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great post dude, i passed it along to a few friends. the ending got to me, wasn't expecting that. thanks again.

how about we go for three...lucky number! that's what i do if i know there will not be any water sources, except i'll have pemixed gatoraid and water in a light bottle (no nalgene)! gatoraid is good, but sometimes you just want water for drinking/cooking/etc. i always carry powdered mix, i like...

paddling, stillettos, gullies, ice, snow, canadian comedians, beer, fires, toilet seats and wicker...or was that liquor...or was that both!?!?!? hey, i wasn't there, nor did i hike up boot spur that weekend! not sure who y'all met calling themselves the starchild. but y'all seem like great...

the colder it is the more sketchy it works. mine was flaring up, acting crazy and never brought water to a full boil at -4. we were able to cook and eat, but i have only taken my simmerlight out in winter since then. actually, it was prolly more like 5 cuz we used it for dinner.

wow! i haven't been around these parts much lately. there's a lot is going on here and in the mountains. late snow, great skiing, engagements, the mountains have everything! its great to hear such great news! congratulations! that whole story is completely ridiculously sweet. i'm super happy...

what i meant was if someone was up there stuck/dying/trapped in a brutal storm, unable to be rescued...what is more important; the gear and knowledge to survive until help comes, or a working beacon that pinpoints the location of a dead body? i totally agree with your next post and ironically...

i think requiring all climbers to pass a test or take a class would be a much better idea (think katadin in winter.) if the conditions are too bad for rescue a beacon, it is pretty useless, but knowledge and training would still be very valuable. i can't listen to the audio here at work, but in...

yes! yes! yes! hiking over the wilcats kicks your butt but its a super fun trail! and the rainbow trail is really sweet. we descended it after carterdome and hight and loved it, saw sunset through the birch glades and returned to the hut after dark. climbing aroung the ramparts is like being a...

another option is to just drink the water. go for it!! there's so much snow melting and run-off i would feel very comfortable drinking it straight, though heating it up would certainly be nice and it'd keep warm for a long time in a bottle coozy.

no such thing!!!! two weekends ago, hiking pass the ice climbers in the flume with 35-40ish pound, 3day 2ngt packs, breaking through the snow and ice almost falling into the river and trying to whack to the flume slide trail in 11/2 to 3 feet of snow and deeper drifts in the upper part of the...

nice dude, i was there once in spring and saw a little ice but nothing remotely like that. looked like a great time.

hey that might have been me! my buddy and i were camped out off trail lower than shinning rock and there was a larger party, 4 or 6 maybe, camped out higher up off the trail. they said they had a fire, still wondering how they managed that!?!?!? i should have posted a report and some pics, twas...

i believe that problem is not uncommon with the boots. i have a few friends who had thw same thing happen.

right on! i hope i have kids that cool.

yikes! this happened to me two weekends ago in the flume except i didn't get wet, my foot and snowshoe were just dangling in nothingness. when i could finally get my foot and snowshoe back out of the hole, we peered down 4 or 5 feet to the running water below. not good! has anyone ever fallen...

thanks for the link, lots of great stuff on that website.

most important? i'd rather have the sleeping bag and tarp than the beacon!! :) that was a cold night on the mtn.

perhaps its just my bad/good luck, but of the 4 times i have parked at the 19milebrook trailhead, including last weekend, i have never not seen fresh broken glass and have seen broken windows on parked cars there once. actually that's not true though, the 2ed and 3rd times i actually parked at...

thank you, i didn't search as i am at work and trying to leave early to climb:) hope everyone is gonna enjoy the sunshine!

helllo all, i am posting this for a friend coming up from the rotten apple (i say that as a term of endearment). Any suggestions would be great as i do not know that area very well. Thank you very much. Do you know any good hikes in the Stockbridge - Great Barrington area of the Berkshires...