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This game is a direct steal from a photography website. The rules are simple: The first person says "The photo below mine is from Wyoming" or "The photo below mine is ice climbing" or "The photo below mine is a muddy trail" or anything at all that's hiking related. The second person then has...

A+ as usual. So many good shots, but photos 18 and 29 are my favorites.

Long solo days can be a blast. A few summers ago, I performed the following act of whipless chainless Rated-G masochism: -worked all day. -went home and grabbed my stuff. -drove four hours to the Whites. -did NOT, I repeat, did NOT sleep in my car in the Lincoln Woods parking lot from midnight...

Xylem....lots and lots of xylem

I think we did this about a year or two ago. The game is simple. First person posts a photo that "begins" with the letter "A". Next person posts a B photo, etc. Tell us something about the photo...not just "this is Mt Eisenhower". Tell us something interesting about the hike or some small...

Besides the Lincoln/Lafayette summit/ridgeline area, are there any places in the Whites from which a hiker (not a pilot) can see two AMC huts?

Photo taken from southern Rhode Island at 10:46pm. Used a 200mm lens on a tripod.....heavy cropping softened the image. Lucked out with perfect weather. Same photo without crop:

I'll preface this by saying I'm wrong a lot, and I mean A LOT. But I took Tuck's comment (Post 9 above) to mean he packs OTHER PEOPLE'S trash out, but not their toilet paper. And this is to the dog owners. On hikes, do you bury your dog's poop, or pick it up, or neither?

Great post. Well said. I saw the trailer and cringed. I have a mental list of good books that got turned into awful movies. Tops on that list are "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe, and "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. Pretty sure this movie will earn a top ten spot on my list. Full...

"Are you a shoe lace?" "No, I'm a frayed knot."

Forecast for Sunday August 16th looked great. Decided to explore the Lincoln Slide. Went up OBP to enjoy the great views from Lafayette and then Lincoln. Then dropped off the ridge onto the slide. Went down the north fork of the slide, then cut over to one of the center slides. Went to the...

Did it rain today (7/26) in the Franconia Ridge / Western Pemi area?

Question for anyone who has descended the Sphinx Trail since Hurrincane Irene: Are there any places where it's "easy" to lose the trail? I tend to daydream when I hike and I can wander off a lightly maintained trail like a champ. Thanks.

Well....not exactly. Here are three. And the Loon ski lift might be another, but I'm not sure, as I don't spend too much time looking southwest when on Bondcliff. I do agree with the spirit of your comment.

I would step outside the cables from time to time either to take photos, or just to sit and prolong the experience. There were some nice horizontal crevasses along the way which provided comfortable and safe places to sit outside the cables. I did see a few people on leashes, and I was happy...

Recently spent some time in Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. First stop, Yosemite. Did a hike to Half Dome. Permit required, as they allow 300 people max per day on the summit. The final 400 feet of elevation involves the cables. I started the hike early and got to the cables before the...

Wow. I read your whole report, and the entire time I was thinking "Did she lose a bet?". The thought of someone from Vermont (or NH?) coming to Rhode Island to go backpacking is like someone from Aruba travelling to Brooklyn for the beaches. And I think my fellow RI hiking brethren (and...

Just curious...what single mile of the AT was harder for you with a full pack than Mahoosuc Notch? Thanks.

Great info and websites. Thanks for the help.