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I've not heard a Lynx, but several times a bobcat in the Adirondacks. But nothing like my first experience. My dad shot a deer in his usual fairly remote hunting spot deep in the woods. Late in the day, he came home to pick up my mother to help drag the deer out. My job, at age 8 or 10 as I...

I was part of an outing club at my university many years ago. We specialized, almost exclusively, on exploring caves and caverns in the hollow Karst landscape of east central NY state. I feel that we did everything pretty much "by the book" as far as training and safety were concerned, if you...

Burritos. Fresh tortillas, dehydrated salsa, dehydrated refried beans (very easy to dehydrate from cans and will rehydrate perfectly to original condition), dehydrated cooked ground beef (cooked with taco seasoning), A freshly chopped onion and grated cheese (both easy to carry fresh)...

I found a great calorie and flavor enhancement recipe to tomato sauce. Puree a large jar or two of sauce with a can of kidney beans and onions and peppers. You can either dehydrate it separately, or go ahead and pour it over cooked pasta snd dehydrate the whole business together. Tasty and...

No need to pre-thaw. But I do tend to freeze my fingers by breaking them into smaller pieces before placing on the dehydrator tray. A caution, be careful when setting a high temperature on a dehydrator. A thermostat is handy to have but you do not want to cook some food more than it is already...

One of my favorite breakfast meals is dehydrated hash browns with gravy. I get frozen hash browns in packages of 20 from Aldis or Walmart. Kind of like the HB you get from McDonalds, but less greasy. Break them up frozen, dehydrate then break into dry crumbs and package. A small amount...

When I paddled the Yukon 1000 mile canoe race, we (my voyageur canoe team of 7 people), following the race rules had to be totally self-sufficient from the start to the finish. The first running of the race required 20kg (44 pounds!) of food on board per person. Weight of water to make...

Get a dehydrator and you can have a huge variety of camping meals that you cook at home just the way you like.

Here are just two relevant incidents from the NYSDEC ranger reports of the past week: Town of North Elba Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On May 17 at 5:45 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a request for assistance for a 33-year-old male from Saranac Lake who became separated from his...

That would be the Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation located near (not on) the north end of Brant Lake. Yea we do train "Voyageur" high adventure guides for CSR and other camps. We do not have any control over the typical weekend scout outing. Wilderness treks from resident summer camps are...

Mike, One would think and hope that overall the official or designated "leader" is the most important person in a hiking group. That is certainly only true if he or she is fully aware of all that is going on and uses appropriate planning and real-time judgement as the leader. Training and...

If I am not leading or instructing and monitoring a student crew, I am very uncomfortable doing nothing by blindly following in a train of footsteps. I must at least monitor navigation with map and compass, as that is kind of my thing. I would hope the leader would take a moment from time to...

You don't have to focus on the High Peaks to get climbs in the wilderness with great views. There are 3 million publicly accessible acres in the Adirondacks (half of the total park) and the high peaks are only a very small and highly over crowded sliver of the whole. These photos are from a...

The Adirondacks are extensive. Do you have an idea of what area you might like to try? I am not familiar with the Whites, but I am sure you can find something you will like in the Adirondacks. I can highly recommend a series of guide books, Discover the Adirondacks, now by Bill ingersoll. They...

During a guide training/evaluation session that I instruct, I will often ask a random group member, who may or may not at the moment be acting as the designated trek leader, questions such as: "where are we now? When will we reach our destination? Are there obstacles between here and there to...

I think I covered that within my post. Pre trip planning and awareness.

In 25 years of being on SAR teams, half of them as a crew boss, I never recall being called on an extended SAR incident in which more than a single subject was involved. DEC rangers sometimes are called out for wilderness confused groups involving more than one person (always quickly resolved)...

What difference does that make? When you head out on a trek, you are responsible to know what you are getting yourself into, wilderness or not, snow conditions, navigation, terrain and elevation changes, water hazards, weather, trails or lack of, emergency procedures and exits, all of it. If...

Real guides, at least the ones I know who are trained and licensed here in NY, are trained to never break up a group, especially to not let one person to leave on their own. The leader should have surveyed each trip member for gear and preparedness before setting out on the trek. No one goes...

I have two pair of Limmers. Best most comfortable boots I have ever worn. I keep them well treated with Limmer Grease, and they have never leaked. I do a lot of off trail rough ground often wet bushwack travel, and I need the protection and support of a sturdy leather boot, so sneaker-like...