http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tennesee-hiker-rescued-appalachian-trail-20121102,0,5988386.story
Too bad there's not a mountain with this kind of view looking at Cannon Mt and Mt. Lafayette.
(And too bad the article's about Tennessee.)
Success Pond Rd was ok (or at least no worse than its historical norm) but the spur road to the Success Trail trailhead is in fair to poor shape; vegetation grown in, ruts in the road are getting deep, and one sandy section of the road has a gully starting to form.
Title speaks for itself -- has the road been maintained at all? Is it still passable by "normal" vehicles (e.g. Toyota Corolla) from Berlin to the Goose Eye trailhead?
I had a beloved pair of water shoes from EMS that have gone missing since last summer, so unfortunately I can't post a photo, just that they were low-cut red sport shoes I got maybe 5 years ago, with one of those elastic lace things.
Now that I'm looking for a replacement, I can't find one...
is the diapensia in bloom yet? From the highways nearby (haven't done any hiking yet) the snow cover in the Presidential range looks lighter this year.
For issues like this, aside from talking to locals, turn to the Julyans' "Place Names of the White Mountains"
with stress on the 2nd syllable? are you sure? That's unusual -- New England place names tend to be accented on the first syllable. Out of 259 townships in NH, all but three or four are...
I use, in this order:
map (constantly)
GPS (sometimes I might use this once on a hike, if I'm confused)
compass (once in a blue moon; I haven't pulled it out of my pack in at least 3 years)