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  1. TomK

    Winter Trail Running and Negligence

    Well, yes, the *other* party. TomK
  2. TomK

    Accessible Peaks in Western Maine during the Wintertime

    Now I get it. Thanks for the clarification. TomK
  3. TomK

    Accessible Peaks in Western Maine during the Wintertime

    I am curious as to why you would not trust the GPS to be accurate. If you are getting signals from satellites, remoteness and/or availability of cell signals shouldn't matter. Of course, I always check to make sure what the GPS is telling me is consistent with "old school" navigation...
  4. TomK

    Fatality on Mt. Guyot

    If you go "light and fast", and something happens that causes you to lose your speed (injury, conditions, something else?) you now are slow and unequipped and have few options. If you go "well equipped, but slower because of it", if something happens that causes you to lose your equipment...
  5. TomK

    Not a snow dump up north

    A good 10 inches in NW CT - worth getting the snowblower out for! TomK
  6. TomK

    Trail Conditions

    In May 2019, Tim said: If it went from dozens of spam posts per week in 2019 to 2 or 3, it is another sign that these forums were dead... TomK
  7. TomK

    Trail Conditions

    Well, I was trying to be charitable... But yes, to be honest, they were pretty dead - IIRC, a few state forums hadn't had a post in years... But I didn't think it would have hurt anything to just leave them be. Although I think Tim once said that they were a magnet for spam, which needed...
  8. TomK

    10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 days and counting - Eclipse in Northern NH - Where you going to be ?

    I wonder what it would be like to be in an elevated place just *outside* of totality - would you be able to watch the shadow approach at 1,000 mph and just miss you? TomK
  9. TomK

    Trail Conditions

    Shortly after the new management took over, the Trail Conditions forums for each state disappeared. They had not been getting much traffic. Apparantly, folks are using Facebook and sites like NewEnglandTrailConditions.com: Hiking Trail Conditions For All of New England, Every Season of the...
  10. TomK

    World Trails Film Festival

    Anyone know if this is worthwhile? Story at the Torrington Register TomK
  11. TomK

    Cover For Kayaks On Highway For Better MPG

    I also use a cockpit cover - it keeps the cockpit opening from acting like a giant air scoop. And I try to keep the speed at 55. TomK
  12. TomK

    Petition to change the name of Mt Washington

    A quick search revealed the existance of a "USS Mount McKinley", but I found no reference to any "USS Mckinley". Of course, there might be one, and I just missed it. But it would appear that at least one ship was named for the mountain, not for the president for which the mountain at one time...
  13. TomK

    Squirrel Pox

    Maybe the squirrel was wondering what a human was doing up there, no Starbucks for miles in any direction... TomK
  14. TomK

    Tops of boots above ankles wearing out

    Duct tape? Moleskin? Although that sounds like a longshot. Throwing out the bad idea that might lead to the good one... A pic showing how badly/where the damage is might help. Good luck! TomK
  15. TomK

    The Next Big Accident Generator?

    I'm not sure about that. My phone is not a "smart" phone, and I didn't think it had a GPS. I checked the manual, it says it does, but that is all the manual says about GPS, nothing about how to use it. While there are apparantly a limited number of apps that can be downloaded for this phone...
  16. TomK

    N.E. Clean Power Connect in Maine - Should we care ?

    How is that any different from every business in the history of the world? Customers *always* pay *all* of the costs. It is why we can have nice things. TomK
  17. TomK

    N.E. Clean Power Connect in Maine - Should we care ?

    Only if CMP is very stupid (I will not discount that possibility). It is more reasonable to believe that CMP will charge enough for transmitting the power to pay for the repair and maintenance, recoup the costs of building the lines, and make a profit, which would be the whole point building...
  18. TomK

    Must be a new Moderator in town.

    First, let me say that after a short time of getting acclimated to the new forum software, it has been running pretty smoothly, so thanks to the new management/admins/tech support. Having said that, I am still running into this problem, maybe 40% of the time. Here is the message I get when...
  19. TomK

    Hope for delaying Dementia among Outdoor Curmudgeons

    Exercise of brain or body is its own reward and is worthwhile for its own sake. Exercise of skills one may need one day is also worthwhile. Having said that, yes, I am often lazy and use GPS routinely. It has led me astray (briefly) on more than one occasion, always because I misused it. It...
  20. TomK

    Who remembers Moss Tents and other innovators of the time?

    Yup, jam and peanut butter. And occasionally, butter... Very durable, these have to be over 40 years old... TomK
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