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The real Answer This is copied from this weeks "Nooks and Crannies" column in "The Mountain Ear" by Steve Smith. He talkes about trail maintanance and the big jobs in and around the whites. Up on the Southern Presidentials, wood has been helicoptered in for use on an erosion control project...

Stay Left Heading South If they do this year, what they did last year on 93 south, your best bet heading south is stay in the left lane. The DOT closes some exits, and lanes. Even when the sign advises you to stay in either lane for "thru" traffic, stay to the left (unless you need to exit...

VFTT Tees ? I'm always looking for a new tee shirt!!!!! :D :D :D Happy Hiking....Walker

Check out this WMNF news release. http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/white_mountain/rumney.pdf Happy Hiking....Walker

ICE Info on Phones I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) numbers in your phone are for rescue personal (fire/EMT,Police, hospital) can get in contact with a spouse of family member...NOT 911. Think about it, your 200 miles from your home town, found unconscious, transported to the hospital. They...

First hike after..... After everything happened with me and I waited my allotted period of time (imposed by my wife :eek: , not my doctor), I planned my first 4k hike to go past an AMC hut (Kinsman from Lafayette Camp Grounds via Lonesome Lake). That way if I thought I was in any trouble, I...

Pharmaceuticals, The Breakfast of Champions I've been hiking (solo) with my share of ace inhibitors, beta-blockers, blood thinners and anticoagulants running through me (all at the same time) for some time now. I have to push myself a little harder. Getting up in the middle of the night for...

Zealand road number Nope...The AMC Guide ID's Zealand Road as Forest Raod # 16. See you on the long brown path....Walker

I recently noticed the sign at the trailhead of Zealand Trail has the number "397" after the name of the trail. What's up with the number????? :confused: Trailhead Sign See you on the long brown path....Walker

Very Comprehensive Article on Ticks / Lyme Heres' a link to the magazine " Northern Woodlands" with an article about Ticks. It's title is appropriate for this link...It's "Tale of the Tick: How Lyme Disease is Expanding Northward". Maybe just a little too comprehensive :eek: Tale of the...

Land of Many Uses Welcome aboard...You might have stumbled upon a future logging site. Yes, I know that "logging" a bad word in the hiking/backpacking communities, but you have to remember...The White Mountain National Forest is a "Multi-Use" arrangement. Those words "Land of Many Uses" are...

The Boston Globe ran a very good Op/Ed article on SAR in the White Mountain National Forest. Basicly, there's a State bill being sponsered to change the wording of the law on the books, from "acting recklessly" to "act negligently" Here's the link Boston Globe "At Rick in the Whites" I found...

For the first time in many years the diesel generator(s) atop Mt. Washington have been shut off. Can you hear the silence? Short clip on the turn over from gen power to "Valley Power" Just a little FYI WalkSafe...Walker

Would I help a stranger on the trail? YES!! I'm surprised you don't think more hikers would do what NH_Mtn_Hiker did. We (hikers, trailwalkers, bushwhackers, backpackers, Ect.) are a small group of individuals, doing what we love to do, in a environment we love, surrounded by the sights...

Learn! I started this thread, not for the ghoulish nature of the accident, but for the reason behind what happened. Yes, my thoughts do go out to the family and friends. But more importantly, we must learn from this accident. Always check your environment. You can't let your guard down...

Hiker Dies in Freak Accident "ALBANY, N.H. -- A newlywed from Massachusetts dies when a log rolls over her in New Hampshire. A spokesman for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says" Hit link to read the rest of the story. WOW Any time...Any place, I guess. :( There but for the grace...

Sorry Steve I bought mine thru that evil website of shameful commerce for the AMC. Also known as the AMC Website. :D I recieved it about 2 weeks ago. Almost through with it. The only problem I have with the book is I read every little thing on every page. There's alot of background...

This SAR Highlighted in Dec-07 Backpacker This SAR is included in a article entitled "Panic" and deals with hikers doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. Good article. The outdors didn't kill them, they killed themselves (when they panicked). HikeSafe....Walker

Smile Things (in the mountains) that make me smile; .....Getting hit by a crisp wind when you hit the ridge line .....The smell of the woods when its raining .....The trail when its raining .....Snow making its way down my back after falling off the trees on a early sunny winter morning...

Marking a Herd Path??? OK...A "herd path" is a path, very well warn path into the mountain side, making it very easy to follow. :eek: Why would you need to blaze a herd path. A herd path is easy to follow. Am I missing something. :confused: I climbed Owls Head last month (a very nice hike...