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Daves idea is a good one . you might be able to get a ride one way or the other to Appalachia . If you are so inclined you could Bivy somewhere off the trail you intend to take . The valley way is probably yopur best bet due to it being close to Snyder Brook. giving you water. I...

Stan You mention you wanted to see more hard wood growth. Logging in a sustainble way promotes hard wood growth. I just walked trough a small two acre cut I made about 5 years ago. It has become full of maples oak and birch and lots of small plants of all sorts . Since I made the cut...

There are a lot of words that can describe what the person(s) who set the fires . Some I cannot use here. But in this case it is a act of terrorism . Mabye HH does not know this but far too often the people who do thease things are the same type who will spike a tree or sabotage...

Just another "vote" for the Dragonfly Every one else already said what i would have said except I have used it at -40 w/o a hitch. Lets say it was a stay in the tent and read day .

That is the Pinnacal , it is hard to tell where the climbers are on it. On route called Pinnacal Gully is also popular. but more so in the winter . As Elbagr said the Huntington Ravine Trail is nothing like that though some popole who are uncomfortabel with exposure might not like...

It is very possible as White Pine can live to well over 300 + years . I Dropped some 150 ft + white pines . One was huge It was in a yard and dangerous to the houses and me when dropping it . I was sad in a way . But had it come down in a storm it really would have done damge and possibly...

Puck I am not sure but I think Kings Pines refers to tall straight white pines that did not have and large branches over 4 inches in diameter and the branch growth is near symetrical as most confieres are . Usually over 100 ft that were used to make masts for ships . They...

Not to hi jack a thread but gris mentiond fiscal obstacles . Be it the HC or any piece of land the state want to take, does any ( Gris ?) know if a state has to pay the going market rate or do they have some formula that of course works out to give the sate a favorable rate ? I...

FN you will realy like it alot of the Spruce have a lot of moss haning on them . OIf course you will find the usualy small plnats on the floor . The area is "different " than the other areas. Partly due to m a bit more perciptiation the minerals in the soil and it's North Westen aspcet...

A few reasons there are alot of people on Ike and a few Morons could be .It is a reletivley easy mountain to hike, has great views, is in the Presidentails and is a few hours or less from two huts not to mention it has a good amount of area above tree line. Ok Back to the orignal...

Brent I think the area is in fact called the Bowl and is on Whiteface and Passaconaway. If it is the same area some of the old growth is hard wood rare in New England . There is also a small old growth Oak forest on the upper 100- 200 ft of Wahchusset . You can find some in Castle Ravine...

I am not sure if this is political. But as I understand right of way laws (discalimer I am not a Attorney but I work and do own with my family some land ) That abandoned railroad beds were right of ways and the state can do with them as they wish. If the land owner has objections to a...

Sorry to hear that happend to you. There are jerks no matter where you go. Sadly some hike. Sounds like some self important ego freak . I love all the resposnes . Me Personly , I would ignor the SOB and kept on going. That would have really got him mad . I bet most of the pople upo...

I agree with you . I do think that too How do they do it. I also think many off us ask our selves that. I know I have with my many injuries . I wonder what is a Guy with a messed up knee ,shoulder and and chronic severe pain ( Neck injury) doing here. I gues I love hiking and...

It is becoming a commmon tactic to blame ATVs and "Slob Hunters" when some one closes thier land to every one . The Artical could have mentioned that in Maine like NH you can post what types of use you will and will not allow for example My family posts "No motorized vehicals alowed...

They might be hard to find But The Endless Knot K2 Mountain of Dreams and Destiny by Kurt Diemburger and a very Different perspective on thhe 1996 tragedy on Everest . is the Climb by Anatolli Boukkreev. The Endless Knot is a deepply personl book that describes tragedy on K2 . That...

Thanks Thanks for the compliments. I have added a few More. A few people have asked on other threads about Bell Cord Couloir. I added a photo of it it is every bit a fearsome and dangerous as it look and then some it will kick your butt and then do it again on the way down . The rocks in...

Photos From Colorado more photos added to My Album Here is the start of my Webshots album. there are only 4 photos so far . More to come I hope you like them ! :) http://community.webshots.com/user/pyramidpeak2 I should have even more shortly . I am surpised the flatbed scanner did as...

I had not really intended to climb Pyramid, I set out at 4 am to see if I could get some sunrise photos of the Maroon Bells from a different place than the classic s places Maroon Lake and Carter Lake. Under a near full moon and fading stars I made my way up the easy and heavily used trail to...

Impressive,. I think one of the top 10 men finishers is a VVFT member !