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It's hard to ignore reports like this. "There's something happening here." The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and seven or eight years later, the population has not recovered...

Re: "What have you done?" With great persistence, I recycled a lithium-ion battery today. It took some research to find the right place, but I was determined not to dump it. It was right near a trailhead for a greenway, so I then went for a long walk on the greenway.

I may have experienced the strongest updraft that I have ever felt in the spot on Webster pictured in your third photo. It was very impressive. That's a great little loop over the 2 peaks. I liked the Elephant Head side trip as well.

I see that my spirit totem has paid you a visit in photo #1.

As a mostly summer/early fall hiker when up in the mts, I carry some extra clothes (socks, change of shirt, extra layer) but not full sets of everything for any type of weather. It's just day hikes now and the worst that happens is that I get wet. I always carry a raincoat/windbreaker as well...

I started using poles when I hit 70. I don't use them on the flats and rarely going uphill. I find them quite useful on the downhill and at stream crossings though. I finished the NH48 as a "hands-free" hiker aka pole-less.

Where there is a network of interconnected trails, color coded blazing can be very helpful and reassuring. Some trails do seem overly blazed in places where the treadway through a forest is quite obvious. Above treeline, cairns are imo preferable to blazes but not always present. I don't mind a...

That's the one. You nailed it so Joe can relax. I love that view and think it's one of the finest views of an approach to a summit that you will see anywhere. And yes, it's a totally different perspective from what you see from the valleys on either side, which are pretty good views in their own...

I did that exact route a few years ago and loved Chocorua. Now that's a summit that really feels like a summit. The view of the ridge leading up to the rocky summit from the col separating it from The Sisters is a magnificent shot (which I can't locate at present). We were not hiking the 52 WAV...

My name is definitely not on that list anymore. It's possible that it never was.

With the connector trail at the bottom, I guess you can park at either end and still go in either direction, but I'll probably go up Percival and loop CCW. There may be a few other hikes remaining for me on the 52WAV list that have options, but most of them are probably straightforward and...

I'm probably in the minority of people on VFTT who have not done this hike and likely won't do it until next summer. It is most often described in a clockwise fashion hitting Morgan first and then descending from Percival. Is that just because the Morgan trailhead is the first one most people...

"If you know the Dike crux well, it's quite easy and secure, even when it's wet. But part of that is perception. If you view it as a hike, it's a really difficult, dangerous hike. If you view it as a rock climb, it's quite easy." I was trying to imagine it. That's a very good explanation.

Several years ago, I was staying nearby in Sugar Hill and did the loop over Bald Mt and Artists Bluff after breakfast on a weekday morning in August. It wasn't crowded at that time of day. It's a neat viewpoint down the Notch but if you have to compete with the number of people described in...

TEO, I bow to your superior knowledge of fabrics! I think it was just a typo on my part, but my research (spurred by your post) shows that gaberdine (with an e) originally referred to a cloak type of garment. This thread has now drifted into a crevasse of gabardine threads.

Yes, their gear was pretty basic 100 years ago compared to what is now available. They wore wool and gaberdine according to one report that I read, and they wore leather boots, but they did have oxygen. In no way did I mean to diminish their valor, skill, or boldness in attempting this climb. My...

It's pretty cool (and maybe a little grim) that they found some of his remains 100 years later. But even if they found his camera and there were summit photos, would he receive credit as the first to "climb Everest"? I thought it was generally agreed that to claim a peak, you need to make it up...

Thanks for the photo, Chris. I did Stinson in the fog last year and the visibility was about 50 feet. I've been wondering what I missed.

Welcome to VFTT rynoberlin. Everyone here has a debt to peakbagger for the information he so generously shared in thousands of posts on the forum over the years. Unfortunately, I am sad to break the news to you that peakbagger (Dennis) passed away several months ago. Looking back in the...

We're not arguing we're just contradicting. No we're not. Yes we are!