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I forgot to ask about this. When I was on Mt. Hight over the last Columbus Day Weekend, I was just kind of wandering around the summit when I saw what I thought was a little lizard dart into the brush. I got a barely decent look at it -- it definitely wasn't a mouse: it had a fatter tail and...

This is a 14 mile trail race with 2300' elevation gain. It starts at the base of Mt. Toby which is in Sunderland MA (about 10 miles or so North of Umass Amherst). From there you take a combination of dirt jeep roads and fire roads 7 miles up to the summit which is at about 1300' and has a fire...

We did the loop that at this point, everyone in the known universe knows about at this point: North Twin Trail --> FW Trail to Hale --> Zea Cliff --> Zea-Land --> South Twin except we went down to Gale Head and went out that way. Jason and I did all the car spotting because Ryan and Kristiner...

I made a "training log" thing in the social groups. I don't know if it'll be useful or not... I can always delete it. Not everyone does "training" and some people just get out and do stuff during the week and don't consider it "training" but you kind of get the picture. Sometimes, I find, it's...

Snowshoe running is nothing new but it can be challenging when you're on long days trekking through deep, potentially unconsolidated snow whether you're hiking or (trying) to run. Based on some rec's from Jason Faceybookis I started experimenting with using trail runners in combination with...

I ran a 50k in April (TARC Spring Classic) but after that a foot injury limited me to biking for a good part of the spring / summer. In July I started running again but I was feeling frustrated trying to really get back into it. In late August , on a whim, I signed up for the VT50 thinking that...

One week after running my first 50 mile race (VT50) I decided to run the Nipmuck Trail Marathon in Connecticut. I knew I wouldn’t have fully recovered yet – my body can’t recover that fast yet as a lot of seasoned ultra runners bodies can – but I figured it would be a challenge and I heard that...

Back in 2004, "the list" (NH48) was still a big thing. And to a lot of people, it still is and if they finish it and they're proud of their accomplishment, I wouldn't take anything away from them. Way back 50 years ago the NH48 (or 46 back then) was a real big thing. Now, I guess there's easier...

Mr. Kill, formerly known as Dr. Wu to some of you, and “complete jerk” to all of you, finished the NH48 on Wildcat “D” this past weekend. It actually took me about 25 years to do it. Some people erroneously thought that I had previously completed the 48 but this was in fact, fiction. The first...

I always see those cute little wolf spiders when I'm hiking around Mt. Washington. Ironically, I rarely ever see them anywhere else like Franconia Ridge. Only in the Presidentials. Anyway, they seem friendly enough and I hear they only eat other bugs (maybe we can import a few more of them up...

Date of Hike: Feb 13, 2011 Trail Conditions: Benton Trail: tracked out... not always easy to follow but we went top to bottom ok. Deep snow... has not been used in quite a while. Tunnell Brook Trail: tracked out, fairly easy to follow (except near the beaver lakes) deep snow. Special...

New Balance is jumping into the minimalist shoe thing. So is Merrell. Looking forward to trying both shoes is about the only reason I have at all to live this winter. Neither of these are horrible toe-shoes which is a good thing. It's all the rage now... -Dr. Wu

There are no trails (to my knowledge) in Jefferson Ravine and I haven't heard about people going there very much. But when you look down from Edmund's Col it looks pretty cool. Anyone ever gone there? I bet a perfect time would be during spring melt... -Dr. Wu

Four of us: Wu, Jess, and two (non-VFTT) friends Doug and Lara were going to hike Owl's Head. Jess is finishing her list and Owl's Head is on it. We all drove up together on Sunday and while they were all sleeping in the car my over-active imagination crafted a more appropriate (and practical)...

There is a 3' high scree wall, reinforced by dead trees (!) that blocks off the entire southern section of the small alpine zone on Mt. Bond. Anyone that has ever hiked Mt. Bond knows there there was always a tiny little divider there already -- this new one is large, ugly and very...

My wife, Jess, is finishing up her NH48 so we took a 3-day weekend with some vague plans of doing a bunch of 4000'ers. I've had the Vibram Five Fingers KSO "shoes" for about six months but never use them hiking so I figured this would be a good opportunity. Wore them on all three hikes. Flume...

I've seen the new "Diesel" Cog a few times now and have come to the conclusion that it's stupid. First, the 10 trillion or so cars driving around in the area nullify any perceived benefit to the environment that running a diesel vs. belching coal engine a few times a day up a mountain has. It's...

Doing a Puma Loop on Sunday. It's a clockwise Pemi Loop. Anyone interested --- thinking <10 hours. Maybe start at 8am. Weather looks good. Cold f'kn beers afterwards. -Dr. Wu

Hi Everyone, mods please close this thread right away. I lost the cap for my Platypus water bladder on Mt. Skylight on Saturday and was pretty bummed about that... forced to do a Great Range Traverse with only about 1.5L water (I had a filter) because I couldn't have an open container of water...

Mt. Hight via. Stony Brook, Moriah Brook, Basin and Black Angel Trail; Down 19 Mile Brook Trail Date: 5/29/10 (not 5/30) Trail Conditions: Stony Brook: Very good condition, no snow. Moriah Brook: Top 1/2 mile of this trail sucks. Mostly mud. The rest of it is in great shape, I think. Basin...