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Exactly, Ferrisjrf. Caveat emptor = "(let the) buyer beware" Only I made a pun: Caveat emetor = "(let the) Barfer beware" :)

I don't plan to see this movie in a cineplex. Maybe on DVD - with the remote in one hand, and a (large/strong) drink in the other. For the simple reason that I am "one of those people" who cannot sit in a crowded room and watch something so graphic without possibly becoming nauseated/fainting...

After finishing #46 at Armstrong on the 13th, I figured, why run out of the woods (and NY) if I could actually SEE something from Haystack ?! Last time there (1980s) was rain, socked in and punishing wind. But first, given the rain forecast for that night, I struck my tent and moved into the...

Started in 1985, with Giant. Finished Wed, Oct 13 2010 on Armstrong !!! This was my second 46 Finish attempt, the first being Oct 2009. Then, I made Uppr WJ (#45) but bailed on 46 due to summit ice and (safety) counsel of 46-er buddy Paul S (DNAgent). Paul could not make this trip, so I...

I would think that at - 60F one should be concerned with NOT BEING THERE in the first place :) I bought the REI Spruce Run (compressible synthetic light-mid jacket) and was very glad I had it, in 20-ish temps. MR

I had one of the old Bluet Gaz stoves - unlit - spew cryogenic fuel on my hands (and in my kitchen !) following a bad Ice Storm /power outage here in NC. I pitched it off my deck, then recovered it later. It was a stiff O-ring. Now it works fine but I use it only for car camping. I have hiked...

Yes it was. Hiking higher up on Giant would have entailed traction aids. The views from Giant were a consolation prize for bailing on Armstrong (my intended "46") the day before, also due to ice. I use a Panasonic FZ-28 Ultrazoom. VERY portable, a nice 18X optical Leica and great...

Does this qualify ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/stubabes0137/4054826006/ Moonrock

In September 2004, my friend DNAgent was finishing his 46 (Cliff, Redfield, Allen) and we 3 were full-packing an ambitious 5-day triangle (in Floyd blowdown !!) to that end. Night 1, at lean-to on the north side of Flowed Lands, we packed our food into our Garcia Canisters and bedded down...

Drove up from NC to NY on the weekend of Oct 10th. THE PLAN: Hike Upper WJ (#45) and Armstrong (#46 !!!) Picked up Paul ("DNAgent" - 2004 46-er) at Albany AP on Wed. 14th (he flew red-eye from CA for this !). We packed to the lean-to between Johns Brook Lodge and Interior outpost. NO...

Turns out that family/work demands and airline fares trump Nature. Presently lookin' MID October...:{ But THANKS, EVERYBODY. MR

I hope to finish #45 and #46 (UWJ/Armstrong) as part of an October trip to the northeast. My hiking partner can fly to Albany Oct 13th, and BP/peak-bag until the 17th. Realistically, what is the expected distribution of peak/near-peak foliage around that time ? I would expect it to be past...

I have one of the MSR Cloudliner series hydration bags. For the second time in memory, the thin, flexible liner of the drinking tube has "herniated", i.e., internally crumpled and clogged the tube. This happened right outside where it was factory-press-fitted over the hard plastic connector...

Whatever the numbers say, it was pretty impressive, as was that photo. BTW, the bright portions are (really-beaten-up) anorthosite, similar bedrock composition to the central Adirondack High Peaks. But when you reduce the sun intensity to that seen on earth, lunar rock is reportedly dark gray -...

Hmmm (scratch-scratch): That's only a 14(.5) % greater APPARENT area, as seen from Earth. But the "total reflected light" from the moon does not change, because the moon is NOT (7 %) closer to the SUN. The latter part (inverse square law) makes sense, if you treat the moon as a point source...