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My longest was a Pemi Loop in 16 hours with West Bond and Galehead, about 32.5 miles I believe. I watched the sun set from South Twin and had the windy and dark Bonds to myself, until I almost ran into a guy in a hammock across the trail just below the scramble near Bondcliff treeline. Fun day...

Thanks for posting. I'll give a listen when I have some time. I stayed with Bill and Linda 18 years ago in 2000. Linda served red, white, and blue jello for Independence Day and I was treated to an amazing view of the Northern Lights that night from the shore of the lake. Fond memory and I...

Don't characterize me. I live in NH. I buy my gas in NH. I pay a ton of property tax in NH. I volunteer in NH. I donate to NH trails and S&R. Are you Wayne's best friend, relative, or employee? This man can charge riders on his train what he can wants for the time being. That may change as true...

Gee, let me see how fast I can get my wallet. :rolleyes: If the goal in the past year has been to piss off nearly the entire mountain community, then well done. I won't be paying anyone to cross hiking trails in the Whites.

It helps to realize that hikers, hunters, fishermen and women, ATVers, snow machiners, birders, practitioners of shinrin yoku, skiers, boarders, and other groups have far more in common than not. We're all lovers of mountains, nature, trees, adventure, solitude and comraderie. We should all be...

It snowed wet, heavy stuff Saturday in Randolph most of the day. Hiking Sunday in town in the valley there was 4-5 inches on trail, the balling kind.

Freeze them empty, dry, and clean. Not many ways to get wet in the freezer.

I would guess the Auto Road's busiest day is the Road Race. 1200 runners plus drivers and they open the road for cars at 12:00 as the race ends.

There was a trail race to the summit of Rosebrook last Saturday. There was a fair bit of construction equipment around the area but it appeared the actual summit was "in the clear."

No experience with any gear marketed as ultralight but whenever I've wanted to shave 3-5 pounds from my load, I often find the easiest place to do it is my own body weight. Dropping 5 pounds from my gear is damn near impossible, but dropping the fritter is not as tough. I'm rarely accused of...

The Smokies were the worst. Ugh. Glad they upgraded. High use areas need some facilities because people cannot follow directions consistently and across the board. It's not something that half the people can get wrong.

There are two men who run the Mount Washington Road Race yearly. One was 99 last year and one about 89 (maybe 87). The 87 YO is beating a fair number of people. They are extraordinary of course. That's not hiking but it suggests age is not a factor. Break down of the body is a factor. Someone...

F&G is a state agency, not a non profit. They can apply for grants, but they need consistent funding for what has become increasingly costly duties required of the department. Grants are nice stop gap measures and great for seed money or one time costs. They want a consistent, reliable funding...

I saw recently that NH F&G assigned two officers to be on full time ATV duty now. Regarding hiker fees, I often wonder if the volunteer hours of hikers on S&R teams are taken into financial account when determining from where support for F&G should come. Each year, the total number of F&G...

That's a fast pace. Cutting 4 days! Kudos. That said, speed is cool, but I want to see a self supported calendar winter AT thru hike. Northbound. Break some trail.

I forgot a good one on the Great Gully Trail in King Ravine. There's a spot where you step across the water below some cascades and then continue up on the right of the water. I stopped in the middle of the small crossing to look up and admire the steep wall and flowing water. Within moments of...

What Appalachia could use is a bathroom. Too many people visit that lot to ignore. I've never found parking on the road to be a problem as RT 2 has plenty of sight and shoulder through there. Once Madison Hut closes, the lot opens up.

Level 2 ankle sprain in the 100 Mile Wilderness 22 miles from the Golden Road. Long day out. Level 2 ankle sprain on Black Pond Trail. Fatigue and lack of focus. Shorter day out. Bruised Ribcage on Imp Trail after long day in Carters. Wet trail, darkening with coming evening, moving fast, hard...

...and the ones 12' up resting against the tree trunk. Watch out for falling bears in the morning when it's time to get the oatmeal down.

Keep the lighter close to your body in cold weather.