Recent content by Neil

I am very saddened to learn the news of John's premature passing. John was a friend of all things hiking and that included the ADK High Peaks Foundation to which he made generous donations. I will never forget when he learned of my and Glen Bladholm's (mastergrasshopper) attempt of a Pemi loop...

I think there would have to be a lot of people doing the peaks for (obvious?) herd paths to develop. I have a favorite bushwhack that follows a broad ridge and have done it many times over the past 10-12 years. There is an incipient herd path that is intermittent and I often lose it or it just...

Doesn't strike me as reckless but I'm obviously biased and am not deciding anything. Ie. Who knows, a lawyer working for an accident insurance company would be paid to save the company money and might try and argue that if you had to take all those precautions then it must be a dangerous...

I don't understand why the mention of bushwhacking always results in anti-GPS posts. Bushwhacking and map and compass navigation can be dissociated. I have worked hard at developing and honing map and compass skills and I see the Nav part of bushwhacking as being a separate experience. The...

Add an altimeter to the map and compass and you can almost always pin-point your position on the map. Takes practice and maintenance though. Would solo bushwhacking (with no GPS) be considered reckless in NH?

Project -100 finished successfully on Kilburn Sunday March 18th, my 62nd birthday. And what a day that was!

Latest blog post. We got our money's worth on Haystack-Basin and Saddleback. Doing Allen I had a mishap crossing Skylight brook on my way out.

Checking the stats on the blog I noticed some hits from VFTT. Indeed, the no fund raising policy is why I haven't linked to the blog from here. However, I suspect that precluding any shills then no one would mind if I was "raising awareness" about the project itself. It's a bear of a project...

27th/28th it was. I could have/should have included the dates in my TR.

First TR here in a while! I finally made it back to the Whites. Took me 4h30 to drive to Barnes Field where I set up a tent. Then I took the Pinkham B shortcut road back to Rte 2 and geared up for a hike I've been wanting to do for years: Castellated Ridge to Jefferson. The upper elevations...

I plan 2 nights at BF this weekend and was wondering how the camping fees are collected. Ie. should I bring cash? Thanks!

On MYCCR someone posted this link in response to my query there.

I came across this cracked open boulder while ascending a brook in the Macintyre Range. Any thoughts as to what sort of rock this is and what cooling history would result in it? http://adkhighpeaks.com/neil/outdoor%20pursuits/avy-macs_2016/Avy-mac_0044.html

My MO (FWIW): Exit vehicle garbed in a base layer shirt and an eVent jacket. Thin belaclava and wool miits inside a shell mitt. My base layer, no matter how cold it is will absorb moisture. I can have cold everything (hands, head etc.) and still sweat. I eschew soft shells and things that have...

I agree about someone going out and booting it up one NE peak. And, if you're young enough you can cruise on youth and feel like sh!t tomorrow! But, a lot depends on what's big or small to the hiker and how good one wants to feel during and after. For 10-12 plus hour hikes stringing...