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Wow, that's some body slam. Wishing for a fast recovery for him. I was skiing at Killington years ago. While putting on my skis at the base lodge a teenager slammed into me from behind. Knock the wind and of me and dislocated my shoulder.

Jay, Would like to join in. However, at the moment I'm a maybe. My daughter is getting married June 30th so pre arrangement activities might take priories. ~Dave

Royalston Falls In Royalston Mass (rt 32) easy drive from Boston. Great family hiking http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/362_royalston_falls.cfm Also Tully Lake Campground is wonderful for tenting. It's right on a 18 mile hiking network...

I can't make it to the Festival tonight, so offering my ticket for no charge. First response (private message) to me gets it. Location: The RegentTheatre in Arlington, MA Time: 7:15 PM

I know this is not a skiing forum; however, some out there might take an interest. Sheduled for this weekend Feb 5th. "The United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA) announced that the Mad River Valley has been selected to host a Mountain Hardwear/Life-Link/Dynafit Ski Mountaineering...

Doc, I know you not looking for fashion or laying out money for a repair. So this is more generic information dealing with gear repairs. EMS does an outstanding job repairing clothing, not just their band line. I had slice up a fairly new pair of expensive gore tex bib with my crampons. I...

Another great area for hiking in addition to the above is Ricker Mountain (one of the summits of Bolton Valley ski area) via Little River state park.

Thanks for all the feedback. Lots to chew on, never thought buying a stove would cause some much self anxiety. still on the fence here.

If your heading to the BC check out the beta at the retail shop: The Back Country 11400 Donner Pass Rd. Donner Center Truckee, CA 96146 USA Tell them you ablity and they will help you out. For lift skiing my wife and I ski yearly at Squaw and only been to Homewood once. Squaw, for me, is...

Another option: Grout Pond just rolling hills, beautiful VT hardwoods and wilderness pond. here's a link from the Green Mountain National Forest service. http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl/green_mountain/recreation_management/dayhiking/groutpondtrails.htm

Hey Rick, if you would mind posting here what backpacker has to say in their review. Starchild, Thanks for the input. MSR claims less clamoring nosie with the new model but remains to be heard. What got my attention with this stove was how powerful it is (great for melting snow) and how...

Interested in feedback with the new (2005) MSR XGK stove. Have some credit to use up at EMS and was toying around the idea of picking up this stove for winter use mostly. Again any feedback is much appreciated. ~Dave

****** I did Rainier when I was 51, had been @ 12k and 10k before. However, that was over twenty years ago. I trained like crazy and felt very confident about Rainer. Started feeling the lack of O2 at about 12K. It was a hard climb at lest for me.

In general, nothings wrong or bad about it. Can't speak for current day forestry practice but in the 60's it was all about either grooming a crop of trees for maximum board feet growth (Kind of like being a farmer) or determining how much board feet a standing tree would yield at a sawmill...

Back in the very late 60's and early 70's I attended a Forestry School in upstate New York. Coming from life in lower East Side Manhattan I had not a clue as to the needs of clothing for long duration outdoors in the Northern Adirondacks. However, it didn't take long to learn. One word: wool...

Would it be better to hike at night and sleep during the day? :rolleyes:

I don't think anyone could walk head on into that kind of wind / cold for more then say 20 yards.

These two guys heading off this Sunday to reach the North Pole on foot. Total darkness the whole way. Wow, not for me. Check it out on NPR.org http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5149897

Use to poo poo on the concept of indoor workouts and just used running as a source to maintain an athletic condition so as to hike and ski. However, as I migrated into the more mature period of life, now in the mid 50's, I had neglected my upper body conditioning. Also running in the winter is...

I've been using the Montrail Moraine, which I believe are very similar, happier for the past 4 years. Had my feet in them during some darn cool days above treeline, I'm talking about -40 or so, and the feet were happy. Yes, I was using liners with a vapor barrier and heavy sock on top plus full...