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It's a good article and I agree her Dad was quick to point out Emily's first-person emotion and any others who have dies due to exposure. Analyzing accidents and mistakes is one way of learning. From drivers' education videos with horrific crashes and why you shouldn't drive intoxicated to...

This may be a good year for it provided you have crampons plus micro's all the pictures I see over on FB look more like late November than Mid-January. I'd expect an icy mess. I have a 5am appointment to drive to Philadelphia tomorrow. (Not that I'm in shape for Jefferson either)

So descending Polecat after hours would be covered? If you get hurt on Wildcat A, drag yourself to D before calling for help. (Twist knee hiking on Sunday, limp to work and fall in the lobby on Monday and collect WC... That's fraud, don't do that)

The Global I note does not appear to cover Kidnap and Ransom, costs which you can buy insurance for. There is no "true " insurance product that covers gross negligence. The tutu flip flops, I understand it was a silly example, would be akin to dousing your home in gasoline and then trying to...

Mostly in lightweight button-down fleece, (90's EMS micro). That jacket in that picture is my winter coat these days. I did Moosilaukee in winter in 200 weight fleece but seldom wear that except in the fall as it's bright orange. I do have a heavy LL Bean fleece for colder days.

In the summer I'll wear a running vest which sheds wind pretty well & I have a couple of pullovers that are less fleece and more nylon which I may pack if drizzle and fog are likely. I pack the hard shell, just in case.

Don't even get me started on hard or soft shell pants. :D Wish I had worn rain pants twice that I regretted as wet diaper like pants suck for hiking and twice where I wore the hard shells and sweated all day and that sucks too. These days in hiking pants, either lined or unlined and with or...

I didn't want to hijack Peakbagger's Soft Shell recommendation thread so I thought I'd start a new one. I rarely wear a shell in warmer weather unless it's really coming down. In winter my outerwear on dry days or days with light flurries are usually vest. I have a reversible fleece vest with...

My Spring experience has been April when it was cold so there was no melting and May trips when the crossings were not an issue. That said, the day I got sunburn in April on Bear CT when there were no leaves and young Mr. Mason (I think that was the Eagle Scout's last name) got stuck for two...

Yes, the initial turn on the Greenleaf Trail leaves due west, however, there are several turns from that point to where it enters the treeline and the cairns are not that large and in poor visibility those turns can be missed My personal choice if the weather may be iffy is to evaluate if I even...

I was thinking the worker community meant more the additional construction jobs to build the new facilities and infrastructure Vs. the employees. The ski areas have had seasonal employees at the larger areas for some time, so ski area employees and their communities should be used to each other...

Regarding the whole safer solo or with someone, that depends on skill levels, decision making and whether people are equals or is someone the leader and the other follower. In Tinkham and Haas, they were not equals and Derek wasn't going to say anything regarding turning back. He trusted his...

This really depends on what you think are your better qualities or liabilities. In winter I much prefer going up OBP/Greenleaf than Falling Waters. In poor visibility, getting down from Lafayette and finding where the trail enters the trees can be difficult and people do end up off trail and...

They actually have a Donner Party game, (which I own).

This was a greater issue in the ADK's where abut 1/2 of there 46 Peaks were bushwhacks back in the day, long ago. As peakbagging grew they went from a herd path to so many people pursuing the list that they were creating many braided paths. They finally settled on lightly maintained paths...

The other thing they have in the ADK is that several of the peaks not at the easy to reach trailheads, or popular ones, (Is the AMR permitting system in place for the winter or just "in Season"?) don't have marked trails either. IN NH, a summer hiker or someone who shouldn't venture out of...

We'll what TCD says. Those summer messages usually are enough. I don't think you see a first-timer going out now to hike in the High Peaks or NH. They make the same mistakes, it's just that in summer I can do several things wrong and only have an unpleasent evening. In winter, the margin of...

While true, you don't know what you don't know until you need to know it. Or it's also been said, that It's not what you know that gets you in trouble, it's what you think you know what's true that simply isn't true that will cause chaos. I know I have the attention span of a squirrel (that...

You are a regular on VFTT, Now pardon me while after having celery for lunch as I'm watching my weight, I'm going to have a Kindt or two that Santa brought me. (Paddling The Nile in 2023 or is that Denial)

I know, my point was that the 4K board has tens of thousands of members covering a huge disparity of experience and plans. Kate wasn't lured into this addiction of winter hiking we all share based on some pictures. Some of the 73,000+ members on the FB 4K might be, even if that's 1% of that...