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It was a while ago I posted here but the last couple of days Neighbor Dave and Chickety visited with me in Montana and we got out on an interesting hike just north of Yellowstone National Park. Neigbor will in a few days start the CDT here in Montana and hopefully finish by the Mexico border in...

This was the second time I did the Elkhorn 50K. The race is held in the Elkhorn Mountains outside of Helena, MT. The first time I ran it in 2002 it was 106 degrees in Helena. This time the temps were in a more acceptable 80's. I went up Friday evening with my friend Charles Steele who has run...

Hi everyone........first trip report from Montana! Joe Brown trailhead is located 5 miles from my apartment......some people will probably question why I drove there....... Dome Mountain is rising about 3,500' above the valley below and it's summit is 8,573' above seal level. about 12 miles...

Cast in order of appearance: Frodo Mats Roing Mtnpa Tim Seaver Cast members who we were supposed to meet on the ridge but decided to go over Clay and therefore we bypassed each other: Abster, 7Summits, Nif, Kim, Mardy, Cruddy Toes and Sue Now it's Sunday morning and the number of eager hikers...

Hi Everyone, After much deliberation I decided to accept a controller position for a non-profit close to Bozeman, Montana. I went to college there a couple of years ago ;) , ran my first 50-miler there, got la....anyway, I got the last campsite (#8) at Barnes Field for May 20-21....it's a small...

Alarm went off at 2am in order for me to meet Frodo at Lincoln Woods at 5:30am. After spotting his car there we drove up through Franconia Notch to the Garfield winter TH. Cruddy Toes joined us there to make sure we had a good pace up to Garfield.. And of we went in the gray morning.....Cruddy...

After seeing some good friends at Barnes Field in the morning I started from Highland Center up Crawford Path towards Monroe....nice trail to Pierce...... then half-way to Eisenhover I realized (as Timmus eloquently puts it) this is going to be a b*tch......it was hard enough to navigate in the...

After practicing for some time in winter conditions in the Whites I finally decided to do a solo hike up Tecumseh. I knew it was going to be cold and windy higher up so I prepared myself with hats and gloves and a jacket with a hood. Since relatively cold I thought I'll be ok with one liter of...

Players: Arm Darl58 Stevo Adventurous Hui Yeng MtnPa Mats Gear: Two 60 m ropes Four snow pickets Two Snow Anchors Harnesses, Ascenders, Pulleys etc We pulled into the parking lot where about 40 people or so with snow shoes gathered for a metup.com event. They took off up Kinsman Ridge Trail to...

Jungle telegraph just reported that peak nr 575:eek: was just summited on Moriah today......so just one to go! Hancock Campground seems to be where most will overnight before and after. Lots of Shake and Bake today!

A mighty fine bushwhack from the north side of Dartmouth finished his quest. He will fill in more details later. Go Dr. D!

Got off to a later than expected start since I picked up Farmer and Jason Ferris at Stony Brook TH since they decided not to go back over Carters and Wildcats to their car at Wildcat ski area. After refueling and re-packing we were off on garfield trail a bit after 11am. We parked at Trudeau...

Hi folks, I thought I should break out this section prior to the record attempt. Not sure how much it will help. I plan on starting from the Truedau Rd/Route 3 intersection at 7am Sunday morning. If I go by myself I'll do an out an back. If someone wants to spot a car we can do a traverse. Let...

OK folks, here we go again :) Jason Ferris, Ryan Weltz (Farmer) and I are giving it a go starting Saturday 1/16. 9days 20hrs and 24 min is the current record by Tim Seaver and Cath Goodwin: (http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11828) If weather permits we start with a pressie...

Cast: Farmer MEB Juniper Mtnpa Myself The forecast was a bit on the dark side but we decided to go for the plan anyway. Pre-placed a car at Lafayette Place and then drove to Kinsman Notch in two cars. I went ahead in one car ahead of the rest since I figured I needed a head start since Farmer...

Several witnesses saw a Stormtrooper summit Mt Adams on Saturday 10/31. However, there seems to be a lack of photographic evidence. Earlier during the day a very scared caretaker at Crag Camp took this photo of what seems to be Darth Vader right outside Crag Camp: [/URL][/IMG] Did anyone else...

MEB and I are giving it a shot starting tomorrow morning with Mt. Cabot over Kilkenny Ridge to route 2 the first day. The second day we will do the Northern Pressies and stay at Barnes Field for the night. We will have a tracking device so you guys can see where we are...

One of the biggest problems I've encountered along the trail is the large amount of sweating I seem to produce. Even on a dry cool day wearing shorts the shorts starts to get drenched pretty fast and then the sweat continues down my legs and into my socks and shoes. Wearing a backpack makes...

With the advantage of the long days this time of the year and many future weekends booked up it seems logical to try it this weekend. Unfortunately I have to work Saturday day so I can't start until early Saturday evening. I'm guessing a 6-7pm start is reasonable. The good thing with that is...

Cast: Ferrisjrf (Jason) Unfrozen Caveman (UFC) Sasquatch (Rob) Mats Roing (Mats) After a delayed start we were off a little after 7am from Lincoln Woods. Jason and UFC had a pressie traverse in their legs from the previous day so they were doing something unbelievable :eek: Jason took off into...