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Hi all: Returning to Views after a long dormant period. Just moved from ME to southern PA (hiking opportunities expectedly weak :( ) Am near York,PA and willing to travel if you have any good hike ideas/workouts for more serious stuff. Anyway..I've long used National Geo Topo software for my...

...headed to Colorado Tues for a few weeks hiking around RMNP/ Indian Peaks Wilderness to acclimate, then some 14s in Fairplay/Buena Vista area --my nephew asked me to do a hike down to the riverbed in Black Canyon--looking at things, i suspect we'd go using the "easy" route -Gunnison...

If you read my TRs, you know that i've been chasing ME "P"(prominence) peaks. I got hooked on "P" peaks looking for something to do after finishing most of the usual lists (46,67,115, NEHH, YALP, Views etc etc) and then reading PBs exploits on the 50 Finest ( first 50 "P" peaks in NE)-thanks...

..getting down to precious few...this was another hike i've "dreaded" for a few years, because of potential driving issues rather than the hike itself as in the case of Barren last week...have driven in this "deep" on several occasions and never know what to expect..sometimes no problem, other...

...this one is all about the hike :)---since the "changes", i have no clue how to get pics into post..solved For several years, i have dreaded the day i try Barren. The peak has a serious rep and deservedly so. Not sure i wanted to go at all and almost afraid to go alone (my usual mode). It...

..don't think i've ever had a hike day with this many unexpected occurrences....all ended well, at least for me My mouthing off about how well my body tolerated yesterday received it's just deserts (yes, that's the correct spelling, really) when i woke up at 1AM and needed vitamin "I". Up at 5...

ah, the list is down to precious few...i was planning an ambitious (for me) two days and hoping for the best...first semi-serious multiday hikes in almost a year... watched my Cs get trounced, got 3 1/2 hours of sleep and off to Saddleback Jr-3640'--none of the route possibilities were...

ah, where to start on this one?...and the difference 2 years makes.....in July? 2010, i quit in the middle of this hike, didn't go in the woods for over 2 months and considered stopping "serious" peakbagging altogether......today, the hike was a joy The weather has been bad of late and i was...

whew...glad to have this one in the book... looking at and dreading it for better part of two years-- not the climb, but how to get there-this TR more about the drive than the hike--see Delorme 38 and 39 I was originally thinking about going in the Beaudry Rd above Eustic and traveling back...

....late night radio is generally awful and early Sunday morning is the worst--3rd string sports talk hosts, extraterrestrial beings, New Age and religious music and commercials beyond parody ("Police Officer's Right To Sue"--that would be sue the city of New York) ....enough to trigger the...

....if it's really "all about the journey", there were a few rough patches today Headed north at the stroke of 230 -up Rt 95 into The County, off at Smyrna Mills (exit 288 if you care), over Rts 212 & 11 to Ashland, one of the northern gateways to North Maine Woods --this last bunch of peaks...

perhaps not as much TR today as rumination (you've been warned)...crazy late start at 730...left after "core" class at Bangor "Y"--after last year's injuries, i decided to join the "Y" to diversify the beatings needed to keep the old body parts moving-"just" running was pounding me to...

....230AM, cold, dark, windy, but it's great to be back hiking after an injury plagued 2011 season. I'm headed up to try a few ME "P" peaks near Jackman. We've had an easy winter like most of the NE, but being unable to get any beta on conditions in northern and western mountains, i have...

...continuing my hiking road trip...so on an "off day" i head down toward Bend, an area i hiked a lot last year ( Black Butte, Black Crater, Tam McArthur Rim, S Sister)..has numerous inexpensive or free, utilitarian USFS and state camping spots I had done NO research on Smith Rock, a high...

One of my daughters works at Reed College in Portland, OR and I try to visit her once a year and usually throw in a solo hiking road trip. Last year the hikes included South Sister near Bend (superb hike), but no TRs as for reasons still not clear to me i took a 2 month hiatus from hiking upon...

I suspect the few of you who read this will find little familiar. Good hikes/interesting "stuff", but the two jars held signatures of about 10 (yes 10 total) people over a span of 20 years, not particularly popular peaks. On Friday, i did a fairly long,fun hike to try some new gear and summit...

After my Friday night stay at the Roadhouse, i have an easy morning and then drive to Jay Peak Ski Area in Vt for the wedding of a good friend's son, about 3 1/2-4 hours away on a series of nothing roads across western ME and northern NH/VT. If you've not been to Jay in awhile, you would not...

Moose of course (crazy tired right now), but i don't know how to edit titles?? Friday 8/5 Started a long weekend by driving to Stratton , up 27 and across the border at Coburn Gore and then to Megantic, an area i've never explored. The peaks i was interested in were on the boundary swath NW of...

...the joy of a day when everything goes as planned..... The night was clear, but the moon wasn't yellow nor did the leaves come tumbling down as i headed toward Stratton and the Beaudry, home of ME 3Ks and the Kibby Wind Project Part A & B and Antler Hill-2650'-With no beta, i planned two...

.... been putting these two off for awhile as i dreaded the drive...about 370 miles total including 150 of dirt....check them out on Delorme pg 56..... I headed up toward Millinocket with a "sliver" moon just coming up..turned out the Golden Rd, north on Telos to the gate for North Maine Woods...