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Penobscot West Branch at Abol Bridge: 15.1 miles So states the Baxter Peak summit sign. I'd known my friend Sarah for a year before it came up that she grew up spending summers at her grandfather's hunting camp at Abol bridge, in view of Abol Falls and Katahdin. After that revelation we...

Who will be up there hiking? I'm going up to my friend's grandfather's hunting camp/cabin at Abol Falls in Baxter over Labor Day weekend. These friends may or may not hike and so I'm wondering if I can hook up with others who will be up there. I'd vaguely like to get the 4K peaks I haven't...

Photos from my backpack with MEB and Mad Townie. I was absolutely transfixed by the view up there, which is why there are so many redundant pictures. We had such a lovely time and I can’t wait to make another trip to the Bigelows soon. The three of us hiked in on Friday night and stayed at...

Lriz, Eric Explores y yo. Larisa and I woke up at Barnes to blue and calm. Quick coffee stop (one of us got a coffee and the other got a turbo-something-something…. Hmmm) and we were off to Appalachia to meet Eric at 8:00. We left a car there and continued to the Castle Ridge Trailhead. What...

Two most beloved individuals planned a weekend trip to the baldfaces and the wild river wilderness. They enticed six of their biggest fans to join in the fun. Sadly, said hikers were suddenly unable to attend their own trip, leaving us six to pick up the pieces of our broken hearts. Juniper...

Adirondack Misadventures, featuring: Juniper, Darl58, Donna, Arm and Fat Tuesday, with occasional Shizzy, Bob and Nancy sightings. Day 1: COLDen, Saturday, January 17, 2009. I’m trying to find a way to express the extent of the frigidity on Friday night and Saturday. We rolled into...

Jan 1, 2009 - Cold, sunny, calm - Stream crossings high - Cold - Trail well broken The idea had been to bellow out a loud “HAPPY NEW YEAR” from a grand, above treeline peak such as Lafayette, and several folks were on board with the idea until the reality of the forecast set in. After some...

Sandwich Mtn on Saturday... 8:00/8:30 start for an early finish... back home in time to ease into your night life.

Executive Summary: • Isolation via Rocky Branch, etc. • Nif, Adventurous and Fat Tuesday • And pink cans of Sofia Coppola bubbly • 8 hours • Sunny, single digits and WINDY Details: Nif, Adventurous and I met up at the Rocky Branch trailhead at 7:00. Original plan had been to at least go in...

Isolation Attempt #2 (foiled again); Stuck at 47; You can't cross a chasm in two leaps. Sunday, 11-9-08 Larisa and I set out a few minutes past 7:00 on the Rocky Branch trail after considering a Glen Boulder traverse. The notch was socked in fog and it was super windy. As I am also...

So, none of my usual suspects will commit to doing Isolation with me (to celebrate my 48th! my friends are lame!) and I can’t reckon why? Either Sat or Sun; best weather day wins. I’d basically like to recreate BigEarl’s recent trip http://vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26097 with the...

I seem to have pulled my brachial plexus while hiking two weeks ago. it didn't present until a full day after my hike and it exhibits as pain/pressure in my chest and neck and some neuropathy in my extremeties. (I've been to a doctor, it is not heart failure.) I don't remember hurting...

I had to bail on Isolation, my 48th peak yesterday, due to fatigue related to the following: a) Having completed a 15 mile, 6K ft. traverse of the Wildcats and Carters on Sat b) 34 miles logged the weekend prior c) Red Sox in the ALCS My friend Liz and I got a relatively late start on Rocky...