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We’re you in Boulder during the 1970s as I was?

Maybe Murray McCory was the Univ Washington / Seattle equivalent of Chuck Henderson who founded in 1969 his outdoor equipment manufacturing company Chuck Roast in his Congreve Hall dorm room at UNH in Durham. Like Murray, Chuck initially focused on book packs, along with hiking boot gaiters.

DHART does not do searches and does not do hoists; they must have space to land.

Exactly. And Franconia Notch State Park already charges for parking during the summer months at the Echo Lake lot, which is the lot that most use for hiking up the steep south approach to Artists Bluff. Although there is a 0.8-mile-long trail above the road that connects the parking lots at Echo...

Exactly. Nena was not a climber so remained at Advanced Base Camp (6500 m), about 500 m lower than the North Col, but that 500 m is the most dangerous on the route, as Messner learned when he fell into a crevasse. Nevertheless, after one acclimatization climb to the North Col to cache his...

Helmet Lenes

I remember the two moose, Jazzbo, and also being very afraid that the little one might run in front of my vehicle despite its mom trying to steer it toward the snowbank on the right side of the slippery road surface. That was a long drive out from the fish hatchery given my poking along behind...

Waumbek – Weeks traverse, 31 January 2009. This trip report is similar to one that I posted on VftT in early February 2009 but I can no longer find. I thank Jazzbo for posting the fine report and photos on VftT at the time, and Onestep, Peakbagger, and Oncoman for their replies, and all four of...

Waumbek – Weeks traverse, 31 January 2009. This trip report is similar to one that I posted on VftT in early February 2009 but I can no longer find. I thank Jazzbo for posting the fine report and photos on VftT at the time, and Onestep, Peakbagger, and Oncoman for their replies, and all four of...

I received the following information from Jazzbo via Steve Snook on behalf of Dennis Pednault's brother Gerald. There will be a celebration of life for Dennis Pednault (Peakbagger) at the Town and Country Motel and Conference Center, a couple miles east on Rte 2 from the junction with Rte 16 in...

I received the following information from Jazzbo via Steve Snook on behalf of Dennis Pednault's brother Gerald. There will be a celebration of life for Dennis Pednault (Peakbagger) at the Town and Country Motel and Conference Center, a couple miles east on Rte 2 from the junction with Rte 16...

Jack hammers no longer the tool of choice, having given way to Browning torch drills years ago, as used for the nearby Crazy Horse monument In NW South Dakota. Speaking of which, the high point of South Dakota had its name changed from Harney Peak, named in 1855 after General William S. Harney...

Any more mountain lion sightings in New England of late? Friends along Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colorado, now routinely have mountain lions visiting their houses and even living under their decks, a bit unnerving.

Is the “Seven” now gone?

About time. Long overdue.

High point of Wales formerly known as Mount Snowden recently returned to its original name Yr Wyddfa. Just a matter of time before Mount Washington returns to its original name Agiocochook (or Agiochook).

Thanks for the set up, Grey J. Yes, Cleveland Mountain is named after Grover “Ma, Ma, Where’s My Pa” Cleavlend, 22nd and 24th President of the United States and one of only two Democrats elected President between 1861 and 1933. At age 47, he was one of only two bachelors to become President...

Took almost 24 hours for someone to take my bait; I would make a lousy fisher-person. Charles Thomas Jackson (1805-1880) initiated New Hampshire’s Geological Survey in 1839 and was New Hampshire’s first State Geologist. The Town of Jackson replaced our 7th President Andrew Jackson with C.T...

Came close with snowboarder in Tuckerman’s this spring, but he amazingly self-rescued from the ”bergshrund” after falling in from the headwall above.

Not really, as there are several peaks in the Presidential Range not named after presidents, like Clay, Franklin, Webster, and Jackson.