Recent content by BethW

All good ideas - I took a winter backpacking course in the past and the leader had us doing jumping jacks as soon as we stepped outside the tent. Getting too old for that but car will be parked 10 minute walk away so maybe schlepping stuff to the car right away at race pace will work...

This liquid fuel incident was last winter and very bad advertising for MSR. I'm using a fire brick to set my stove on. It makes a nice, flat surface for an otherwise unstable cooking setup. Certainly people with the MSR pocket rocket have had their own dangerous episodes with tipping boiling...

Bringing 2 canisters; one for dinner, one for breakfast plus hot water for the hike. I'm tenting near my car near trailhead so weight is not an issue. Will be an interesting couple days. Glad this stove will (should) work. I watched a guy nearly burn up his hand with one of the liquid gas...

Interesting and somewhat scary design (Moulder Strip, that is). You are right on canister fullness. I, being a penny-pinching new englander, also want to use up every gram of fuel and so my test last night was with a nearly empty canister. I built my heat shield this morning and used a full...

I'm going to be tenting in single digit temps Friday night and would like to boil water with my MSR pocket rocket stove; the only stove I have. It's not critical to have hot food but would surely be nice. I realize this stove is not ideal in cold temps even though the canister says "all season...

loaded with judgement, I agree. the AMC seems to be serving a select group of the population. I can't claim to know enough to have another solution, not that the AMC is looking for one. I do find using the huts to serve this select and mostly wealthy group of people disturbing. I understand...

Holy moly; to be clear this is simply what I felt emotionally. I was not one of the hungry thru hikers, actually. I was given a donated spot by a family so I was eating while I watched my fellow skinny thru hikers - with tremendous guilt I might add. These are my feelings about it. It was...

FWIW, finished my ~400 mile journey; took Tuckerman's and found it delightful and "easy" compared with Mahoosuc and other rocky sections with few people (and snow in August!); Lafayette / Franconia ridge was a f'in zoo and raced through it to get past the hoards of people but it was a good...

I live close to the AT so it was an idea to “ walk home”. The LT is on my list.

Next time. I’m on my way toMillinocket ...

Thanks for all the great information, peakbagger!

Can you tell me how I would go about finding legal backcountry tent spot? What planning resource is available? Thanks!

I've got 6 maps spread all over the dining/living room tonight ... one more day to figure this out though it will likely be a few weeks before I'm in the Whites. I'm wary of the Pemi Wilderness though I'd love the peacefulness of it - I thought I'd read years ago that the wilderness areas are...

The AT is not necessarily my goal - doesn't matter too much to me. I just want to walk; a long way. My maps are in NH where I am not but will be there tomorrow. I'll check it out and ask for advice here if I have a concern about a particular trail. And I will try to time it for weekdays...

I'm planning a backpack from Katahdin back to my house in New Hampshire along the AT in July and August. The more I read about the AT through the Whites the more I want to avoid it in summer - too many people and potential for not finding a place to stay at night. I stayed at Guyot shelter...