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Great family finish! My family would never be able to agree what mountain to finish together on. I then would be sent to my room and grounded. I used your web site as a tool several times for my hikes. The best was one time I was hiking up to the Bradley Pond area. I took a rest by this...

Great job Lynne. I had the pleasure to meet you and Mr. Alpine summit on Hough briefly, and it is nice to see that you had a special day. Adrian

Can I cut and paste on what I wrote last week about the 46 in the Adirondacks or say ditto?? Darn it all right............ Thanks Laura! Even though you and HarryK are in the cool group of VFFT’ers. It was fun seeing HarryK, Tom, Dawn, Patti, and I guess Laura. I thought it was smart to...

I'll agree Alaska is fun. I only checked out the Kenai Peninsula and that rocked! I am going to go back next year to see a different area. It seems to me everyone in Alaska has a little Espresso stand on the side of the road. Heck even the Brown Bears were selling the stuff. The scenery was...

Is there a contingent coming from Maine to the gathering? I know of LauraM and I. Just thinking if it is feasible to car pool or not. I am planning on Friday early evening as the arrival time.

Nice meeting you Dawn and Tom. I thought of your group when I was on Wright as I could see the top of Whiteface peeking out of the clouds. (Then the clouds rolled in on me.) Thanks for letting a complete stranger join you at the Lake Placid Brew and Pub. HarryK tried to use Canadian money...

Tuco good memory on my driving habits. I've done too many overnight drive in to trailheads this year. I am actually leaving sometime in the later afternoon today. Harryk & Hikethe115 I will see you on Saturday.(and on the 6th for the other finish) Geeesh Harry you can't even pre-position a...

It is wicked smart how they came up with those new fancy exit numbers. Ayuh....

I think this is the big "46" weekend for a bunch of people. I am finishing on the Wright/Algonquin/Iroquois loop too on Saturday for #46! So I wouldn't mind meeting some of you at the LP P&B. Is it on the main drag in Lake Placid? HarryK I think is hiking in with another Whiteface group, so...

I agree with Steppinwolf that I really like the watch. It is one of my favorite things. (as you can see I have no life.) Suunto just sent all the good batteries to EMS in Lake Placid, and boned us LL Bean people in Maine.

I have the Suunto X6 which is similiar. The first battery only lasted three months out of the box, which was pathetic. The second battery lasted me ten months. The good news is the X6 takes a regular watch battery you can but at any store. I'm not sure if the Vector has the same generic...

Awesome job Arm. Baldpate is a great mountain to finish on with friends.

Dead Fred I think I'm finishing on Iroquois or Wright. Of course that can all change. Harry better get Pin Pin boots on.

Man, HarryK if I knew you were around when I was a teenager. I would have started hiking sooner to get beer. I might be finishing the same weekend as Dead Fred, so you better get ready.:)

I did this hike last August the same way Ken did it above. I think an early start is a good idea.(but everybody has there own preferences) At Elk Pass you can decide if you want to contine to do the four or do two. I remember this being over 7000 vertical feet for the hike.

The hike I experienced. Please note when I say total elapsed hiking time I stopped my watch for only those 11 times.(peaks, support stops and end.) I drove from Maine at about 12:30 in the morning. After a few cups of coffee I arrived at a trailhead in New York around 5:30. Mmmmm….coffee...

I have fine tuned the art of being un-dateable the past 34 years, so I have plenty of free time to hike. My fish is very unstanding as long as I keep feeding him.

I think it is all personal preference and what is right for your body type. If you have ankle problems then the extra support with boots are a must. I like low cut. I have carried packs on several trips all last year with low cuts. I used Merrell Chameleon Gortex like Danielle above. Last...

The best thing I do when I go on a bushwhack is set where I park my car as a waypoint on my gps. I feel I would be able to find my car if worse came to worse. I really don't use it after that, and shut it off. When I get to the summit I set that as a waypoint too. I haven't even taken out a...

Thanks for the info. The AMC map I have had the summit a bit before the fire tower, and I didn't know if it was right or not.