Recent content by jn316

I've had the pleasure of hiking many mountains in 3 pairs of Limmers, each made by a different Limmer generation.

"World's Worst Weather"? As some have cautioned from time to time, that 231mph record was timed by folks who admit to being the "World's Worst Weather Observers"....but nonetheless have the highest paying jobs in New England. ;)

Amen, Carole. I'll respond on behalf of all of us Lurkers who tend to postpone posting a comment and then find out someone's just written what we were going to write. Just as Carole did now.

another reason to fear the deer With Lyme Disease or other tick-borne illnesses you can lose your life while still being alive. Where I once saw a graceful relative of Bambi I now see a vector.

Owl's Head trails I don't know about hiking trails on Owl's Head. When I hiked it, most people seemed to be hiking up the most gradual ski trail, which, if I recall correctly (and I often don't recall correctly!), had a sorta gravel road for much of its length. I went up the most direct ski...

Quebec Thanks, John, for the nice photos and words about a special place, the hills just north of the border. One of my most memorable hikes was Owl's Head (Quebec) when the ski trails were abloom with daisies, and from the rocky summit Lake Memphremagog sparkled in the June sunlight, while...

Walker Ravine Not too much to add to the above responses... Guy Waterman's favorite hike out of Walker Ravine was up what he called Gateway Gully, up to close to the summit of Lafayette; like Lincoln's Throat, it's much more than a walk. I've 'whacked up the narrow slide that comes out at the...

fireworks from Kearsarge When the 4th is on a Saturday, increasing the number of towns that hold their fireworks on the same night, I've been on the summit of Kearsarge, and could see fireworks from at least a dozen towns. It was an impressive sight, but not as impressive as I had hoped. We...

Chandler Ridge Trail, by Otto Rhode Amen to the above reports! A wonderful place, great company, beautiful photos. In RickB's panorama there's a very prominent peak faintly visible on the distant horizon; it might be Kearsarge.

brothers Mats, You are in my prayers. There's a special poignant pain, somehow strangely treasured, in the death of a brother shortly after your last hike together.

our dome I'm getting to prefer short scenic hikes rather than long slogs, so this one is almost at the top of my list. Even in summer you get a great view of the Nubble through the trees as you approach. From that angle I like to think that it is the closest thing we have to Lambert Dome in...

It's only (relatively) recently that there were any viable options for access or escape on the west side of Washington. In my early years of winter hiking there was no communication from the Base Station, the roads to it were never plowed, the Crawford House was closed in winter (or burned). I...

To those not familiar with the area, a glance at the map can make the Dry River Trail look like a viable alternative to the Crawford Path (especially if you don't look carefully at those pesky contour lines). I know of a number of hikers who have made that hasty decision. Last summer I was...

Finally, (if I understand this correctly) a list I might have come within a couple of peaks of completing (if I could ever complete a list), simply by starting young, getting old, and doing a little hiking along the way...

anyone can become confused! It's sobering how a very familiar trail can be confusing in severe winter conditions (often with frosted goggles). I've hiked the recently-discussed upper Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail probably a couple hundred times, naming most of the rocks. Knowing the trail has...