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Hi Chip -- It looks like they pulled the entire "Insanity on Vose Spur" thread because of some bad language being used on a post. It is too bad, because there was some great information in there. Wowser (Nancy)

Hi Una dogger -- Pat and I would LOVE to take you up on your offer of doing Vose Spur together. But, as you know, we are newbies at this bushwhacking thing (and since our report -- now everyone knows). So we will be in learning mode and may not be much help on the bushwhacking end of things. But...

Hi Silverfox -- Thanks for this comment. I had no idea my TR would generate that kind of response. It makes me wary about posting anything showing my inexperience again!

Hi BobC -- Thanks for this note and for your comments on the TR. Being a relatively new member, I really had no idea the TR would generate this kind of response. It makes me a bit wary to show my inexperience again...thanks for your support.

Thanks, MadRiver!

Thank you Wow -- I never expected such an overwhelming response! And each of your posts are gifts. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts -- I looked forward to checking the site to see if there were any new responses! VFTT members have welcomed me into the world of hiking as...

Stats Mountains: Mendon Peak and Killington (4235) Date: November 1, 2008 Time: Mendon – 9:15 a.m.- 2 p.m. – 4.75 hours Killington – 2 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. – 3 hours 40 minutes Weather: cloudy am, sunny pm, breezy, temps ranging from 30s to 50s Miles: 14.8 Elevation Gain: +4,030 Mendon Trails...

Never In My Life (continued) Climbed so high - Washington at 6,288 feet was the highest mountain, but our highest elevation gain was Adams at 4,450 feet. Met such great people - On our first hike a guy on Whiteface summit told us, "There are no jerks above 4,000 feet." He was right. Felt such...

Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont has been such an intense experience with so many extremes, superlatives, learnings and peak experiences. I have never lived in the middle. I've been out there on the periphery most of my life in one way or another. Not the outer...

Stats Mountains: The Bigelow’s -- Avery Peak (4088), West Peak (4145), South Horn (3805) Date: October 25, 2008 Time: 8:30 am – 5:50 pm – 9 hours 20 minutes Weather: Cloudy, temps in the low 30s, wind 15 mph, 8 inches of snow near the summits Miles: 12.3 Elevation Gain: +3,583 Trails: Fire...

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi “Internally, we are divided against ourselves; the emotions want one thing, the intellect another, the impulses of the body yet another, and a conflict takes place which is no different in quality, although it is in scale...

Stats Mountain: Dorset Peak (3,770) Date: August 30, 2008 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - approximately 4.5 hours Weather: Cloudy, humid, 60's Miles: 6.3 Elevation Gain: +2,400 Steps: 18,007 Trails: Woods roads and ATV trails “Live for the journey, not the destination.” Coleen Sykora “The only...

Pat and I are hiking Madison via Howker Ridge Trail on Thursday, July 31st, and are hoping to find a ride leaving from the Highland Center to Howker Ridge Trailhead earlier than the shuttle (shuttle arrives Appalachia at 10:50). Anyone going our way? Nancy (Wowser)

STATS Mountain: East Baldpate (Elevation 3,812) Date: July 5, 2008 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. – 9 hours Weather: Sunny, passing clouds, light breeze, 70s Miles: 10.9 Elevation Gain: +2730 Steps: 32,921 Trails: Appalachian Trail I’m writing this on Friday morning, July 11th, the day...

Miles to go before we sleep (continued) If I don’t have my past to define me and my worry and stress to guide me and my stories and drama to provide purpose in my life – what is left? This question makes me feel so empty. I am raw and vulnerable in my emptiness. It feels heart wrenching to me...

Stats Mountains: Sugarloaf (4250), Spaulding (4010) & Abraham (4050) Date: June 21, 2008 Time: 8:30 am - 9:05 pm - 12 hours Weather: Partly sunny, temperature in the 70s, a threat of rain for moments on Abraham Miles: ~15 Elevation Gain: +3,699 Steps: 45,633 Trails: Up the ski slopes of...

Great trip report -- beautiful pictures -- lucky dog! Wowser (Nancy)

A Canister of Connection on Redington (continued) I am really glad Pat is tall because there is no way I would have been able to get to it. She stands on her tip toes, unscrews the top of the canister, reaches in and pulls out a plastic bag with a pencil, pencil sharpener, and a notebook and...

Stats Mountains: South Crocker (4050), Redington (4010) and Crocker (4228) Date: June 14, 2008 Time: 8:47 am – 7:15 pm – 10.5 hours Weather: Sunny in the am, clouds in the pm, 70s Miles: 11 (8.3 without Redington) Elevation Gain: + 2008 without Redington Trails: Appalachian Trail and a...

Stats Mountains: Goose Eye, West Peak (elevation 3,870) Date: June 7, 2008 Time: 9:15 am – 6:15 pm – about 9 hours Weather: Sunny, humid, temperature in the 80s, breezy on top Miles: 9.5 Steps: 32,964 Elevation Gain: + 2,800 Trails: Wright Trail North Fork, AT (Mahoosuc Trail), Wright Trail...