Recent content by Trail Orphan

TNF Gloves The gloves were fine. They have nice grab-patches on them that did not slide off of trekking poles and steering wheels!

PB Magazine It's already in the Recycle Bin... The magazine has gotten worse and worse, since when is kayaking and canoeing considered to be "backpacking?"

Follow up... We snowshoed in and changed to crampons for the final push up Marcy and back to snowshoes for the descent. Went bare boots at the dam as the conditions warranted. NO postholing at all as the track was solid. I jumped up and down (with pack +, 250 pounds?) and NO holes! This...

Just fishing for opinions... Trail from the Loj to Marcy Dam on 1/29/05 had MAYBE 4-5 inches of well packed snow, no way one could post hole. In fact, snowshoe cleats made deeper impression than boots! Is it wrong to bare boot in such snow??

Gear Stashing I personally never feel comfortable stashing gear, figure I carry it all for a reason. I've only stashed my stupid trekking poles 'cause they got it the way while I was falling into spruce traps on Santanoni... :p

Snowshoes A pair of MSR shoes that I got on eBay for 50 bucks with four inch tails I picked up used from Rock & Snow in New Paltz.

RE: Trekking Poles I have them put find that they often get in to way. Lots of times I think about where to put the poles and forget about my feet! :0)

Have Three Left... I am interested! I still have Couch, Allen and Seward left to finish (finally!) my first round. Don't care if they are in Winter or Summer!!

While hiking up Treadway Mountain in NY a few summers ago, we came around a bend only to find a young woman naked from the waist down doing her "business" right in the middle of the trail!