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FN, I'm curious as to why you touched an animal that you identified as having "wasting disease?" In humans, the wasting disease is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. Scientists aren't certain how the "prion" is transmitted from one...

Is that what does it? I had three knee surgeries before I was 27, the last leaving me with reduced range of motion and plenty of pain. I was working with an Italian guy who advocated olive oil like the father in My Big Fat Greek Wedding advocated Windex. There was no doubt in my mind that...

There is excellent advice in here. I disagree a bit with one person who took the time to help you and that is Davehiker. Dave and Red, some fears of the woods can come from the woods around developed areas. In cities and in the suburbs, the woods are often populated and controlled by the...

Cantdog is named for an historical artifact. Boy, I wonder how many people today know what a cant dog is? After SherpaK mentioned it, I had to look it up. A pole with a metal tip and metal hook near the end to move logs around. Also known as a peavey. Does this mean cantdog gets "peavish" now...

Check out this website for an explanation of why we wear fluorescent orange. It's the deer that are color-blind. http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/sportsed/safety.html

Spiders are particularly frantic in autumn as each approaches the end of its life-cycle. Webs to be strung, mates to be found, eggs to be laid and hidden. Then, frost and death. They sense it coming.

How did you get that price? Continental wants $1770.60 for the roundtrip.

It seems like only a short time ago that we were all so worried about you. Now, you've done something only a small number have done. It's quite an accomplishment. You're a good writer. I really enjoyed the report. It was definitely worth the time it took to read the whole report, if only for...

What other North Country rivers have boom piers? I know about the ones at Seven Mile Island in the Kennebec near Augusta. If memory serves, there are also boom piers on the Kennebec above Madison, Me.

You're right. They are good writers. Go to Amazon.com, type in the title and click to see inside the book. The introduction hooks you right away.

I once did an AT section hike in southern Pennsylvania in which I drank all the water I had carried because there was a stream crossing just before the shelter I planned to stay in. When I got to the stream, there was a relatively new sign warning of water pollution. Do not drink the water even...

Thank you Wu That is indeed the map. Thanks for posting it. As you can see, the easterly road, which is now connected to the Gale River Loop Road, is the same as now but that spur seems to have gone further south than the present connecting loop road. So, parts of that spur road must be in the...

RoySwkr was kind enough to send me a copy of a 1941 WMNF map earlier this year when we were discussing Hawthorne Falls hikes. On this map, there is no road linking the current Gale River Trailhead and the Garfield Trailhead. However, there is/was a road off Route 3 that runs east of the North...

It sometimes gets pointed out on this web site that the WMNF contains several areas with different designations. The Pemigewasset is a Wilderness, so Wilderness rules apply. Some of us who predate the Wilderness designation are not thrilled about every bit of destruction of the work of prior...

This might be a good place to mention that many people have a mild to not-so-mild allergic reaction to mushrooms. Watch for symptons of stuffiness or itching 15 minutes to an hour after eating foods with mushrooms. Many people eat mushrooms and don't make the connection. This is particularly...

Given the negative effect of bleach on fabric treatments, direct sunlight is probably the only thing that might be effective while not destroying the tent. Might be effective. Set up the tent in sunlight, take it down, turn it inside out, expose again to sunlight.

Condensing thread to a sentence Nice job, Periwinkle. Your gift of concision brought the whole thread down to a single sentence: "Call me a tree hugger, but it bothers me that permanent damage would be done trees along the Owl's Head Path by scrapping off blazes, amongst other seemingly heavy...

Yo, ExploreTheEast It would seem likely that more people have been shot beneath spinning disco balls than by hunters in the woods.

JohnL is right, of course. As coroners say, the poison is in the dosage. I was just trying to inject a bit of humor in the face of a very disappointing diagnosis and course of treatment. Whistling past the graveyard and trying to look on the bright side of life.