Recent content by Lava Lamp

A friend and I had longstanding plans to do the Bonds and South Twin and then to spend the night at the Galehead Hut on Thursday, August 15, 2013. We responded to the trail closure by taking the Pemi East Side Trail from the Lincoln Woods trailhead to the Franconia Brook Tentsite, about 2.9...

Pam: Thanks! You're way more adept at using this system than I. I just happily agreed to "friend" you, something I didn't know could be done on Views. Yes, let's hike again soon. Tom

The Cotswolds are a range of rolling hills well to the west of London. On a trip to England in August my wife, my son Chris and I spent three days there hiking from one bed-and-breakfast to another. Our bags moved by cab ahead of us as we followed a series of trails that took us through...

Date: 6/11/11 Peaks: Mts. Field, Willey & Tom Trails: Avalon, Willey Range, Mt. Tom Spur and A-Z Conditions: Great. Whoever is maintaining these trails is doing a wonderful job. I saw just one blowdown in about 10 miles (on the Willey Range Trail just north of the summit of Mt. Field), and...

My son Tony (18/NH 48) has been spending the summer between his freshman and sophomore years of college in Morocco, teaching English to Arabic-speaking children and teenagers. Perhaps inspired by the recent news stories claiming that the Appalachian Range originally stretched in an arc...

Saturday was supposed to bring cooler, drier air than we'd gotten used to in the Boston area, so I made a fairly early start up 93 and got to the Crawford Depot about 8:30. I was rewarded with a lovely morning with temperatures in the mid-50's. I took the Avalon Trail, intent on enjoying all...

Yes! It's a sturdy structure offering excellent views. Though you don't get the lawless thrill that comes with slipping through the wooden slats intended to prevent access to the Wildcat tower.

Times being what they are, many of the people I've hiked with on AMC trips in the last couple of years have been looking for work. I've suggested to some of them, and want to recommend to any of you who may be unemployed, to make a short hiking video and enclose the CD with your resume next...

My 19-year-old son Tony is home for a month between the end of his freshman year in college and the start of an overseas summer job. On Saturday, June 12, 2010 we were among the relatively few people who made the trek up the Signal Ridge Trail to Mt. Carrigain, and for a time we had the summit...

Hannah, the 19-year-old daughter of my hiking companion Barbara, was home from college and anxious to bag her 26th White Mountain peak. So Saturday morning the three of us met at the park-and-ride at Exit 5 and set off for Osceola East. As planned, we were on the Greeley Ponds Trail at about 9...

More on Trail Maintenance This photo catches me in a rare moment of honest labor. Bill Darcy, in light of his many contributions to mankind, should be forgiven his choice of headgear. Volunteers treat the day much like a hike: you bring your pack, some lunch and lots of water...

Saturday, May 22, 2010, was a beautiful day for trail maintenance on the Old Bridle Path that leads from the trailhead off Route 93 to the Greenleaf Hut on Mt. Lafayette. The New Hampshire Chapter of the AMC, which has adopted the Old Bridle Path, devotes a few days a year to keeping it the...