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"How do you know he's a king?" "He hasn't got sh*t all over him."

Nah...the EMS in LP is miniscule compared with Mecca on the White Mountain Highway. ;) (We always make sure to genuflect as we drive by en route to Pinkham/Crawford/etc. :D)

Well it was either the quote I used or "To the pain!" but I figured that might be a touch depressing...

Dude, knowing you and given the thread title, I was expecting the discussion to be about "clear and copious" and separation breaks. ;) Haven't worked my way into the flow whilst hiking, but have gotten into the zone a couple times on trail runs. It's cool when it happens, but I don't expect...

Still planning on coming. Hoping to get the kids up Giant/RPR on Saturday. What time is check-in on Friday?

Hey Karen! Hope you're doing well. Are we training for an ultra, perhaps...? ;) Like Tom, I've only run in the ADKs (and it was only a couple times), but I have a similar take: yes on headlamp, rain shell and water and no on the first aid kit. Speaking of headlamps, I actually wear one when...

Why do you think some of us are so eager to get *out* of CT suburbia? :rolleyes::eek:;)

I have the previous-generation Adventure Medical Thermal Bivy that I usually keep in my pack. At 8 oz., it's not bad, but I like the look of that sub-4 oz. Emergency Bivy. What was your reason for switching to the Blizzard bag, which looks to be almost 14 oz.? (Not that weight is...

Soylent Green Shot Bloks ;) (You're welcome, Neil...)

Yo, Dogg...have a happy one! (Take the Clubby out for a birthday spin, why don'cha... ;))

Go easy -- all the running BBS and articles I've read say to start with short outings and build up slowly, to avoid injury and allow your feet to build up the necessary muscle, tendon and ligament strength necessary for minimalist/barefoot running. The general rule of thumb is to take your...

Not that there's anything wrong with that! ;) Nice pics. Looks like a decent amount of exposure on some of the more challenging courses.

+1 on the FlipHD. It worked great for me on Rainier last summer, as well as hiking/climbing/ice climbing locally. As nartreb notes, Cisco isn't making them anymore, but they're stupid easy to use. (The girls could probably shoot some stuff with the Flip -- I know my kids have had fun with...

Really...? I'd be wary of what you'd reel in! ;)

Yes, and if the phone doesn't hit a cell (as is the case in much of the High Peaks region) it keeps pinging away repeatedly, trying to find a tower, draining the battery even though the phone's owner hasn't made or received a single call! Ask me how I know this... :rolleyes:

Nice job, Dave! (Is the rumor true that they serve Sam Adams at the finish...?) :D

Holy underwear!! So much for backcountry solitude... :eek: So what you're effectively saying, Court, is that you're only 1/3 as weird as Jim...? ;)

^^^This is also how my hiking partners have described me, at various points... :eek: Sadly, I don't do enough ADK hiking to purchase my own bear cannister, so we just rent whatever they have at The Mountaineer.

^^^This iz korrekt!! I've found good success using a couple bungie cords to lash down the Tubbs, using an "X" formation. My current packs are from CiloGear, which gives me a lot of lash points, but the bungie-X worked well on my Marmot and EMS packs, as well.

I didn't follow the link to the article, but I-131 has a half-life of 8 days, so by the time next winter rolls round, I think you'd be pretty safe there, Dr. Strangelove... ;)