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Hey...remember me? The Grand Poobah plans on attending. Looking forward to it. Aloha, - darren

My setup (and other good setups) is detailed in these prior threads: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15464 http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32101 As I said in those threads, I just use a hip belt / biner combo. Easy to get at and out of your field of view for foot...

I'm 6' 4 1/2" and pants are 34x34. (I was 36x34 the last few years and started pushed my way up to 38x34, but I said enough is enough and 6 weeks of effort got me back down to my college size of 34). So anyway, the only real difference between me and your brother in law is the leg length. His...

As Stan said, I think it is in reference to the new Maine Huts & Trails system. I posted a TR of a stay at the Flagstaff Lake Hut: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32421 You would have to check with them on restrictions on mtb on the trails. I seem to remember that biking is...

Hardyb - your shot on Monadnock reminded me of a shot I took on Adams many moons ago: Here's half a silhouette of Swamp (still counts, I guess): My favorite silhouette shot is of an elk in Colorado. I don't have a bigger version online, but I have a 18x24 print of this hanging over my...

Great TR, but where are the pix????? :eek: Wish I could have made it, but I am glad that you finally got to see the beauty of the Canadian Rockies first hand. you have to see it to believe it and even then you think it is some kind of fake movie backdrop. Aloha - darren

Received this from Terry Frost's son Jay:

Have fun. Post pix when you get back. Aloha - darren ps: we are at 6 now, so you will be 7...

I'm down. -d

One of my observations on road / mtn biking: I was a road only rider for many, many years. Got to the point where I was pretty good. I then moved to an area that was not bike friendly and stopped road riding for several years. Then I got into mtn biking and loved it. I thought the fun of...

Received the below message from Peter Sachs, General Manager of LOWA Boots:

Info right on so far: water, sunscreen, camera and mud. Lots of slippery mud. I believe red dirt mud is what they make teflon out of. It is super slippery. Awesome trail though, you will love it. Zombies? Well not really, but you do need to keep an eye out for the Night Marchers. Ghosts...

That is why they (and all the other ski areas that have leases on Natl Forest land) sell you a "lift ticket" and not a "ski pass". They can charge you to use their lift, but they can not charge you to use public land. At least that is what I recall from a discussion many moons ago. - darren

Cool, thanks. I will fix mine that way too. I'm not a fan of the loops either. Instead of cutting the loop, did you try to pass the loop through the hole in the clip and then put the loop over the top of the clip and pull it back down the other side? If the loop is long enough it might be...

Nice ones Darlene! How could I forget extreme sledding??? Certainly one of the highlights of 2009. (in some countries I would get arrested for running this website....just look at the type of people who hang out here.) :) - darren

Nice stuff everyone! Always nice seeing everyone getting out and doing things. My camera spent more time in the closet this year than it ever has before, but here's a few that I like: Somewhere on the coast: Flagstaff Lake at sunset: The new Flagstaff Lake Hut: After finally...

I still can not believe that there is any confusion as to what the public gets for its $1.4 million. Do the math. The private owners of the land got about $100 per acre. If you own land, would you sell it for $100 an acre? No, of course not. That is why it was not sold. It was placed into...

Google? You don't need no stinking google... http://www.vftt.org/HI/071113-Big-Island/index.htm So what is that....like 5 site members on top of Mauna Kea in the last few years? Coolio. Aloha - darren ps: rumors are there will be a 6th soon....man, we are going to have to put up a VFTT...

I guess I don't fully understand this one. I have done those crossings several times and I don't remember them being that bad at all. In fact I remember crossing shortly after the bridge was wiped out and I carried my mtn bike on my shoulder as I crossed the river and I didn't get wet so I...

Yah, that was back in the day when the Northeast section was just part of the site: http://web.archive.org/web/19981203073037/www.lexicomm.com/views/ I am trying hard to remember the original URL from 1994. It was like www.iii.net/~users/lexicomm or something like that. I guess it doesn't...