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2 rescues. Guess which news release this quote is from: "Authorities want to remind all outdoor enthusiasts that there are strength in numbers, especially when it comes to situations in the backcountry,” the news release said. " Hint: It probably isn't something you say after rescuing a group...

Agreed - that would be a super-helpful. The reflective discs used for the NPT in the ADK, for example, make night travel much easier and safer.

If you have mild Osteoarthritis but otherwise relatively healthy cartilage and no bone-on-bone contact, your condition may benefit from viscosupplementation. I started having some pretty limiting pain issues with running earlier this spring that is much improved after getting a series of these...

It's a shame these kinds of articles inevitably over-emphasize the risks and dangers involved, but it seems to be the template for any article or book on the Whites: to start out with a scary lead then work your way back to the part about 64 year old grandmothers engaging in it. :)

Another question to ponder: How many rescues have been carried out specifically due to something that was not carried vs. navigational errors, injury, etc. (The obvious one being the a light source!) EDIT: I almost think there should be a separate category for the "I don't need a light" crowd...

I pretty much put a different pack together for every hike, depending on my familiarity with the hike, the weather, etc. Usually about 18-25 lbs before camera gear. If I am just getting a quick run up something like Camel's Hump on a nice day, I won't be carrying much more than a light shell, a...

Thanks everyone! Chris, I think Kevin had it right as to where the falls are located, after all the stream crossings are behind you, breaking out of the treeline.

Great images everyone - always such a great variety! This year's theme is Midnight Mountain Madness. Milky Way and Upper Ammonoosuc Falls Castle Ridge By Moonlight Close Encounters On Sunset Ridge Descending Mount Madison in Pre-dawn Light Mount Washington in Pre-dawn Light On...

Down is great when it's dry. I almost always bring a big puffy one for the summit area or doing photography. Related to this: Patagonia has developed a water-hating down: It's a very expensive and limited technology at the moment, but I hope this will lead to similar lower cost versions down...

Bushwhackers and soloists, take note. Bushwhacking Soloists may bow their head in shame now. REPENT!

Wednesday evening, while I was doing some night photography on the summit of Camels Hump, a large passenger jet on it's landing approach to Burlington suddenly appeared and swooped by the summit, where I was already standing taking long exposures - there were waves of fog zooming over the...

Gnarly! I love that mountain. The chimney must have been extra exciting with all that ice.

GripStuds If you like to roll your own traction, you can hot-rod a designated pair of winter boots with GripStuds, which screw into the bottom of your soles using a special tool - they have tungsten carbide tips which are very durable. Advantages over microspikes are no squirming or breakage...

The other thing about the Lightnings that I do not like at all is their "cookie cutter" nature when walking downhill - I find it's much more tiring and hard on the knees than shoes that allow a little slippage. I am a big fan of Northern Lites snowshoes for their super light weight and...

One of my favorite things to do years ago when doing ice climbs in Huntington was to drag our plastic sleds up to the the junction with the fire road, stash them, do our climb and come down Lion's Head, then jump in the sleds for a very quick trip down Tucks. About 6 minutes if I remember right...

Almost forgot. If you are going to give someone a trailside lecture, it's more convincing if you wear one of these, while barking "You will respect my AUTHORITAH!":

....which applies ONLY to the High Peaks region, BTW. And even that has been successfully challenged. There is a special hell for people who harass bare booters who are walking frozen trails, especially if you wear a funny hat ;) Richard Dawkins coined the word "dundridge", which fits quite...

Jeepers. If this is the kind of thread we get with a mere dusting of snow, it's going to be a long winter. Everyone knows only d-bags don't yield for uphill hikers. ;)

New Hampshire is certainly not Colorado, and their program is designed differently, but if the success of their voluntary CORSAR program is any guide, I would hope that a program administered in a similar fashion in NH would do well. Here is a snippet from the COSAR Annual Report, which has...

Oh yes...I was more talking hypotheticals. I think the bad publicity and optics were simply too much for them, claims to the contrary aside. :)