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My wife and I were able to splurge on a brief trip to the Dolomites, where we had just enough time to hike the first three stages of the Alta Via 1. Each day was around 8 miles and between 2000 and 4000 feet elevation gain. Due to planes, cars, buses, etc., we had a late start on day 1 (12:30)...

As I decline into my golden years, my doctor suggests that compression socks may help with my swollen feet. Bode Miller in a WSJ article on Friday said he uses X Bionic, but a casual search says they run $80-150. Any advice to offer? Thanks.

Not sure if this is the right section, but article in today's NY Times describes AMC's efforts to sell its cabin on Fire Island: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/nyregion/fire-island-mountain-club-cabin-sale.html Generations of club members have paid nominal fees to use the rustic cabin...

Not that any of you are old enough, but the lifetime Senior Pass to US parks and national forests is increasing from $10 to $80 on August 28: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/senior-pass-changes.htm?utm_source=feesandpasses&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=senior_pass This would be a good time...

Not the best day to do this loop but it's a hike my wife and I have been wanting to try for years. Went up Baldface Circle Trail, met a trail crew coming out, saw their great work later in the day. Conditions okay until after right around North Baldface. Eagle Crag socked in so we went down...

Visiting relatives in Portland this summer, have four to six extra days. Would like to camp a few days, hike a bit. Looking for something around 9 — 12 miles, 2 or 3 thousand foot elevation gain. Know nothing about the state except it rains and there's Crater Lake. Any advice would be...

Squeezed these two in around a wedding in Springdale. We arrived 8/11, a day after heavy rains closed the trails and the only road through the park (thanks to a house-sized boulder). Virgin River was fast and very muddy. The trick to these hikes is to do them early in the day — or not in...

It took a long time but my wife and I finally got to climb Wheeler Peak via the Williams Lake and Wheeler Peak trails. Should have done this hike twenty years ago. Beautiful day, lots of hikers but not too crowded. Technically an easy trail (never had to use arms or even hands) but...

This was in the New York Times Travel Section two weeks ago, curious what the response would be here to the story: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/travel/maine-mt-baker-hiking.html

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"For the first time in 41 years, no one will climb Mount Everest this year." http://tinyurl.com/kq6q5m5 Off-topic I know.

I know it sounds weird, but http://cabinporn.com/ has photographs of cabins, cottages, and huts around the world. Recently three beautiful shots of island cabins on Megunticook Lake. Lots of Alpine and Rockies shots.

We have a couple of mid-week days in August and want to climb Greylock. Have no idea of the area at all. Any opinions about Clarksburg State Park? Pittsfield State Forest? The Greylock website also suggests Savoy Mountain State Forest or Mohawk Trail State Forest. There's also the Historic...

Slide show of expeditions starting from 1924: http://www.britishpathe.com/gallery/conquering-everest

Not sure this is a relevant posting or the best place to post it, but at least it was a trip. First Saturday in May is the rain-or-shine date for The Great Saunter, a 32-mile trek around the perimeter of Manhattan. Judging by the numbers handed out, over a thousand people registered for this...

Report on Sally Jewell from USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/06/obama-interior-department-sally-jewell/1895351/ Have a lot of respect for REI. Not sure what to expect from this decision.

Interesting story posted on Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/doers/2013/01/mike_hanson_s_big_hike_how_a_blind_man_used_technology_to_conquer_the_appalachian.single.html He used Loadstone GPS on an iPhone. Also had a filmmaker following him who presumably could provide help...

From today's New York Times. Findings indicate that each occurrence of Lyme disesase is a new infection, not a relapse: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/health/new-infection-not-relapse-brings-back-symptoms-of-lyme-disease-study-finds.html?ref=us Which calls into question whether Lyme disease...

Just saw High Ground yesterday and would recommend it for its excellent photography in Nepal. Just as much for its story line: eleven veterans wounded in the Iraq and Afghan wars join a healing expedition to climb Mount Lebuche in the Himalayas. While it includes footage of Erik Weihenmayer, a...

Rained overnight and was cloudy and foggy when we awoke Saturday morning. Still overcast when we reached the Grafton Notch parking lot around 10:00, but we could see the summits. However, the forecast was for rain by 2:30 that afternoon. Took the trail up to Table Rock, what a spectacular...