Recent content by Amantio

Congrats Great job and a great place to finish. I was up on Moriah last week, and must have hit the same mud pit, which took my leg up to mid calf and would have kept going had I not been able to pull back out :eek:. Thankfully I was wearing my gaiters!

to spot a car at Crawford Station, pop over to Zealand Road to the Hale Brook Trail, over Hale to the Zealand Hut, then the A-Z to the Mt Tom Spur, down again and over to Field, then down the Avalon Trail to the spotted (spotted??) car. Thirteen miles or thereabouts, 7:30 a.m. meet up. Any takers?

No, Donna. Not to beat a dead horse, but had my compatriot made our rendezvous at the originally apointed hour, and had we not spent precious minutes cramponing and de-cramponing (these are words?) we may have made it to Jackson by noon, but things being what they were, we arrived there at 2...

Pic Let's see how this works.

A photo from the Summit of Mt Pierce Here's a link to the one photo, taken with Mike's Blackberry: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=153921851315695&set=a.102500276457853.1173.100000936437574&ref=fbx_album

It certainly was a fun day, Mike. And pictures or not, those views from Pierce will be in my mind forever. Glad I missed the snoring, though. :eek:

Dear Santa, I know that the usual procedure is for a correspondent to your workshop to make an appeal on his own behalf for a Christmas gift, and also that the correspondent is usually between the ages of five and, say, eight, but I ran into a situation this past weekend that would benefit...

Thanks for the greenie, Mark. Save me a seat at Booze and Vittles for December?

Thanks to all for your encouragement and support. I give up trying to upload photos. Here's a link to facebook pics: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=23686&id=100000936437574&l=1dd8fe20bd Hi, Sabrina. In addition to that Ossippee day, we hiked with you, Tera and (now) hubbie over a rain...

Thanks so much, Jabberwalk. I well remember that hike. You were curious about my lunch, because I used to bring a somewhat elaborate spread with me. That day it was home made chicken salad. I have since ditched that routine in favor of food that can be eaten on the move. Ah, experience! And...

Little did I suppose, struggling through a light mist of rain to ascend the lofty 1,380 foot summit of Maine’s Mount Megunticook in the late spring of 2007, that in October of 2010 I would stand similarly upon the summit of Mount Carrigain, having topped all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000 foot...

So happy birthday! Hope you enjoy the day.

Mushroom? Italian, Latin, what's the difference? All I know are funghi. Would certainly love to see you and yours on the trail. Taunting would only motivate me further.

Blatant attempt to worm one's way into a hike Keep your plans intact for Franconia, Mike, but open your mind to the idea of allowing me to tag along. That will give you a full week to think up ways to provide me with material.

Plans modified Given the deteriorating weather forecast for Saturday, we’ve made the executive decision to punt to Sunday. Boots on the trail at 6:00 a.m.?? Really??? Perhaps we'll see you on your way down :o. We will be shooting for an on trail time of 8, and will be at the trailhead...