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On the brighter side (I think): Eradication of northern giant hornet (AKA "Murder Hornet") from the United States Score 1 for the scientists! TomK

That is certainly worth investigating! And possibly combining with: I have a vision of giant tanks full of seawater located near or on cattle ranches, producing mutant seaweed for the cows. :D No telling what amazing things might happen in the future! TomK

I dunno, the article said 3 oz. per cow per day, that's less than 75 pounds per cow per year. Shouldn't present any logistical problems to even a large operation. The article seemed to indicate that the main obstacle they saw was that there wasn't enough of the type of the seaweed growing...

The Toadstool? Is the EMS in Peterborough still open? I'd expect they'd have it, too... TomK

Early on in this thread, I wrote that I would “shut up on this thread”, because it was already far afield of discussion of hiking. Some responded that I should “please do” and accompanied that statement with language which appeared to be an attempt to bully and intimidate those with a different...

I was taught that a pack should be a "bag of bags". Everything goes into it's own ziplock bag, preventing the item from getting wet in a dunking. If one ziplock bag somehow gets open, the other stuff isn't affected. Makes rummaging through the pack looking for something easier. If something...

That would be my default thinking as well. And "follow the money" would reinforce that thinking. But I would like to relate an anecdote that may or may not have a bearing: About 10 years ago, on the last day of the ski season, the local hill declared that they would run the lifts for free that...

When I began hiking at age 11, the Boy Scouts drilled into my head that I should carry nothing in my hands while hiking. They probably didn't mean to include poles, but at that age, nuance was lost on me, and "carry nothing in your hands" became part of my hiking gospel. Until several years ago...

Everything is spoken for, thanks to all who inquired! TomK

I have 13 early issues of "Backpacker" magazine from the mid 1970's that I've had for 40-odd years, and rather than throw them in the recycle, I'd prefer to get them into the hands of someone who might find them interesting. They are in pretty good shape, they have been obviously read a few...

Past couple of days, the odor of smoke from this fire has been very noticible here in NW CT. I am told it is noticeable as far south as Long Island Sound. Today, I didn't notice it as much. don't know if that's due to getting used to it, or because today's rain has cleaned the air a bit, or...

The assertion that such an insignificant creature as mankind has a significant impact on climate vs the vast power of nature can not only be rightly denied, but roundly mocked and ridiculed as the human-centric arrogance that it reeks of. And I will thank you not to tell me what I may or may not...

Is the prediction for less snow due to whatever precipitation falls being rain rather than snow, or is it due to less precipitation of any kind? Things have been pretty dry around here (CT) for the past couple of months, so if that lack of precipitation persists for a few more months, there will...

To further muddy the waters, it is my understanding that the NG pilots need to fly a certain number of hours each month in order to maintain currency/proficiency. It is possible that there is a similar requirement for the aircraft as well, but I'm not so sure about that. Therefore, it is...

Connecticut, being once pretty much covered with farms, has many roads that have been abandoned without ever having been paved, long enough ago that they often have grown in. The topo map that I use with my Garmin trail GPS shows many such roads, and it isn't unusual for a current trail to use...

Could be a simple matter of endurance. Walking 4 miles downhill on a trail is a different ball of wax than driving in a seated position and then walking 100 feet or so across a paved parking lot to the ER entrance. I can easily see how a person could be capable of doing the latter, but not the...

Another manifestation of the magical, transformative powers of the internet, of course! TomK

Without venturing a opinion on if it is or isn't a good idea, I would point out that something being "policy" is not an argument for (or against) that something. TomK

I'm pretty confident that at this point, Peakpagger would have written a nice post stating that we should all get back to talking about hiking, or he would lock the thread. Why don't we do that anyway? TomK

I've used the first and last few lines of this in my signature block, here is the rest of it: Hills I never loved your plains, your gentle valleys Your quiet country lanes and pleached alleys I want my hills, the trail that scorns the hollow Up, up the ragged shale where few will follow. Up...