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I like to say I am the right guy in the wrong time. Oh what I would give to spend just a week back in the pre 1900's! To walk Indian trails into the REAL wilderness of the White Mountains, or work a small farm in the old Indian Stream Republic....now THAT would be fun!

Tiger maple makes for some gorgeous stocks! I used to subscribe to the International Blackpowder Hunters Association and I used to love seeing all the wonderful custom rifles built by many "mom and pop" family run companies. And those with the tiger maple sure made the best looking ones. It...

April is for hiking in MA and Southern NH! My traditional "Monorail avoidance" month. Alas that is why I will never do the grid....spring 4K hiking. :D OK, I am lying, there are way more important reason why I would never do the grid.....mostly along the lines of Stev-O's. If someone told me...

Your gear is quite intriguing. Being a gun guy (and one who occasionally enjoys the smell of burnt Goex clouds expelled from a smokepole :D ) I would love to hear more about the .62 Queen Anne. Clearly it is not an original (I would imagine an original would be of a value way too high to be...

REAL hikers Grid the Trailwright 72 (with the x12 on the 72 hours of trailwork as well) :p Brian

Will, I too have had the tabs shred, though it seems to have no effect on the use of the gaiter, though I would rather the snap. But yeah, the old style IMHO were far superior to the new design. Wish they had not tampered with what worked so well. Guess I will se what OR has to say when they...

I have owned two pairs since 2006. The first pair I loved because of the replaceable lace with the grommet set up. I had to replace them when a snap broke and the Velcro started to come apart a bit. Still usable, but needing replacement. So I bought a new pair a couple years ago, the new...

P.S. I would also note that he mentions VFTT in his book as well as some members here (like Kevin of KJ&E, Cath Goodwin, Woody and Chinooktrail)

Already read it, and can say I was quire pleased. But then again I am biased. I know Tom and Atti (well, I would not presume to say in a very friendly way, but we have in the past exchanged a number of cordial messages as well we occasionally run into the two on the trails) and think very...

It is small money for a very reliable tool! I had left it in a stuff sack that must have been damp. When I pulled it out it had a little bit of green corrosion on it. I thought "Hmmm, is this OK or bad?" One scrape, green stuff coms off. Second scrape the thing spit the usual waterfall of...

I have messed around with a bunch of different fire starter ideas. I finally settled on a Firesteel.com Gobspark which is made and sold by a guy here in New Hampshire. I LOVE this thing. It shoots nice hot sparks in large quantity, and when combined with Vaseline soaked cotton balls you are...

A friend was on it a couple weeks ago and said it was in rough shape. They had not started working on it yet at that time (I believe he said) and honestly I think it is a low priority as they are still trying to sort out all the other roads. I gather from what he described to me that if you...

My friend Mike (Salty) was telling me today about reading this TR. Brought back some (not so fond) memories of when we did Savage. We stood on the summit when we heard this rumble. We hoped it was an 18 wheeler or plane to our South. Nope. Big thunderstorm moved in right on top of us, and...

Pin Pin White lives!!!!!!! :D Brian

Personally I would run around in circles frantically screaming like a little girl before wetting myself.... ....that or I would just walk back down the way I had come. But bushwhackers are never lost...just temporarily not where they think they are. :D Brian

Booooo hissssss boooooo. :D Brian

A while ago I saw the documentary Gas Land. Now, while I know to take documentary movies for what they are, a film from the point of view of the person making it (thus it has their bias to it), but it was tough to argue when he had video from multiple homes across the entire country who's...

I found what I think is a little gem here!!!!!! I found this article on the 238th: http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/01/012010-Medevac.aspx Note the tail number of the helicopter being serviced in the picture! Brian

I guess if we are going to wax philosophical I will add my memories to this as well.... I came into the event in 2006. I had only started hiking in 2005, and due to a number of excuses I could not join Jim that year on Moosilauke after he invited me. It was a bit of an honor considering I had...

Yes, the NHANG are the ones they call when rescue assistance is needed. They are based out of Concord airport, so I don't know what kind of flight time it takes to reach the Whites, but I would bet it is much less than us normal folks in our cars in the highway (though they don't have to worry...