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I love how the quickly the punditry swings from "look at all these hikers getting themselves in trouble because of their cell phones!" to "look at this stoopid hiker who didn't check their cell phone!" I don't understand why the concerned friend didn't try calling the hiker first - or if they...

That's the same outfit that replaced the bindings on my old Atlas 833's. I can't remember exactly what broke, but I sent the a picture and they recommended replacing the entire binding/suspension on both shoes. They had already been relegated to spare/loaner/stomping...

I think it's better to use a simple disclaimer and not add a bunch of details about "applies to people who are fit/acclimatized..." because some of what you suggest here is based on assumptions that may not hold for everyone (I know older hikers who are much faster than I, and younger hikers who...

Probably. As a Mass resident, I'm not/was not mad. If I were a New Hampshire resident, Maine and I would be havin' words....

Right, that's the one David Metsky was referring to - they did run tests, but their purpose was to demonstrate a testing method, and not provide definitive evidence of which masks/materials work: "The work we report here describes a measurement method that can be used to improve evaluation in...

Thanks, this is helpful. I'm looking to the AMC and a number of other groups to help decide when and where it's ok to hike. I'm not particularly worried about my own safety, but I'm mindful of the fact that as a Masshole, I'd be traveling from an area of relatively high transmission rates to an...

Done. I very much appreciate the work that goes into maintaining this forum.

Regarding Glacier - the folks on this message board have lots of great info: http://www.glacier.nationalparkschat.com/phpBB3/index.php As far as the campgrounds go (assuming you mean car camping and not backcountry?), you can find historic data on when the various campgrounds fill up here...

Do people know that littering is wrong? Yes, but most people don't think about the impact of lots of people littering, or understand their contribution to it, until it's pointed out to them (I think this is particularly common in regards to "biodegradable" items like apple cores, etc.) Do people...

Palau so far seems to be one of the few with actual fines attached to violating the pledge - but another official quoted in the article pointed out that much of what's in the pledges (about littering, where you can drive/park/camp/etc.) is already covered by existing laws, so they do have an...

Thought this might be of interest. https://gearjunkie.com/nps-e-bike-rules-national-parks Here's the memo itself: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/policy/upload/PM_19-01.pdf The policy isn't up for public comment, but Park Superintendents do have some say in how it's implemented - if you have...

And/or not feeling welcome/being treated as an outsider on the trails and in the mountains. 20 years ago, I got involved with an all-women fundraising hike. The ratio of women to men on the trails had shifted pretty radically since then, but when we first started, we - women out hiking, alone...

Someone should have pushed those golfers over the edge.

Assuming they stay in business, will Limmer re-sole other company's boots? My friend just had the outsole of her favorite Asolo's come off. She's going to try talking to Asolo first, but if they won't help she might still try to save them.

Not doing your research beforehand, unprepared, no business, make them pay for rescue, wah wah wah. Doing too much research, should be able to deal with conditions you find on the trail/unknown, where's the adventure, wah wah wah. Map and compass was a new idea once, too. Hike your own hike.

Love the Wayback Machine - but it wasn't showing copies of the sub-pages.

Thank you! Having waded through dozens of blogs, etc., I had given up hope.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ellozy seems to have gone off to interweb heaven - is there anything out there now that provides a similar breakdown of common routes and their mileage/book time/elevation gain for the 48?

I have no experience with Tahoe or Yosemite, but mile for mile, I found the trails in Glacier MUCH easier than those in the Whites. The grades are more moderate (they do these whacky "switchback" things rather than take you straight up and incline) and the trails themselves have better footing...

My response as well. Also love the idea that the software/code they developed might help future searches. Pretty cool stuff.