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We already have plans for that weekend. :( How about March 29-30, unless the snow is crap. I know this isn't officia winter but it might still be winter conditions.

Hey, I don't even know how this "conversation" thing works but here goes . . . I would love to get a hike together sometime soon. Winter weekends are pretty well filled up but maybe the first weekend of spring? We can let her pick her hike of choice or Tecumseh sounds great.

Date of Hike: 2/7/09 Trail Conditions: Packed Snow that was easy to hike on. We wore snowshoes the entire way but others were successfully barebooting with only an occasional posthole. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes . . . no traction devices were needed, some ice at the summit could be...

The article does not come up when I click the link? :( Anyone else not able to see it or is it just me? sli74

The bugs in Baxter were terrible at the end of June in 2002 but not bad at all in September. :) sli74

very nice to meet you too . . . catch you on the trails sometime soon. Hope the skiing was GREAT on Sunday.

I second everything Jen said. Thank you VERY much Harry for posting this on VFTT. The course was a lot of fun and super informative. Aaron was such a great instructor. I am looking forward to taking a WFR course sometime in the next couple of years. sli74

I just thought people might like to know that REI's super clearance where you get 50% off items ending in $0.83 has been pushed to January this year. It began today and goes for a week I think. Online the prices are already reduced but in the stores it is taken off at the register. I got...

Haha . . . that's great !!!! I went 18 days without a real shower (just bandana bathing), so I can relate. My 2008 was GREAT !!!! Thru-hiked the AT from GA to ME Married the love of my life So, this year will be hard to beat. :D sli74

Oh no Hamtero, I am sorry Snow Cup eluded the group again but am a little selfishly happy cause I get to join in the fun next year. What did you guys end up hiking? MJ, Dani scouted Kennebago River Road and was able to drive all the way to the last gate, so maybe the bridge is fixed or she...

There is a group who should have done this today. They will be home Wednesday and should respond. From what I knew when I left Maine yesterday, atleast the River Rd was plowed to the last gate. Making the ski into Cup Snow about 7 to 9 miles. They were getting beta on Tim Pond Rd Sunday...

For me it depends on what I am looking to get out of that particular report. Am I using it for beta for an upcoming hike, for inspiration or to find out what friends have been up to, etc, etc. But in general, Is it one that includes detailed information? YES, particularly if I am going on a...

BARFIGHT !!!!! Is that you? Hey, it is such a small world . . . you apparently work at the same place as one of my closest friends who is also on VFTT. She called me the day you two met at orientation and even before she could say anything . . . I think she said "Boy, do I have something to...

That is the current "eternal question" :D I am not Stinkyfeet but she may agree? Wish I were independently wealthy or atleast didn't have the rest of my "real life" coming at me fast cause I would be on the PCT next. Long Distance hiking rules !!!!

A couple of thoughts on gear: I read somewhere, I think in the Thruhikers Handbook, that if you ask 2 thruhikers their opinion on gear you will get 3 different answers, so all the following advice is just one woman's opinion and he should make choices that are best for him. We were hardly...

A note on experience: I was floored by the number of people on the trail who had NEVER backpacked before. I thought something like thruhiking the AT would begin as weekend trips and grow to be a passion because that is how it happened for me but not so . . . I also found that there was little...

I haven't read the rest of the replies so this is likely redundant but here goes: Read Whiteblaze and Trailjournals. Both these websites have more information than he will ever need and it was so exciting to read and get energized before the hike. As far as books to carry on the trail, I...

I carried an mp3 player for my time on the AT. I had it the entire time and I think I listened to it when I was having a rough day and it helped lift my spirits. I must have used it during a few hours of each of about a dozen days during the entire 6 months. I see nothing wrong with carrying...

Thank you to all my VFTT friends for the congrats and the green squares and the emails and phone calls. You guys are all so great and I am happy and lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life. I want to post a special thank you to Jen (Toe Cozy) for driving us and Bound to Portland, for...

we will summit saturday starting between 5 and 7 am and moving slow. Katie, maybe we will see you? Jen and adrian, we will see you tomorrow.