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    Winter - Enjoy what is left of it

    I should have paid more attention to the forecast, as the past 24 hours dashed any optimism. Snow-burning conditions last night with wind and warm rain flipped things. My driveway here in Bethlehem tilts to the west-northwest so sees little sun influence. Been able to maintain a smooth ice-road...
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    NHPR on the fir wave phenomenon

    It's where I was raised, and very much like the colonial intent, I have sought a new land. This area briefly held this name until the colonists fought it out. This is a funny area connected closely across the shared state border. I think many of us don't really fully relate to either state.
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    NHPR on the fir wave phenomenon

    Dave Anderson is a gifted ecology communicator; I have always enjoyed his and Chris Martins productions immensely as they really bring things alive. Dave is a good dude also. Peter Marchands book has held a prominent place on my bookshelf for years, actually off the shelf often. You can actually...
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    Winter - Enjoy what is left of it

    We went down to North Conway from Bethlehem 2 weekends ago for in-town stuff and I was impressed (as compared to elsewhere) by the snowpack on the east side of the notch. There has been a lot of weather variability since then. We XC skied at Bretton Woods on this past Saturday and conditions...
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    A couple of other rescues - Far less dramatic

    I parked there on Monday to enjoy some ski touring with my season pass on the xc trail system just behind. I was humored that it looked like some made a whole day of it there with the kids. A guy was hanging in the bed of his truck watching the kids and setting in a camp chair surrounded by...
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    Another Unprepared Hiker Rescue

    They do. It can be difficult to get involved in these discussions as it can open up old wounds. Look at the picture of the pack that Levi Frye of NHF&G was carrying on his back about to board The Cog. I always listened jealously to ultralight hikers describe their gear loads; I could never...
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Thanks TEO. I think any of us can only be left to wonder about these things and offer our own perspectives. Just happens the day before hearing about this tragedy, I was thinking deeply about what death might be like and specifically trying to imagine what some of the examples we both stated...
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    Very few of us plan our deaths. Unfortunately it is often in circumstances that involve great pain and suffering. I happened to have quite a few people close to me die recently where great suffering occurred. By all available references we have, we are led to believe death through hypothermia...
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    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    I always think about Ken when it gets really cold, and I had been meaning to check the date; 20 years almost to the day for Chris' moving on.... I heard a chopper moving fast over my home on Wednesday while clearing snow, they seem to fly up the powerline and head due east to the mountains over...
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    Not a snow dump up north

    I noticed the school closure for Gorham/Berlin and wondered what you folks were dealing with, good luck today. We had a 2 hr delay and I was very doubtful that I would make it back up my driveway, surprisingly I did. I watched the storm till a bit after midnite as snow, and a peak gust of 20...
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    Lost Pond Mountain ADKs 12/23 - The blackest coal in a naughty stocking

    Bravo.... But I think you enjoyed it. Thanks for the great writing.
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    First snow of the season in Gorham NH

    On my to do list for today. Thank goodness it's been cold and the driveway froze up pretty well. Beefed up my plow so ready to cause some damage. Excited!
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    Hiker Rescue, Desolation Trail - "Frozen Feet"

    Before 11 am, I was headed to the SPNHF Ammonoosuc River Forest on Saturday morning to explore the old B&M rail grade in the southern block of the forest when I was passed by F5 heading west on Rte. 302. I thought it was Kevin Jordan, but turns out it was Bob Mancini (Kevin drives F3); I...
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    Stiff Straps

    I have had this problem. Figured it was all the salt from sweat and a good measure of forest debris dust. Ran them under soapy hot water while kneading the straps until they loosened some.
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    Mt Washington, Butterflies and Dandelions

    Right -On DayTrip! I keep about 3 acres open by mowing after the majority of the blooms are done in the fall (last week). I just can't bring myself to chop up so much life & beauty. Yes, all the bees, butterflies, and dragonflies....and the birds; but it even does wonders for the mammals. Bear...
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    Petition to change the name of Mt Washington

    I think it is good to try to look through a historical lens to realize none of us are probably perfect through human history when we assess the actions of others. If not for the valor and commitment to the great experiment exercised by Benedict Arnold, we might not have a United States today...
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    Mt Washington, Butterflies and Dandelions

    Leave it to The Cog to have secretly developed a solution to capture unwanted non-native debris from peoples shoe-soles before they step out onto the native soils. Step off the train onto the grating and the debris can be captured before reaching the soil; they probably need to patent it before...
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    Access to Monadnock, VT

    The Northern Forest Stewardship Center is probably the best source for all things hiking NEK, NorthWoods Home They still have the map available on the website with the route in discussion still shown, but in their recently published Northeast Kingdom Mountain Trail Guide (2022), they removed...
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    Big Changes in land management in far northern NH

    An update after a response from the new landowner. They do plan to continue some cutting; a 50% reduction is mentioned. May actually be better informed forest management in the future...
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    New Rail Trail Standish to Fryeburg Maine

    Well, since I already drifted this thread west, and bashed the Trails Bureau in my last post; I should complement them with the latest news regarding the trail on the old White Mountains branch of the B&M RR. Reported in the Caledonian Record earlier this week (State Planning Next Leg Of...
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