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Hmm Moose "put ones hands in front of ones feet and the hiker will be fine" That does not work downclimbing Saddleback ! :)

Hmmm I would not go down Saddleback in any conditions. Climbing up is one thing but downclimbing is another. It is a real scramble after all. And with a chance of rain, well, I would think twice. Am I too cautious ? Maybe. Geez, how will I lead NEI 4+ again this winter ?

Rub a dub in the tub. I always wash my packs (small or expedition) in the tub with regular (powder) laundry detergent. The main thing is to "bounce" the padding part on the the floor many times to pump water in and out of the mesh fabric. Rinse in 2 distinct batches of water. Woolite ? I think...

Ps Look here for their standard Inca Trail package.

Spice it up Yes I have and I highly recommend doing the Inca trail back to back with the Salkantay trek, which takes you over a high mountain pass (4 800 m). You can see pics here , although the text in is French. I highly recommend Peru Agency (deal with Vilma preferably) to arrange for the...

In conclusion If you wear heavy boots, then drag your feet as often as you can.

Circumnavigation You can do a circumnavigation of Ben Nevis as shown on this map . I did that in May and there was still snow on the Carn More Dearg arete. It is a fantastic hike !

Leave 2 things in plain sight on the back seat : 3 crushed empty King Cans of beer and a couple of empty gun shells. It'l make them think : boy, what if he comes out of the woods now : we're in deep ****!".

Puffer shelter is on my top 5 shelters list on the LT. So is Roundtop.

Imho You shoud hit Clay and Franklin since they are part of the Presidenatial Range but drop Jackson & Webster since there two no longer sit on the range but are part of the Presidential flats. That's how it feels as you traverse over from Mitzpah. If you ever make it over to Webster, you...

Pics Some pics from the complete LT here The LT is a beautiful corridor !

World wind Download Worlwind from the NASA site. It's free...and huge : 165 Mgbytes. But it is an awesome application too that is at the root of the google stuff.

Gathering 1.0 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5.0 ! I'll blame it on the Christian Brothers Stan !

Count me in I gotta see how that thing is steered nowadays ! :)

Hmmm, allow me to disagree IMHO, a round trip to Adams as a day hike is more tiring than the OBP to FW hike. Not harder technically, but significantly more strenous when you take into account the vertical drop that she will have to deal with. I know many folks that have done the OBP-FW easily...

Clarendon gorge on the LT Here is a Picture

Gas container I am one and they let me through every time. :)

Sli I think you are right...after reading the post again. Oh well. I guess I will keep my answer for another post.

Low impact ? Excuse me for disagreeing, but hiking. for most of us who drive +/- 2 hours to get to a trail head, is far from low impact, because we pollute the atmosphere. Cycling is much better (but I don't cycle). When I bagged my 100 NEHH in just over 3 years, I had the nasty feeling that...

Easy by putting one foot in front of the other. Oups. Sorry. Wrong question.