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Hello Dr. D; it has been quite some time since we met at Woodstock Station back when Spaderman and I were chasing the Winter 4K list!! I have not posted here in quite awhile, mostly because I haven't been hiking (anything of significance, that is) for the last few years. The story of Pam...

Dates of Trip: February 22 and 23, 2014 Cast and Crew: Spaderman (Steve); Mad Dog (Mark); The Mighty Quinn (Mike) and your humble correspondent. Description:After a fairly successful weekend in the Greater Strangely Maine area last year nabbed Avery, West Bigelow and Saddleback (or so we...

Date: Sunday 2/23 Route:Saddleback Ski Area, starting at about 8:30 a.m., via Green Weaver and Tricolor trails, then up the "chute" above the ski lift to join the AT at a very weathered post, with the sign removed (which we had mistaken for the summit last year). North along the AT to...

Date of Hike: Saturday 2/22 Route: Bushwhack from behind the Sugarloaf GC clubhouse (go down the hill behind the golf clubhouse to a green pumphouse, and across the golf cart bridge, then up to the tee for Hole 11 "Precipice". Our snow shoe track follows a bearing of appx. 270-280 degrees...

Comrade Fredski: Great Soviet Hiking and Climbing Team is wishing you many congratulations on great success.....I figure you did the loop at least a day faster than I could do it....For Ms. Larissa or any other human being to do that route in sub eight hours is epic and extraordinary......

Comrade RoyBoy: Great Soviet Hiking And Climbing Committee is wishing you much congratulations on finishing the 48 All Season list! Regret that I could not be there. Now stop slacking, and finish the Winter list, so we can all hear "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" again...Rick

Hi Tom: Appreciate your info. re. Reddington, and have copied same to my "Maine file" for future reference!! We obviously still have a lot of work to do in Maine......might start chasing that Views and Brews patch, too!! Regards, Rick

After completion of the NH Winter 4K list in 2009, started to give some thought to what had to be done to knock of the NE Winter 67. We put together an excellent expedition to Baxter in 2011 (see "After Not Bathing at Baxter" in old trip reports), and had a great time in Percival Baxter's...

Saddleback Mountain wonderfully accommodating to uphill trekkers; just need to check in at base, sign waiver, and follow instructions. Spaderman, Roy Boy, Mighty Quinn and meself started from the base lodge (appx. 2500') at 9 a.m., ascending Grey Ghost (blue slope) to the warming hut at top of...

Stratton Brook Road was beautifully packed out as it is obviously a major snowmobile route. You can only drive in a few hundred feet before the plowed portion of the road ends, so plan on extra mileage from what is indicated in the Maine AMC Guide. Began our trek at about 8 a.m. Just beyond...

Comrade Fredski: Great Soviet Hiking and Climbing Team is wishing you much success, and hoping you are having stream crossings that do not resemble a raging Russian river.......Nostrovya!!

Project Vermont really came into being a month ago, when Spaderman (Steve), MadDog (Mark), the Keuka Kid (Kevin) and your humble correspondent did a traverse of Mounts Abraham and Ellen via Battell/Long and the Jerusalem Trails, crossing the Sugarbush Ski area in a semi-epic (i.e., slow) trip of...

Comrade Eric: "Great Russian Hiking Team" is wishing you many congratulations on great success of climbing all 48 4Kers in all months of the year!! I remember you accompanying us on the Mt. Washington and Monroe hike of February 2007, and your most excellent report of same on the "Eric...

Hi Bob: Congratulations to you and all your crew - a very fine effort indeed! Between the excellent pictures posted by you and Blaze (from back in January), we got to see a lot of what we missed on our expedition:) I was just curious about whether there was any sign of our trail-breaking...

Hey pal: Thanks for the green square....Several thousand more and people might actually think I know what I am talking about....Best regards, Rick.

Thank-you very much for the green....Only need several thousand more in my career!!....Best regards, Rick.

Thank-you for the greenie! We were not nearly as successful as your crew, but we had a terrific time, and look forward to going back....Baxter is really something else. Best regards, Rick.

Hi Glenn: Thanks for the greenie; are you guys still chasing the Trailwright's List, or have y'all finished it? Best regards, Rick.

Thank-you for the green, just in time for St. Patrick's! Have always enjoyed your trip reports and very fine pictures. Regards, Rick.

Many thanks to those who have sent some green squares and kind comments, which are much appreciated..... My hiking comrades are equally deserving of same.....Hello Dr. D., long time, no see, but it would appear that your travels have taken you far from Woodstock Station!! Don't fall off the...