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That's just what I was thinking! But I was just there, with a freshly (05/27) trimmed-up knee making an inaugural hike up the Valley Way to the (aptly named) Scar Loop..., and was hankering for Adams via King Ravine and down Airline. This is at the top of my local to-do list there, and should...

Bad Example While the larger (tangential) argument may have merit (not that it does), this part doesn't help make it: it is the AMC's privilege to be on those trails, which the hiking community owns. The AMC may make no ownership claim whatsoever (at least in my heart) with regard to trails...

Get the ride? I hope so, but I would add that hitch-hiking near WMNF trail-heads is unlike hitching anywhere else: different dynamics, different security issues, different cultural norms. That said, it's an awfully long haul from Crawford Notch back around to the top, so I hope someone...

Summits in 90 Minutes? In that neighborhood, you're looking for the mouse that roared! How about Pine Mountain, off of the Pinkham "B" road (Dolly Copp area)? It caps the northern Pressies to the north, and might fit your time constraints. "Stock Farm" Mountain? Mount Hastings? Caribou...

Howe Caverns: do some hiking underground. There's also a lot of really amazing roadside geology out there, with glacial valleys as evident as could be. Cherry Valley and the Cats are close. Also, parts of I-88 are in the uppermost reaches of the Chesapeake watershed; interesting terrain...

It should be said... Rocky Branch may be wet (dunno), but I did the Boott Spur Trail up to Lakes-of-the-Clouds and back down Glen Boulder: all of it is pretty much bone dry. If the hut is open (allll the way across the lawn), there's water there, but otherwise, you'll have to carry what you...

It's been a while (like about 25 years), but I believe BSP has lots of rules you need to be aware of. The one that mattered to us, as we got there, was that they have gates that they closed at cut-off times (back then, 8:30pm, iirc). As it happened, we arrived 30 seconds early, but... good to...

Good luck, that one's on my "theoretical" list, maybe get there some day! Looking forward to how it works out, --Mike.

Yes, it's playing with fire, but, with care, was an effective component. It was also used in conjunction with a calf-lift exercise (going from a stretch to full extension on tip-toes) as a strengthener. For this, he used a step short enough to back-stop the stretch. It was among the more...

Clearly, you tolerate some aspects very well, others, not as much. Sounds like you're already in the ballpark. Maybe a good icing routine, along with a stretching routine (and, if it were me, an ongoing nsaid regimen) would be helpful. It sounds like your aerobic fitness surpasses your...

I've just had my knee 'trimmed up' and preceded it with an attempted physical therapy rehab (which was insufficient, so we went ahead with the cutting). I learned a TON in pt about stretching and icing, both debunking myths and learning proper techniques (and why things work). My guess is you...

Thanks! --Mike.

Here's one way of looking at it: You see, Billy (imagine I'm Robert Loggia), the whole Ayn Rand thread is that da gubb'mint is a living, breathing, entity unto itself. It's kinda like the old Star Trek episode where Kirk and Spock meet a 'thing' in a subterranean cave which consumes hate...

Snaps for you, Spencer, right on. This is an education -- not enforcement -- issue. The big gub'mint is not the essence here. I ain't no fan of nanny, but I'd really like to see what the forests would have looked like with elm and chestnut in them. We have a problem here that could mean an...

Have you tried asking bookstore proprietors in the area?

I did this hike several years ago from the NNE (no map or recollection for the trail name, but there was indeed private property and a bit of a road-walk ). I mention it because I just happened to happen upon a guided tour by a Williams College professor and a forest ranger who discussed the...

Really? Huh..., wow! You must have some knees. Enviable. Congratulations, sir, great job! --Mike.

Great stuff! Ditto on a lot, including the Boy Scout Handbook, although I haven't read one since the 70's. Heard this from a certain someone at The Wanderer: If the weather doesn't match your itinerary on game day, you don't have to go home, just go somewhere safe enough for the weather (i.e...

Thank you!