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Context I had in mind: - Fairly cold and windy weather. - Steep e.g. 15 - 30 degrees slope - Two feet of snow on the ground. - Depressed small trees or bushes I am pretty confident that I will be able to boil water in such conditions with Jetboil with winter gas canister. If it's too cold I...

@dave.m, how heavy is your twig stove? Have you actually tried using it under similar conditions? For the sake of emergency I have bough a Jetboil stove. It should be much easier to start it than a twig stove. However it's too heavy and too bulky. As a result I have not carried it with me on...

What is his second book? I am familiar only with his "Where you will find me" book about Kate Matrosova.

Would the current incident fall under "Accidents in North American Climbing"?

I am that person. My wife is laughing at me but I prefer being cold rather than sweating while moving.

Why do you expect them having rough time over a common sense decision? Each person on this hike made a decision based on his own abilities and risk tolerance. As a result two people decided to turn back and one person decided to go ahead. What would have happened had all three of them continued...

Allow me to put my common sense hat on. People have different understanding of what "a reasonable person" is. Let Fish and Game to judge this hiker and sue his estate.

People have different risk tolerance. We do not have any common standard to decide whether this hiker was negligent or not.

@NH211, how heavy is your day pack in this case?

Where was this Windows Spotlight image captured?

To me this article looks like a typical thought police post telling people how to feel, how to think and how to post. When dealing with such stories on social media, primarily I am trying to understand what went wrong in a particular situation, how would I behave in similar circumstances and...

I liked hiking Mt. Lafayette. At the same time I would not characterize my experience as solitude and tranquility. ;)

My fear was not warranted. On Monday August 22nd, 2022 at 6:15 AM this parking lot was about 5% full.

What is "Tram lot"? Is it this one? https://www.cannonmt.com/things-to-do/attractions/tram

OMG! And what about week days? When should I come to guarantee that I can park there?

According to https://urbanoutdoors.com/hiking-franconia-ridge-loop-trail-new-hampshire/: There’s a designated parking lot for the trail – the Old Bridle Path parking lot – that fills up quickly on weekends. If that lot is full when you arrive, there is additional overflow parking further north...

I will bring a printout and ask her. Her memory is rather good regardless of her being 91 y.o.

My neighbour yesterday told me how she skied "Headwall of the Tuckerman Ravine" in June of 1946. She made several stops on the way down regardless of the fact that she was “professional” skier (for three winters starting 1947 she worked as a ski instructor in Mount Tremblant). They camped closer...

"Try not! Do or do not do! There is no try" :)

These sleds seem too heavy to me. http://blog.emsoutdoors.com/hike-up-sled-down/ Isn't simple TSL Quicky lighter and better?