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Last year, I attempted hiking the Sierra High Route with my buddy Ryan. After a week on the route and off trail, we realized that we didn't have enough time to finish our plan, so instead we "settled" for staying on the John Muir Trail. (Those photos are here...

I've been thinking a lot about my 512th post lately, and what is means. At first, I thought about all the great and exciting trip reports that I've posted over the years. But as great as those posts are, they only tell part of the story. My 512th post should be a celebration not only of my trip...

Although I'm a relatively old member of Views, I just thought it might be nice to show my appreciation for myself and the humor and sarcasm provided by me by starting a thread devoted to that topic in honor of my up-coming 512th post. (It will be way better than my 511th post) Hear Hear...

For those that don't like to read. Three week hike. Kings Canyon National Park to Yosemite National Park. One week off-trail. Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/chompat99/Hiking2009Sierras# Short version - the trip was awesome, but didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped. Our first problem...

OK, so I'm claiming that I just saw a mountain lion in Pawtuckaway SP. First, let me say that before tonight there was no way I thought they were this far south in NH. In fact, I'd say that if they were here, they would be up in Coos County, north of the Whites. Here is what I saw. Walking on...

Grace and I headed up to Baxter State Park on a rainy Friday and check into our lean-to on South Branch Pond. Fortunately, the clouds parted and the sun came out as we were cooking dinner. While there was no rain on Saturday, things were not quite as nice as I had hoped. Still, we had very good...

Evans Notch to Route 2 Backpack. The Hikers: Giggy, Darlene, Mookie and myself. The Idea: Looking for something a little different and off the beaten path, yet with plenty of views since the weekend weather was looking pretty good. The Hike: Approximately 30 miles starting from the Baldface...

Shortcut to the photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/chompat99/KayakingAtLakeUmbagog# Full Report: For Labor Day weekend, I decided to do something completely different. Darren had reserved a remote campsite at Lake Umbagog and I jumped on the opportunity, having heard from just about all the...

Grafton Loop Trail (GLT) Backpack Trip; now w/ Photos. Here are the photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/chompat99/GraftonLoopTrail Preparation: Seeing that the weather was going to be really nice up north this weekend, I decided to finally hit the Grafton Loop Trail for the long weekend. I...

Anyone interested in backpacking the Grafton Loop this weekend? This will be a weather-dependent hike. If things look sour for this weekend, I'll probably head over to the party tent at Barnes. Pace will be moderate considering that the loop is 42 miles and I plan on hiking it in three days...

Camped out with Carmel and UFC on the Kanc on Friday. Carm and UFC were set on heading into Tucks to watch the festivities, but being that I was just there I decided to head up to Crawford Notch for an "easy" hike above treeline. As usual this time of year, the hiking was anything but easy...

Date of Hike: 1/6/2008 Trail Conditions: Heavy snow, somewhat broken to the Liberty Cabin - unbroken from there to summit. There was a badly mangled deer in the middle of the trail near the trailhead. Road was unplowed to the trailhead, requiring about an extra half mile walk. Special...

Well, I just got a newsletter from K.R. Nilsen and apparently the Cohos Trail is not dead! Thanks to an outpouring of support, he is handing off trailwork duties to locals in the Coos County. He will stay focused on fundraising and organization of the CTA. Here is the first part of the...

The following is an article from the Coos County Democrat. It is posted here with specific permission from the author, Edith M. Tucker. Please do not re-post this article to another site. Thanks. ----------------------------------------- 01/17/2007 - RANDOLPH — The lives of two-middle-aged...

I just noticed that there is a real lack of chatter going on about this, so I was wondering who is in fact going? Who wants to go but wants more info? Who thinks that we will have torrential rain at some point during the weekend? And, most importantly, who is going to get the leather apron?

VSA and I spent a week out in Wyoming. We spent our first 4 days backpacking around the Tetons, which was just amazing. We were stalked by a brown bear, saw tons of wildlife (moose, marmots, pikas, etc...), blown away by the wildflowers and even saw a few nice mountain views. The next three...

Just a quick trip report from another year of sking in the bowl. If you want just the photos, here ya go: http://gallery.backcountry.net/chomp-tucks06 (mine) http://home.comcast.net/~uchuskies/2006.htm (Matt's) My buddy Matt and I started off from Pinkham about 9:00 AM with full downhill...

Anyone else heading up to Tucks tomorrow? I am a little worried about the possible rain on the way, so I am heading up tomorrow with a buddy. Looks like a perfect day to get a few turns in. Anyone else heading up?

Death Valley in March - Photo Trip Report Hey All - Well, I finished up my photos from Death Valley this weekend. Two weeks ago, VSA and I flew out to Vegas with the intention of spending a week in the southern desert canyons of Utah. However, several storms and lots of snow made that plan a...

OK, so VSA and I are flying into Vegas tomorrow night and had planned on hiking in southern Utah next week. However, the weather has turned (it is winter, afterall) and it looks like that might not be the best option. However, my head is spinning with all of the different places that are a...