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From the Times Herald Record: Cops find hiker dead in Ulster August 28, 2006 Denning – New York State Police were investigating the death of a hiker late last night, officials said. The hiker was in the Peekamoose Mountain area in Ulster County, officials said. Initial reports said the man may...

Btt BTT Wanted to keep this on top till after this weekend, just in case someone heads out there this weekend.

I’m planning a trip as a two night campout to do the traverse of Wittenberg, Cornell and Slide with a 2 car spot Aug 17th – 19th. We will be leaving one car at the Slide PA then driving over and starting the hike from Woodland Valley. I have done the hike many times in all seasons and know the...

I have hiked and camped for years, did the AT, Long Path, Long Trail and the Northville-Lake Placid trail alone. I prefer being alone most of the time, but every now and then it's nice having someone along for that "Wow Look At That" factor. Sometimes you run across something so special that it...

An account of someone Trail Running The Long Path in Sundays Poughkeepsie Journal. May 21, 2006 I have section hiked most of it and will do an End To End when the bugs are worked out. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060521/COLUMNISTS07/605210353

From Friday's Poughkeepsie Journal Catskills fire is out, Ulster official says KERHONKSON — The brush fire in the Catskills that ate up almost 1,000 acres this week has been contained, a fire official said Thursday night. "From my perspective, the fire is out," Ulster County Fire Coordinator...

It is this weekend, the code for online shopping is: UT2YPG

Any luck finding the cell phone? I wanted to join you guys on this hike but had unexpected guest and had to hang around and do "The Old Family Thing"

What kind of miles and time frame are you expecting?

Hikers rescued from Plotter Kill ravine http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=470912&category=LIFE&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=4/12/2006 Happening far too often........

I would vote on Stabilicers, over the past 2 years I have found 3 loose Yack Traxs on the trails that failed to stay on some poor hikers feet. I carry Stabilicers, Crampons and my snowshoes and most of the time is spent with the Stabilicers. I would only consider Yak Traxs if I was on a frozen...

I think my next will be a GPS unit, but with all the choices it may take a while to pick one.

I'm so sorry I missed this, happy to hear that all went well. Excellent TR and photos!

I own a pair of Grivel 10 pts that I used for years and never had any issues with them, they have taken me all over the Cats, the Daks, NH and Maine. This year I was given a pair of Black Diamond 10 pt Contact Strap and find them to be excellent. Go with 10 pt steel and good straps and take the...

From what I heard Harry Rampe is taking a group up Panther this weekend with some 3500 aspirants.

Here a nice little bit on winter hiking that ran in todays Poughkeepsie, NY Journal. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/COLUMNISTS09/602120355

Hermit, I have sent the report to the 3500 Club. Bad news indeed, but people just have shown no respect in the past.

It sounds like you had a great day, very challenging but that’s what we look for. Thanks for sharing the account. I just got back from a week long winter camping trip in the Peekamoose area; I had every type of weather and spent my days exploring the areas off the trails and found conditions...

I have been playing around with Google Earth, has anyone tried the upgrade to Google Earth Plus ? I was wondering what can be found in the upgrade and if it's worth the money. Thanks Bill

I'd like to throw my hat in for this hike, doing the through hike sounds better than the out and back. This weekend I'll be doing a winter camping trip at Peekamoose, and now it looks like I'm in for wet conditions.