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Thanks, Salty- hope you're doin' good! we have a new dog, now, same old mountains... :)

New Book! DogHiker: Great Hikes With Dogs from the Adirondacks through the Catskills" So. I want to share this with you if you are a Doghiker, that is, a person who likes to “hike” their dog. You know, into the woods and over hills and even mountains. Hiking. Yes, as the title indicates, it is...

Day 8: Shift Change Day-MWObs Summit Volunteer 4-6-16 I always have mixed feelings on shift change day. Our 8 days of work have come to an end and half of me wants to stay and the other half is ready to go home. I cannot speak highly enough of the dedicated men and women who make every trip up...

Thanks for posting this, EMS is a big sponsor of Mount Washington Onservatory, I will pass this article along.

Day 7: MWObs Summit Volunteer Today started very early for me. At midnight I went out on the summit to take some shots, these were the two best. What you don't see in the pictures is the -5* and 45mph winds I endured to get the shots. After about 4 hours sleep I went back out before sunrise...

Day 6: MWObs Summit Volunteer First visible sunrise since we've been up here, I got up too late to catch it before it rose above the horizon, I'll get up earlier tomorrow! Mark and I spent a good deal of time outside today in -5* temps and light winds as super fine powdery snow fell throughout...

Day 5: MWObs Summit Volunteer 4-3-16 Sustained winds today in the 70's-80mph with gusts in the 90's, temps hung around -5* and the wind chilll approached -50*. Only spent a few minutes outside, and we were in the fog almost all day, there was some cleariing with visibility about 2 miles...

The short answer is no, Ed. The longer answer, which is what you get when you ask me questions :) is: There is a huge pantry, 2 fridges and 2 freezers that are constantly stocked with enough food to feed a dozen or so people for a few months. There is also quite a stock at the garage at the base...

Day 4: MWObs Summit Volunteer 4-2-16 The rain stopped and the temps dropped. The summit began to rime again, giving beauty to the bleak landscape the rain had left. We stayed outside quite awhile watching clouds as they swallowed the summit, then disappeared again, moving in and out of the...

Day 3: MWObs Summit Volunteer 4-1-16 Thanks Ed! Well, hardly stepped outside today, just for a few minutes. Temps averaged between 30 and 40 degrees, but winds ranged from 40 to 70mph with a peak gust of 94mph! We've had rain all day, but I won't say falling, as it was mostly horizontal... much...

Day 2:MWObs Volunteer 3/31/16 Well, today saw temps rise well into the 30's for awhile. This took care of all the beautiful rime feathers and most of the snow pack, leaving us with mostly ice and rock. Mark and I got out while we could and hiked down to Ball Crag, then over to the lip of the...

Thanks guys! We're having a ball!

Day one saw rising temps (teens to 20's) and falling windspeeds as clouds moved in to bring us weather for the morrow. My partner Mark and I will have a relatively light workload as there are no scheduled trips, so we will only be cooking for ourselves and the 3 man crew. There is beautiful...

Great to hear you are feeling and getting stronger, Rup. I haven't been hiking much the last few weeks. I've been trying to avoid icy trails, don't need a slip-fall at this point in the game, though it could happen on mud or wet leaves. My leg feels stronger than it has in 10 years and I can...

Yes, the risk of dislocation is real and keeps me from returning to hockey, though I know people who have had the surgery and are playing again. It would take a lot, but don't want to risk it. The X-rays show the bone has grown into the porous surface of the metal and has locked the implant in...

Every single person told me, "Just do it, you'll wonder why you waited so long." I didn't listen, I was adamant about trying every option before giving in. I'll freely admit, part of it was I was afraid as well, there would be things I could no longer do, I was not ready to give up some things...

Kevin's Comeback 2016 After surgery on November 10th there were weeks of PT and I had to use a cane for several more weeks. I walked as much as I could stand and did my PT at home religiously along with the 2 visits to PT where they stretched me and introduced me to new exercises almost each...

Emma Appears in Forest Notes Hi everyone! Sorry for the late response to this. I've been busy the last few months getting back out on the trails after a hip-replacement in November. I have spent a lot of time collecting stories and photos about Emma to produce a book and finally coming to the...

Small world. Had my right hip replaced about 8am this morning at Portsmouth Regional in NH. So far, so good. Just took my second turn down to nurses station and back, felt like Washington in rotten snow/monorail. Suffered through it for a few years until I could barely walk and little sleep...

Day 9: Mount Washington Observatory Volunteer 3-19-15 As you know we spent an extra night on the summit due to the extremely high winds over the past 48 hours. As we awoke this morning the winds chased away the clouds which had blocked any hopes of seeing the aurora the past two nights. We made...