My girlfriend recently expressed an interest in hiking her first 4000 footer. The weekend forecast called for warm temps, low wind and blue skies so I took her on the Franconia Ridge Loop to climb Lincoln and Lafayette for a perfect start to the Spring hiking season.
I got caught in bad...
Last weekend my friends and I set our sights on Huntington Ravine but the weather report changed our minds. As a plan B we headed to Greeley Pond because we knew there were some unnamed slides in that area which might be fun to climb. We bush-whacked our way to a slide near the pond and did a...
I was in the same situation as you last year when I was planning for Rainier. I ended up carrying a Canon G 12 and an Olympus TG 820 tough. The G12 is a compromise between an SLR and a point and shoot and it takes great photos. When the weather is good I can carry it attached to the sternum...
Thank you! Its amazing that the height and elevation gain compare to Mount Washington. However the smoothness and pitch of this trail made it seem so much easier than climbing up Tucks or Huntington Ravine.
I opened this thread ready to be impressed that you got up so early but then I read about Chester and was blown away. I had never heard of this before but it is beyond words levels of amazing. Go Team Chester!
Congrats to Cameron! Finishing the 48 at such a young age is an amazing achievement! What will he do next? This story had fog, bears, toilet paper signs and of course a 48 finish...totally awesome!