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I basically agree. They are harder. It is just not night and day different to me. I am also predominantly a day hiker so the NY drives are 3h 45m to 4h 30 min for me versus 3h15 to 4h in NH. I'm a big fan of the "long day" so my experience is probably simialr than yours (although I'm probably in...

No he went by the book. He wasn't cited and did nothing wrong. They were just very intrusive. I think at one point the ranger poked his head in his tent with a flashlight at 11:30PM or something to grill him about where his bear vault was or something like that. Based on my interactions with...

Their website very clearly labels the origin country of materials. I did notice some of their garments had Vietnam listed. It was predominantly US though. I'm assuming the stuff that was foreign is because there simply is no US option.

Indeed. West Bond summit SUN night. That moon was pretty epic.

I've had several people recommend Jay peak here before and it is one I'd like to do at some point. I actually have done 95% of the traverse to RPR from Russia Valley but had a firm turn around time because I was camping with friends nearby and didn't want to mess up dinner and beverages. I think...

Yes I am familiar with the regulations and they don't seem bad to me. I have no issues when I go to Baxter. I guess a better way to have phrased it was that the rangers in NY are bigger ball busters than other places. Push the letter of the law, intrusive, etc. Hiker Brian shared a trip here...

Yah, that has been one of the big reasons I don't get out there as much as I'd like. I'm more of a day hiker and with trail head rides of 3h 45m to 4h 30m (with no traffic) it makes for a BIG day on top of those long routes. I have been backpacking more the past few years but it seems like from...

Thanks. That is "on the list" too. With all the mentions of flooding and water problems I think this loop is percolating to the top....;)

That was my plan this week but the threat of thunderstorms every day spoiled that. I almost went up there WED afternoon but the chance of storms kept going up. Glad I didn't. Would have got pounded. Hope you are right about this weekend. Only got one bivy in so far this year.

I hear that. I've had a bunch of free time in my schedule lately for hiking and I just haven't had the motivation to go. I think I've packed and unpacked 3 times the past 2 weeks. Between the stifling heat and all the thunderstorms every afternoon and evening up there its hard to get in the car...

I did see that tradition about carrying a rock in the High Peaks Guide! I'll definitely take one. Mother Nature is not my biggest fan... I've done some hikes in the Adirondacks (maybe 8 or 9 of the 4k's) and I don't personally find it much worse than the Whites. The main routes in NY are...

I generally park at the lot for the Direstissima Trail for most of my East climbs of Washington (Tuckerman, Jackson Road, Boott Spur, etc.) just South of Pinkham Notch official parking area. It is rarely completely full, even on busy weekends at mid morning, and is a very short cut over to the...

From Elk Lake Road right? I almost did that 2 years ago but it fell through. I forget if it was the weather or some other life stuff.

No if it was a day hike it would just be Skylight. It is roughly 18 miles and 3700 ft of vertical via the Calamity route. Done plenty of worse hikes than that in the Whites. But it is more fun to overnight and not have the pressure of getting out of the woods.

I've had Skylight, Gothics and Haystack on my "list" for quite awhile now and I'm thinking it is time to get some of these peaks. Gothics seems like it really needs to be done on its own with some of the other neighboring summits so I'm holding off on that one for now. I'm not doing the 46 4k's...

Too late me thinks....

Those must be some seriously potent energy balls to still be fueling hikes 20 years later....:p

My first reaction reading the first few sentences of this article was not favorable to say the least. But as you point out, there is much more going on here then a list. Whatever brings some positives into this person's life is fine with me. I just wish they wouldn't "brand" the article as a...

On my first ever night hike I did that quite a bit because the drainage with all the sand and dirt looked more like the trail then the trail did....until it dead ended in a wall of bushes. :p

Thanks for the link. That is actually one of the items I bookmarked as a possibility so maybe I'll give that a try. I ordered a cheap pocket that is OK but seems a bit too small for what I wanted. I'm going to try it out this weekend but I can already sense I'm probably going to hate it....