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Perhaps you could push all non-profit salaries low enough so that everyone would prefer to work in the for-profit sector.

Did you have a lawyer do a title search when you bought it?

I don't usually leave an itinerary. But I do carry a cell phone!

I don't know, that habitat looks right for C. acaule. See the lichen in the background? I'll bet this was on a dry, acidic bluff. Isn't C. parviflorum a calcium-loving species?

I meant both; I was intentionally vague. I was just thinking that if someone is used to a certain level of caffeine on a daily basis (whether none at all or 8 cups over the course of the day) changing that up on a hiking day might have unpredictable results.

You're not messing with your caffeine intake, are you?

The pros face all the same imperfect choices in this matter that the rest of us face. The primary difference is, if they choose wrong, they just keep going and deal with it. Foresters and their ilk don't really have a culture of whining. Of course, it is helpful to be getting paid -- and to...

What, no poll? Flat laces fo' shizzle. The round ones are always coming untied.

Do you have some source or other info on this? I'd be curious to learn about the relative error of GPS and the orthos. My experience with the ortho/GPS combo in New England has left me pretty convinced that for anything short of a legal survey, the errors are negligible. It seems to me, given...

Three cheers to that, but I think if you (and me too) are going to be unreasonable and push the boundaries of society, then we can't realistically expect society to be on board with bailing us out for free all the time. Risk taking is only meaningful if there are consequences. That said, the...

Have you done Goose Eye? There's the straightforward loop, with more driving from Portland, and the adventurous loop, with less driving from Portland. The straightforward loop involves going up to Success Pond Road and looping around the Notch Trail and... um... I think it is just called the...

Sorry, I was making a joke about backcountry skiing... which maybe didn't quite work.

"Pishing" birds in can sometimes be useful, but I'd just add that it is best used in moderation. The noise you're making is alarming the birds into investigating a potential threat -- meaning they stop all the normal, wholesome day-to-day bird activities they do like foraging and breeding and...

there is no skiing in the Greens. and if there were, it would only be on bald hil... i've said too much already. and i just voted for the catskills because, no matter which is indeed better, the cats deserve more than 7 votes.

apparently i can't give you a greenie to make up for the fact that i called you a dumpster-diving hippie, but i really like old trail guides too!

dude, don't be a negligent dumpster-diving hippie! buy the up-to-date version! ;)

Well, no, hunters can't get out of rescue free because they bought a license! Especially if they are negligent. Imagine that precedent: de facto rescue insurance covering stupid mistakes. I doubt F+G wants to find themselves in charge of that. But, I'm really sympathetic to the funding woes...

This is worth pondering. Don't get lost on days when the local helicopters aren't available. It almost would be better if there was a fine, with a set maximum. I really hope someone challenges this. Of course, it probably won't be some hiker. Instead, it will be when a hunter or...

Oh relax -- I think if you wanted to expend the time and energy to assert that hiking along and off trail is not negligent, it would not be that hard to do. Not that I know anything about law, of course. I'm just making this up. But here's a sample list of questions that seem as though they...

If you were equidistant to both ranges you would be in Waterbury, Vermont, and you might never leave The Alchemist, except possibly to climb Camel's Hump occasionally.