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stick with double wall... I'd stick with a double wall...any way you slice it, you're going to get a real moisture problem with a single...now some people don't mind waking up damp after a perfectly dry night...others do...I just bought a North Face Tadpole 23...it's fantastic, but small...so...

one or the other... Well I don't consider bridges and shelters "damage"...the damage I spoke of were the logging operations of many moons ago. But I don't see how bridges and shelters enhance the wilderness "experience". Wilderness is defined by Websters as: 1. an uncultivated, uninhabited...

Wow... I didn't know hikers could get so hostile. Personally I'm 100% with afka_bob...we should do all that we can to repair damage done in the past. Just finished reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Something everyone on this board should check out. Cheers.

sure do... I sure do! I stopped and took some very deep breaths there for quite some time...longest break I took that morning...

This will likely be a long one...it started Friday morning at 4:00am...I had to deliver a proposal from my office to Nantucket Airport by 2:00pm that day...so I left Providence with my pack ready to go at 4:30am...got to Hyannis at 6:00am, and boarded my ferry...dropped off the proposal, had...

just there... I went on a weekend backpack along the taconic crest trail back in late april...we left the upper parking area of Bash Bish falls Friday at approx. 5:30...our goal was to get to the cabin and camp there for the night...the cabin was deplorable...we did not stay...the physical...

thanks so much!! Wow!! Thanks so much guys, this is exactly the kind of info I was looking for...Mavs, that is exactly what I was hoping to hear...a list of great hiking opportunities, with a nice clean friendly campground nearby. I can't wait...thank you all for the input.

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&1a=&1c=Burlington&1s=VT&1z=&1y=US&do=nw&1ex=1&2ex=1&src=maps&ct=NA&2a=&2c=Lyonsdale&2s=NY&2z=&2y=US&2pn=&2l=hvL%2f7yK2wGg%3d&2g=lq3Xhgg0bPM%3d&2v=CITY&2pl= This is a link to a route I will be taking in mid-late august. Essentially for my...

list... I would like a decent amount of solitude...I don't need total isolation from humans, but I don't want to see groups of people if possible...this may be difficult on a weekend...anyway, here's the list of NE 100 Highest in VT: Mt Abraham Camels Hump Mt Ellen Killington Mansfield Big...

Hola amigos...couple questions for you. I'm taking a friend backpacking for her first time in a couple weeks (22-23)...I have to get to southern VT (just north of brattelboro) for some business some weekend, so I was thinking of combining the two. So which of the NE 100 highest in VT is the...

25? I'm suprised by the outback only getting 25mpg...my Element gets just under 30 on the highway...it won't stop me from hiking, but I will think twice about going solo...

weather... the weather is looking good for the weekend??? really?? weather.com has showers all weekend for lincoln and gorham(usually the bookends I use to guage weather in advance for the whites)...just curious if you have better info, because I'm dying to get out this weekend...but was...

Hey gang...so I've never been to the adirondaks...I think maybe I drove through a portion last summer...and I've seen them across lake champlaingn from burlington...but never hiked there...due to a trip I'm hoping to make to saratoga springs in mid-june...I was thinking of extending my trip and...

almost as well... This thread makes me feel better about an experience last summer...a friend and I were on a short backpacking trip...up the algonquin trail to black mountain, and down black mountain trail where we would camp at the black mountain shelter...well the shelter is no longer there...

other option... The livermore route is pretty dicey when wet/icy...your other option is to head up from the kanc...sabbaday brook and pine bend can be combined for a pretty great loop...you can either spot a car, or with only one you're looking at about a mile road walk...sabbaday brook trail...

Anyone have any experience with this tent?? Any likes/dislikes?? I posted recently regarding a few other tents I've been looking at and I think I've narrowed it down to either TNF Tadpole 23 or the Kelty Sage 2. Appreciate any thoughts. Thanks, Captain Fantastic

Hi folks...haven't posted in a while...due to some recent changes in my life...I'm in the market for a new tent...I'm looking for a 2 person 3-season...and I'd like to use my REI dividend/20% off coupon on this...so looking at REIs site now, I think I have narrowed it down to 2 tents...I've...

yup. I've been growing a beard in the colder months for the past 4 years. I shave on the morning of the sept. equinox for the last time and shave it off on the vernal equinox...it is still cold in march usually though, and I feel the difference immediately. I agree with the comments made...

family... I like the pic of the nalgene...glad to know there's family out in them thar woods ;)

THANKS!! Thanks for all the replies!! Yikes, I hadn't really given any thought to the run-off in april...El-Bagr that was in August?? Wowsers...well, this will give me a good excuse to research another location. Anyone have any recommendations for what is sure to be a pair of winterized...