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Sunset for Friday, August 17, is 7:48 PM. If you were at Zeta Pass late Friday afternoon/evening, Mount Washington would be near due west and the Sun would set behind it, at elevation 6,288 ft., rather than sea level, where sunset is actually calculated. Can anyone here do the math and determine...

Want to get away? I've loved Bash Bish since I was a kid but the NY cops have ruined the swimming enjoyment. There are two other relatively nearby waterfalls with swimming holes where you are less likely to be bothered. Of course, I'm talking about behaving in a legal manner in a safe...

OK a response I made a post about smoking bans hurting business and Mike P. offered a rebuttal. That was fine and I was content to leave it at that. Papa Bear made a post about the ban not hurting NYC businesses and I feel I must counter that. I've met Papa Bear and read his posts about his...

If you think things are bad in the hospitality business now, wait until the smoking ban kicks in.

Duffy will be missed He was a big part of some of the best stories ever posted here. And he was active right up til near the very end. Great dog. So sorry for your loss.

It really is about some people making more people behave the way they want them to. There's a lot of that in America today.

How were the bugs? Thinking of being up there in two weeks. How bad were the bugs?

Blowing smoke I love this piece of gibberish: "The Wilderness resource is fragile and can be lost through the erosion of seemingly inconsequential decisions." So, a lumbering area, complete with sawmills and railroads, restored itself in less than a century into land that could qualify as...

But won't those trails disappear in about 10 years due to lack of maintenance, along with the Black Angel Trail and other important trails?

The pilot encountered weather that prevented visual observation and he was reduced to onboard, instrument-only access to his location. A commercial flight picked up his distress call as he was circling a hay field looking for a landing spot and informed Albany, where the insufficiently trained...

Simply put, it's the Public Enjoyment Reduction Act of 2006, less fun for fewer people while the tax bite remains the same or increases. Truly, how much did the public want this? Wasn't it really the USFS and a few activists who controlled the process? The best part was the radicals, those who...

They might have something to help you at Bon Secours. But don't, thanks to you I learned something today.

Grandfather's Old Axe While it is not the same ax physically, it remains the same ax emotionally. Great catch, Pamola. The question is whether JOD stumbled into this or set us up? Are we crossing the same river twice?

My answer is the same as TEO's -- my 1972 WMG, although it's not reliably accurate anymore due to trail closings and relocations and regulations changes. I would have said my small hatchet that I've had since Scouting in the late 1950s. Very good for cutting up wood for campfires, clearing brush...

Book lovers Books by Steve Smith, the writer of the current WMG, like "Wandering Through the White Mountains" have lengthy descriptions of hikes he took while learning or just enjoying the trails. Between the end of the hike and the post-hike beer, his Mountain Wanderer bookstore near the end...

David, don't be so modest Isn't this site the best resource on White Mountain shelters: http://hikethewhites.com/shelters.html

Gem Pool? Am I correct in thinking that it is against the rules to wade in the Gem Pool on the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail?

I read both but for whatever reason, and it's probably not the split, it doesn't seem like there are as many new threads (combined) and so I'm frequently disappointed when there's nothing new to read. I read a lot of different hiker forums but this was the one I liked the best. Now, old stuff...

Bad marketing Jay H's For Sale ad for his fraying tent with the ripped guywire, thread-stripped pole and disintegrating tote sack with the missing carrying strap that has been to hell and back is the worst piece of marketing since: "Used three-legged, one-eyed dog, answers to the name 'Lucky'."

Perhaps Stinkyfeet could scan a copy of that easement and post a link. Then we could send a copy to Mr. Neely for further assessment of the situation. And another copy to a lawyer. The first time I saw this discussion, about three years ago, the patient ones held sway then as now, but the...