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Great article today by Carol White about the Adirondack Winter 46 and how they compare to the White Mountain 48. Carol is the "Steve Smith" of the Dacks. http://sectionhiker.com/perils-of-the-adirondack-winter-46-by-carol-white/

But the damage in the Kilkenny was strictly limited to birches. Lots of birch leaves down on the ground too, making me think this is a species specific or insect issue.

I don't recall seeing any young birches. It was mostly big trees that had no leaves, so an old ice storm would make sense.

Maybe - we were a party of 6 doing a full traverse from South Pond to Jefferson.

Backpacking in the Kilkenny over the weekend, I was dismayed that a large percentage of the birch trees are dead or dying. Is there some kind of blight going on? Haven't noticed the same thing down south in the Pemi.

Are there canisters on Trailwrights 72 bushwhacks? Doing Mt Lethe and Northwest Hancock in the next week and want to know if I should bother to look for one. Thanks

Hooked up with Mats I hooked up with Mats via email and it sounds like he's the only hiker to complete a WM Direttissima. I'm going to go down to the AMC archives today and poke around to see if I can find any more historic references. I'll probably start with old Appalachia issues.

I'm trying to dig up some historic information about continuous hikes of the WM 4,000 footers. I found the journal of Mats and MEBs' attempt in 2009 http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31679 but only a passing reference to another Direttissima by Mats at an earlier date. Does anyone...

Microspikes on Airlines Have you considered wearing them around your neck as jewelry, like a hiker style spiked collar? Seriously, check them or send them ahead in a package using USPS or Fedex.

Guthook is going to be helping me out with a talk and gear demo I'm doing on Lightweight and Ultralight Backpacking on May 24 at the Boston AMC in Joy St. Attendance is free and there's a pot luck if you'd like to attend. Here's more info: Tue, May 24, 2011 AMC Auditorium, 4 Joy St, Boston...

Plans for this year You know me, lots of hiking planned for this year. I'm off in a few weeks to complete the NJ. NY and CT segments of the Appalachian Trail, about 200 miles or so. Then back to the Whites in May and June to redline the great gulf and northern presidentials, while trying to...

Canisters In Europe and the UK, canisters can have a bayonet style or screw-in style attachment to a stove. If you call Tiso, make sure you ask which they have. I've seen adapter kits, so you can use either interchangeably, but don't know how well they work. Philip

Walking in Scotland If you can make it down to Boston next week, I'm giving a talk about my coast-to-coast hike across the highlands last year in the TGO Challenge. Otherwise, I have quite a lot of information posted on my blog about how to use the OS grid system for GPS navigation, and lots...

Announcement of a talk I'm giving in 2 weeks. Hope you can come. Tue, March 15, 2011 6:30 Potluck, 7:15 pm Slideshow AMC Auditorium, 4 Joy St, Boston MA Last May, Philip Werner hiked coast-to-coast across Scotland as part of an annual, noncompetitive, event called The Great Outdoors Challenge...

The sustainability position at Golite is quite sincere - this isn't a greenwashing job. I've gotten to know Kim Coupounas, the co-founder and chief sustainability officer of Golite, since I posted that article. She is spearheading efforts in this area within the Outdoor Industry Association's...

Ham radio operators were the first, widely distributed social network. Forget twitter.

I love the hike over Thomas Cole, Black Dome and, Blackhead. Backpacking the Escarpment trail is another good option with it's great views of the Blackhead Range and the Hudson valley.