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Folks, I've looked back down the page and do not see any discussion on this subject. Anyone use them? How do you like them? What do they do well. What do you wish you had bought as part of the package? (I.E., did you not buy a unit with enough options or features). Are the waterproof ones...

This was a little different for us this time around, as we were hiking on a Sunday as opposed to our normal Saturday. Saturday was spent performing volunteer work in our community. It turns out that Sunday was the better day anyways. 3 degrees warmer and almost no wind! On the way up, in Conway...

2008-10-04 Attempt at Mt. Washington We got up at 5:30 AM to make this trip. I parked in the Cog railway parking lot and the parking Nazi came over and told me no hiker parking. I said no problem, where can I park. So I parked in the lower lot, oh well. By 9 AM we were hiking up the Ammonusic...

We try to make sure that we hike up one of New Hampshire’s 48 peaks over 4000 feet elevation, every year this weekend. It is an event held in commemoration of the victims of 911. From noon until 2 pm, a flag will fly over each peak in memorial to them. This trip started out a few weeks...

2008-07-27 Tripyramids trip This trip started out with a little of we either do it this weekend or we don’t ever do it. We have pretty much the easier ones of the 48-4K peaks. So my wife found a route to her liking and we tackled it as an overnighter. The trip started at the Tripoli road...

I broke one of my lekis at BSP a couple weeks back. Here is what I sent them in a message: I broke my Leki Canyon antishock hiking pole. The grip at the bottom of the second section was loose, and when I pulled it out to the stop Max line, it was out too far. I didn't pay close enough...

2007-10-06 Mt. Isolation This trip started out at 6 AM on a Saturday. We had expected to get going a little later, but read in the paper that lots of leaf peepers would be out, so we left earlier to assure ourselves a parking space at the trailhead. We arrived at the trailhead at 8 AM and...

2007-09-22 The Hancocks We decided to do this trip as an overnighter, basically, because we wanted to camp out. It could easily be done as a day trip, with lighter packs. The entire trip over both peaks is 9.8 miles. No matter which way you go up or down the Hancock loop, you have a pretty...

Date(s) Hiked:September 7 and 8 Trails(s) Hiked: York Pond, Bunnell Notch, Kilkenny Ridge Total Distance:11.6 Difficulty:Moderate Conditions:Dry, cloudy (fog) at peak Special Required Equipment: Lots of water containers as water source was distant Trip Report: We started this trip on...

This was our first hiking outing of the season. Our last hike was in winter, into Baxter State park. Part of the reason for all the time off was the bugs. But I was also recovering from Memorial Day surgery. (They corrected a cogenital defect of my ureter with the scope, so it wasn't too bad...

This was our third attempt up the Kinsmans. A couple springs ago, we bailed as we were thoroughly unprepared for the snow conditions. A month ago, we could not find the trailhead of our choice. This time, we were gonna make, come he!! or high water. Well, the water on the trail was plenty high...

Originally, we planned to go up to the Kinsmans from the parking lot at the Basin, via the Basin Cascade trail. We were so looking forward to camping up top by the pond. So we gear up and start out from the parking lot on the south bound side of 93. First thing is a stream crossing. There are...

Mt. Carrigan Trip Report, September 9, 2006 This trip begins On Friday Evening, the 8th of September. We are already packed and ready to go. We grab dinner and hit the road. We know there is traffic on the Spaulding Turnpike, so we take some back roads to get past the traffic. A few wrong turns...

Originally, we had planned to hike into 13 falls campsite from the Kanc, then up to Garfield, across the Franconia ridge trail to Liberty Spring Tentsite and back to the Kanc. Sounded just right for a 3 day weekend. And we haven't been hiking for many many months. But.... with my wifes concern...

We just had a blustery weekend in BSP. Temps to -14 with 14 mph winds, windchill of about -37. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes. Fortunately, the worst winds were at our back. On the way out, it was much warmer and slower winds. BSP requires we have a thermometer and windchill chart. Easily...

This trip started out Thursday night. We loaded the truck up, and I took the car to work Friday. When I got home Friday, dinner was waiting, then we hit the road in 15 minutes from the time I got home. We got to Big Rock Campground in 2 hours and started to set up camp by headlight. We noticed...

2005-11-05 thru 2005-11-06 Mt. Willey and Eathon Pond We started this trip Saturday morning, a bit late. Daylite savings has already turned the clocks back, and we made a dump run before venturing out in the morning. This would come to haunt us later on. We arrived at the access road to the...

We are interested in bagging a 4000 footer. Can anyone direct us to a site that gives the info on camping regulations at this (and any other White Mountain camping in NH). We just got a new PC and don't have all our favorite sites anymore, which included a New Hampshire website to give us the...

We figured we were owed this trip! This trip came about after completing all town required work on our new home, which, finally, entitled us to a Certificate of Occupancy. (That means we are legally living there now.) We had not done a real back trip in over a year, and we were due for one. This...