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I think we camped there long ago. There was a small rise and a big flat area that we pitched a tent on, room for a few more. There was no water in the immediate area. This detail is 20 years old, however to TIFWIW.

I recall that...because we had just got below treeline down Falling Waters when the storm hit. We had been watching it over our shoulder on the Ridge with more than a little concern. Felt better once we got into the trees but there were a couple of bolts that rattled us. Doing that hike on...

"There's some lovely filth down here!"

Remember how the original idea behind the 4Ks was to "spread the traffic around from the main peaks". Now we have alternate lists to spread the traffic around away from the 4Ks. We're loving the peaks to death.

I was going to say this. Before my mother passed, she was still hiking a lot and I wasn't able to go with as much as I used to. In her 70's, she still had the fire to go and everyone realized being solo probably wasn't the best thing for her. She would stick to areas she knew and never had an...

The panic when the first notes of the tune-up start and you are still outside the gates is real.

I have a reason to be on that land that day so aligning best for killing several birds with one stone. I leave for the West Coast early the next morning so I need to take what I can get.

Close enough for me....

Friends of ours have a couple hundred acres in Bethel, ME and is forecasted to be 99.42% obscured, so hoping for clear weather.

In the 90's we won tickets to the Museum of Science in Boston, where the Everest IMAX movie was being shown. I believe it was the first, or one of the first, IMAX theatres. There was a short film, that he was in the process of making when the '96 Everest tragedy struck. He abandoned his film...

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/02/20/hiker-describes-11-hour-ordeal-after-falling-on-mount-washington-admits-he-was-underprepared/ His side of the story. Let you read the entire story, seems to not dispute anything. Interesting, PB, the reason he declined the ambulance was just...

I was taken out at the knees on Hancock and never really been the same.

One could argue that people were less prepared then vs. now. I know I was. I was caught on top of Bondcliff in the pouring rain with nothing more than a pair of jeans, Timberland boots, a ratty backpack that contained a nylon (not waterproof) jacket, and apple, a granola bar, and a can of...

Sledding injury... What goes around comes around.

Haven't been by in years and assume it's overrun, but the Lincoln Woods area used to be good for introductory sites. Three Ponds Wilderness (Plymouth area) has some backcountry spots to set up and are easy to get to.

Meaning, if someone is lost and worried over costs to be found, there is a theory they won't call. Yet, their loved one has called. The "Search" for them is what is most expensive, not the rescue part.

The "Search" part of the Search and Rescue is the most expensive.

Of course, with no data to support it, I'd say 99% of inexperienced hikers complete their activity with no issues and nobody ever talks about it....

Keep telling yourself that

I understand, but I don't make the rules, either. Unless it's outside the climbing season, it would be impossible to climb Everest via the South Col route truly solo today.