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    Rainbow Family gathering to occur on White Mountain National Forest

    Never heard of this before. Anyone else? https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whitemountain/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1114608 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Gathering
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    Hiker fatality on Mt. Willard

    Very brief WMUR blurb: https://www.wmur.com/article/hiker-killed-after-falling-off-the-edge-of-a-cliff-at-the-summit-of-mount-willard/42207360 NHFG Facebook post with more detail...
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    Thirteen Falls Tent Site bear activity

    According to an NETC report from yesterday: https://www.newenglandtrailconditions.com/nh/viewreport.php?entryid=62147 "Per a USFS ranger that I met on the trail, a bear has made a name for itself, deciding Thirteen Falls is the place to be. A couple days ago, the bear went from making itself...
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    Oh my achin' body

    Has anyone here had the pleasure of hiking with osteoarthritis in the knees? About two weeks ago, my already creaky but still somewhat steady knees suddenly took a painful decline after a somewhat rugged and long hike (nothing I hadn't done before), along with some sciatic goings on. I've been...
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    Corbin Park prison break goes awry

    "Wildlife officials say a wild boar that was struck and killed on Interstate 89 on Tuesday morning likely was an escapee of Corbin Park, a game preserve that encompasses more than 20,000 acres in parts of Croydon, Grantham, Cornish, Plainfield and Newport."...
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    Abandoned Gorge Brook Slide Trail stats?

    I climbed this today (after wandering about for a bit looking for the bottom of the slide) and was curious about the elevation gain of the trail itself. Does anyone know? Fun trail, btw, and in good shape once you're on it. Thanks to the folks who posted info here previously, it was a big help.
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    6/4/16 - Cedar Brook Slide (NH)

    A visit to Cedar Brook Slide, which originally fell off the western slopes of Mt. Hancock (between the north and northwest peaks) in 1927. From the height-of-land on Cedar Brook Trail, I descended north to where a brook crosses the trail at 2600', and bushwhacked through decent woods about a...
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    Trail maintenance etiquette

    As I'm getting more into trail maintenance, a question... Recently I noticed a trail conditions report where the author performed what I would call significant maintenance on a trail that they did not adopt (I know the adopters and they were unaware the work had been done). Is this cool or not...
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    Peak Above The Nubble (Double Attempt) - 6/20/15

    This was a double attempt to climb Peak Above The Nubble (3813') via the infamous "Double Trouble Nubble Trail", an unofficial route to the summit cut in 1991. (Disclaimer: This is an unofficial and unauthorized route. If you are climbing PAtN for the official New England Hundred Highest list...
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