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Thanks very much for the detailed explanation! I bet elevation measured with an instrument is a lot more likely to be close to the "real" elevation than something interpolated from the contour lines. Perhaps one day someone will bring surveying-grade equipment and update that elevation, but for...

You are right. I just did a little bit of digging myself starting with OSM history for the McKenzie Mountain (version 1 in https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/357570936/history#map=19/44.33623/-74.03217 had gnis:feature_id tag) and from there I got to the GNIS record that you have probably...

TCD, thanks for your help! I'm really curious what you find out. Please share what you learn from Tony!

I recently hiked McKenzie Mountain in Adirondacks and I noticed that there are sizable differences in quoted elevation depending on the source: Wikipedia gives 3861 ft - apparently sourced from Adirondack Trails High Peaks Region, published by Adirondack Mountain Club (...

Check out this thread: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?59591-Camera-Tripods Interestingly I could not find it by searching for "tripod" while it really should come up at the top of search results. The only reason I found it because I remembered about Pakpod mentioned in that thread.

My first set of trekking poles were made of aluminium with a twist lock. They worked ok until the lock on one of them froze in place and I could not collapse it any more. Since that became cumbersome I bought lighter carbon fiber poles with flip locks and no problems so far over last 5 years...

This whole issue may become obsolete in 10 years when hikers start getting dropped of at a trail head by their self-driving cars that will subsequently park themselves at a remote parking lot. :)

I wouldn't be surprised if this is where things end up in 30 or 50 years. Anyways, I'm not sure if the kids currently growing up glued to their phones will notice. They will probably be content visiting the area virtually if they somehow feel a need to do so.

Personally, I love to hear all the sounds from my surroundings while I'm hiking. I estimate that some 90% of my snake sightings were because I heard tiny rustling in the leaves and decided to investigate.

This is excellent point - leaving a voicemail and sending a text message should nowadays be part of the playbook. Another thing that I am wondering about is whether he had a car? If so, then if the car was not parked at any trailheads that could mean that the hiker was either off the mountain...

I just read about a new tick-related threat - an exotic species of East Asian tick has been discovered in New Jersey and has been confirmed to survive a winter. The concerning part is that the tick can reproduce asexually, so I'm guessing it can spread to other locations where no established...

I did Trans-Zion Trek two years ago, also in April. I brought microspikes but never had to use them - we saw some small patches of snow but never in the way. I remember West Rim Trail as being easy and I don't remember any place with any non-trivial exposure apart from the "wall section" that...

Maybe nowadays not every board member would have an expedition to tell us about? :)

I guess REI is trying to differentiate itself from Amazon in order to maintain customer loyalty. Otherwise they can't compete based on price.

Possible correction here - I just looked at satellite images and this passage may actually be before the trail to Observation Point turns left. If so, you won't miss it on your way up.

When you go West you will gain 2 hours b/c of time zone change, so very likely you will be on a trail early and then you will likely have some extra time on day 1. I strongly suggest that once you are on East Rim Trail you hike another 100-200 yards (can't remember exactly but it's a short...

I suspect that in the era of ever-spying smartphones and companies collecting location data from them there are probably very few (if any) truly secret places left around.

Or few years later...

I have all required gear and don't do anything reckless on my hikes. Yet I reasoned that not having to argue what constitutes negligence in case of some mishap was worth spending few bucks. For example, when I started hiking up Mt. Monadnock there was a thunderstorm in the forecast for just...

I bought a Hike Safe card last year. I'm pretty sure I have put in my e-mail address when filling out electronic form, yet I did not seem to have gotten any confirmation, or more importantly any reminder that it's time to renew for 2018. Perhaps I typed in my e-mail incorrectly but if not then...