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2,660 miles in 59+ days! 45 miles per day! yikes! http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/08/18/josh-garrett-finishes-pct-in-record-time-13-pic-gallery/ JohnL

I spent time atoning for what sins I can still commit at my age by getting out of my bed high above the Las Vegas Strip every morning at 4:03 and driving an hour up to Valley of Fire to get there by sunrise. Of the five full days we had out there I spent a total of 20 hours in the park...

I found this set of photos quite by accident as I was browsing through some unrelated flickr photos. They are part of an archival project from the photos of a founder of Teradyne Corporation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/sets/72157600073036195/ JohnL

While coming down the Georgiana Falls trail on Sunday, I had a close encounter with a young cow moose. I had noticed several scat piles along the trail so I knew moose were prevalent in the area. I was just walking along, watching my footing. I just happened to look up and there she was...

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/recalibrated-formula-eases-womens-workouts/ JohnL

The image below is of a normal sized Lady's Slipper but is it a mutant of a Pink Lady's Slipper or is it a separate species altogether? I have seen some white Lady's Slippers with very faint pink veins but this one is as white as you can get. Any thoughts? JohnL

On my drive to the trailhead early Saturday morning, I spotted a fox in the driveway of the motel across the road from the Mt Washington Hotel. I stopped but I wasn't able to get my camera out of my pack in time to capture an image. However, when I got to the Crawford Path trailhead, there...

I have been approached about the use of some of my photographs in an upcoming publication, a book on wildflowers to be exact. I need some help on granting permission for use of my images so that my images are protected but I don't get overly involved in the legalese of the process. Any advice...

If you have never experienced the wonders of the Annapurna Circuit trek in Nepal, you may be too late. http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/travel/21nepal.html?hp JohnL

Trail Conditions: L Lake packed out nicely, Fishin' Jimmy less so and between the peaks not at all. Special Equipment Required: MicroSpike STs to the Lake, snowshoes to the peaks and back with bare boots from the Hut to the lot. Comments: Though four of us packed out the trails, they are by...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/science/earth/06petty.html?_r=1&hpw JohnL

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/sports/othersports/29lacedelli.html?_r=1&hpw JohnL

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/sports/07deathrace.html?_r=1 JohnL

April 23 at the Chelmsford MA Library http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/onebook/ JohnL

Apologies for the length but it does encompass three hikes. Friday. Hale. LRP. The first time I saw this TLA on one of the group’s short and cryptic emails I thought we were going to hike on the LRP. OBP I know but what the heck was the LRP? Lafayette Ridge Path. No. After racking my...

Sunday, The Ides of March, 2009 Trails in fine shape, what little time I spent on them today. Conditions were either hard crust or broken crust with soft stuff underneath. I wore MicroSpike STs to Washington's summit but feeling I dodged a bullet I donned crampons for the rest of the trip...

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/travel/08Explorer.html JohnL

Sunday Mar 8, 2009 Conditions: Not much different from Paul Shaw's Saturday report. The ridge over to Flume looked like a postholers nightmare from Saturday. Several blowdowns btw Liberty & Flume, one of which was an undignified crawl-under. Both trails well packed out. Equipment: MSR's...

Trails: Greeley Ponds Ski Tr & Mt Osceola Trails Conditions: Crusted snow over variable lower conditions; deep powder to loose granular to bare ground in the windblown sections. A flash flood had forced us off the Greeley Ponds hiking trail to the ski trail that starts between the Greeley...

The a cappella rendition of the Marseilles had a little something extra on it during our Sunday morning drive as we headed northward for our date with the mountain formerly known as Mooshillock. The skies got progressively cloudier the further north we got and by the time we got into Franconia...