Recent content by griffin

I love the trails around Parkman, Sargeant and Bald Mountains - great views, some fun rock scrambles here and there, and they tend to be less crowded. You could also put together some longer loops combining Dorr and Cadillac. If you're on Facebook, you can check out the Acadia NP hiking page...

I'm curious how that last bullet doesn't just muddy up the liability issue again, especially in light of the lawsuit filed by a mountain biker who crashed on a washed-out trail. Because sure, I might know if there are mines on my property (especially if my family built them), but keeping track...

Congrats! No personal experience to share, but you might check out https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/index.php Hope you have an amazing trip!

In case anyone's interested: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/04/metro/mount-washington-rescue-winter-hiking/

"Annapurna: A Woman's Place" or "Breaking Trail" by Arlene Blum. The latter is more of a memoir while "Annapurna" focuses more on that specific expedition.

Oh sure - I wouldn't use a lumbar pack if I had to carry much more than what's listed (although having hips does help with the sliding issue - they have to be good for something, right?). I was just going off my experience with the kind of items and distances OP describes. For me, though, I can...

Ok, for what it’s worth, we have something very similar to this Eddie Bauer cross-body bag, and for shorter hikes like you describe where less stuff is required, it will easily hold water, snacks, wallet/keys/iphone and full-sized birding binoculars (you said you carry a camera, but that can be...

Tough little dogs - and great hunters, too. I think my hips could keep an entire sled team going for a while - and they'd be welcome to them.

This. I suspect my politics/views are closer in general to Teo's then some of the folks arguing on the other side, but unless and until I hear Indigenous communities and their representatives lobbying for changes like these, I'm not going to take them seriously. There's also a petition making...

I have no idea if there's been an official closure let alone who would make that call. I do know that one of the groups participating in a fundraising hike I'm involved with started down Ammo from Lakes at the suggestion of the Hut crew and had to turn around at the water crossing about .5 from...

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. My BiL is a big car buff, and it'll be fun to send him pics from our hikes with better guesses on what they are.

Here you go - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BB4krsGQSFNby86WvOoguTaMTnkhRxPq/view?usp=sharing

I think studying the necessity/effectiveness of "The Essentials" is a great idea but I'm not sure I'd put much weight in what seems more like an opinion poll of with a very limited sample size.

I love how the quickly the punditry swings from "look at all these hikers getting themselves in trouble because of their cell phones!" to "look at this stoopid hiker who didn't check their cell phone!" I don't understand why the concerned friend didn't try calling the hiker first - or if they...

That's the same outfit that replaced the bindings on my old Atlas 833's. I can't remember exactly what broke, but I sent the a picture and they recommended replacing the entire binding/suspension on both shoes. They had already been relegated to spare/loaner/stomping...