Recent content by pegbert

Souhegab River flooding The Souhegan River in Amherst, NH is higher than I have ever seen it! It was 3 feet over the road beside Severns Bridge and moving really fast. There was a nice surf wave caused by the road shoulder on Amherst Road. It was really tempting to take the kayak out of the...

I appreciate the various and diverse insights given in reply to my question. Even though everyone is subject to their own internally inspired viewpoint, I have, partially through the opinions stated in the replies, determined my position to the initial question. While I was leaning this way...

I have not. I have been hiking recently in my Vasque waterproof, Goretex, super solid, 3 season (spring, fall, warm winter) hiking boots. These have worked great for me so far this winter (see various "Paul and Boomerang" trail reports). I looked at the Columbia boots last winter and decided...

Yes. I bought a pair for general winter wear and decided to try them on a hike as well. In December, I did the Willey/Tom/Field trek in mixed snow/rock/ice conditions with a temp aroung 30 degrees. They were hugely comfortable and breathed really well. At the end of the day, my feet and...

I have to quibble a bit about the heavy duty vs sport model argument. It took me a couple of hikes to get the strapping tension (velcro straps) right on the sport model of the stabilicers. Since then, I have had zero problems with them slipping off. They are much lighter and allow for much...

I found a packet at the EMS store in Peterborough just this past week. i suspect they have them on their online store as well. 4.95

Is it considered a "Solo" hike if your dog is with you?

I recently had the same issue. I used a pocketknife and the valve has worked fine.