Recent content by bkn

To those that encouraged me, thank you. i completed 100MW solo a few weeks ago. It took me 7 days. Everything went reasonably smoothly. There were a lot fewer people on the trail than i expected. My first day on the trail i didn't see a single person. I ended up hiking solo the whole time. river...

@royswkr thanks for the advice, the air pocket sounds like a good idea. I usually have most things stuffed in dry sacks. I'm learning far more than i expected when i started this thread. @lawn Sale: Cool pictures. those crosses look fairly straightforward. When were those taken? When i did...

@sierra Can you explain how you tie your pack for crossings? Is this is like a slip knot to make it easy to untie if necessary? As i understand it the hardest fording is at the south end of the 100-Mile wilderness, which is way i will start from the north. If anything bad happens i shouldn't be...

thank you all very much for your feedback/advice/encouragement. I plan on going within the next few weeks as i have good trail legs right now and i don't want to loose them. I need to tweak some gear before i head out. I should mention that i'm not a woman hiker, but i am still trying to be very...

Fellow hikers -- I have the unique opportunity with time off from work to do hiking (i.e. unemployment). I have been toying with the idea of doing the 100-mile wilderness as a solo hike. I actually did the first 35 miles (north to south) with a friend, but due to schedule we didn't finish. I...

likewise! Looks like the Caretaker took care of you, which was nice to see. i suggest Eisenhower next time you're in the area, of course you'll hit that on your Pres-traverse in 2016 :). Best of luck, cheers!

Ha! yup ... we chatted a bit on sunday morning just as you were getting you snowshoes fitted on. glad you were able to get some shelter. I hope you enjoyed the rest of your journey, that first ascent from the hut is pretty steep. cheers.

Day 1: 5/4 Hit the trail just before 10:30a from the parking lot off of Mt Clinton Rd. Joined the Crawford Path trail to ascend Mt. Eisenhower. We stopped to look at Gibbs falls, which was really a great site, worth the extra 50ft of hiking. We barebooted for the first hour or so, then the...

awww man, now ya tell me ... :). We should have hit Eastman Mtn, sounds like its worth the extra 1.6 mi hike round trip from the Slippery Brook Trl. But my hiking partner and i were a little shaken after the scramble (new hiking vocab for me) up the South Baldface peak, so we were anxious to get...

yeah, i'd like to go back, mostly to see if that climb is as difficult as i remember it. i think it was all about expectations, didn't expect that steep climb, therefor it seemed difficult. Despite all that, the mud, the snow, the views were still great. The presidentials were still snow capped...

This was my first hike in this area of NH. Started with the intent to do the baldface loop trail from south to north. Started the ascent around 10:30a. The hike was uneventful until the trail split where we side-tracked by the emerald pond site; we stopped there for a minute to take in the...

2013 - 04 - 27 Weather : ideal (50s - partly cloudy) Trails: Ascended to South Baldface summit via Baldface circle trail, then descended down Slippery Brook trail. Trail Conditions: Baldface loop trail going up South Baldface was damp in spots with some snow as the trail approached the...