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I was at an inn in Greenville, Maine overlooking Moosehead Lake. That mountain in the background is Big Moose. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 87/115 (62/67, 23/46, 2/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 39/39; WNH4K: 41/48; NEHH 89/100 LT NB 2009; CT NB 2017; FHT...

Well, a summit, not necessarily the one you were aiming for. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 87/115 (62/67, 23/46, 2/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 39/39; WNH4K: 41/48; NEHH 89/100 LT NB 2009; CT NB 2017; FHT EB 2023 "I don't much care where [I get to] --"...

On Saturday I hiked the Burroughs Loop for the second time. The Burroughs Loop goes over the Burroughs Range in the Catskills and back through the valley to the north of it. The last time I did it I went counter-clockwise from/to the Slide Trailhead. This time I went clockwise from/to...

That must be the hiker whose trail name is Steady Eddie. I read about this on Trailjournals. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 87/115 (62/67, 23/46, 2/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 39/39; WNH4K: 41/48; NEHH 89/100 LT NB 2009; CT NB 2017; FHT EB 2023 "I...

Last weekend I backpacked in the Whites, mostly with my friend Mike. The cast of hikers for this trip changed several times during the planning, but in the end it was just me for the first day, and me and Mike for the next two. Approaching the days of the hike I was worried about the weather...

Apparently the herd path by North Twin Trail which avoids the first two river crossings is due to become the official trail. See the second paragraph of Steven Smith's latest blog, which says, "In the parking lot I chatted with some Student Conservation Association workers who are developing a...

Laurel is just starting to bloom again in northeastern Connecticut. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 84/115 (59/67, 23/46, 2/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 39/39; WNH4K: 41/48; NEHH 89/100 LT NB 2009; CT NB 2017; FHT EB 2023 "I don't much care where [I get...

I finished through hiking the Foothills Trail in the Carolinas a few days ago. My trail journal is here. My pictures are here. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 84/115 (59/67, 23/46, 2/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 39/39; WNH4K: 41/48; NEHH 89/100 LT NB 2009...

I'll be hiking the Foothills Trail next month, and I'll pick up my eighth high point then. I'm not actively pursuing that list, but obviously I'm keeping track. And to be honest I did the Conn. and R.I. high points because they were high points, and in one case an interesting nearby hike, and...

Over the past weekend a bunch of us from the Connecticut Section of the Green Mountain Club rented a house in Hunter in the Catskills. There were eleven of us altogether, including a ten-year old. On Friday several people hiked Burnt Knob. I hadn't arrived yet. On Saturday ten of us hiked...

Having Thanksgiving week off I decided to visit the Catskills before I went off to family celebrations. Looking at the map I realized that over the years I had hiked all but a short (about 3 mile) segment of the Devil's Path, the section between Stony Clove and Plateau summit. So on Tuesday I...

I saw Infinite Storm yesterday, on Amazon Prime. I liked it. I've read Gagne's article, and I know it wasn't true to life, but it wasn't supposed to be a documentary. It was a fictional work based on a true story, and I think it captured the basic dynamic of the true story, while adding some...

Last weekend I went to Vermont. On Friday and Saturday I did some trailwork on the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail with the Conn. Section of the GMC, based at Story Spring Shelter. On Sunday (16 Oct.) I drove north to hike Killington via Shrewsbury Peak Trail. This was my fourth time on...

Last week my girlfriend Meadowsweet and I went to Mount Desert Island, which is where most of Acadia National Park is. It was her first time there, and my first time in over 40 years. Our time there included two hikes, a short one on Thursday where the two of us circled Jordan Pond, and a...

On Saturday (the 20th) I hiked the third and final section of my Taconic Crest Trail section hike. This time Joe ("Goat"), Barbara ("Nice Lady"), and Diane joined me. We started by climbing up to the ridge on Phelps Trail. This was the hardest part of the day. It's a mile and a half of up...