found soon…

In my flight monitoring website I can see the Blackhawk working up n down the ridge at 4400 feet and 11 knots. The nexrad radar layer shows heavy snow squalls all along the ridge. Globe.adsbexchange.com. =web site.

You would think…. But, … planning to run the entire ridge from Laffy to Flume under early winter conditions is optimistic. And then what? Descend the icy Flume slide at the end of the long day? That itinerary is more than a handful.

I imagine Misery Ridge would present lots of obstacles to an under equipped hiker. Icy sections, knee deep snow and wind exposure the higher you go. Just getting to the hut would be hard. Did she have micro spikes ? No mention of cell phone. But what 19 year old does not carry one these days...

Not good news. On WMUR report trails looked snowy and icy right from the start. I don't see how she'd get far without decent boots and traction. But I ain't 20. As usual, Sunday's frontal passage was well forecast with rapidly falling temps and increasing winds. Would a trail steward even...