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I am planning a day trip to the Tahawus Road trailheads in 2 days after several years' absence. I remember reading a few years ago about the possibility of the reopening of the original route up Santanoni from the Bradley Pond trail well before you get to the "standard" route up via Times...

I read once of an individual who claimed to have urinated on the summit of each of the 48, and another individual who kissed a girl (it may have been a different girl for each) at each of the summits. I seem to remember getting these stories form one of the Waterman books.

Close to two inches at low elevation at my home in East Middlebury, VT. Its all gone, except for what my kids made into a snowman.

Years ago, while working in Yellowstone Park: "What is that white stuff on the mountains? Sand?" Or the infamous question, probably an urban legend: "When do the Elk turn into Moose?

There is often a much more limited "cairn garden" in the Mad River, just south of Irasville on Rt. 100. I had always assumed that it was an artistic statement by the property owner, rather than a memorial (which probably gets at least partially wiped out every srping anyways).

Another use for old Coleman fuel (again, ONLY OUTSIDE!!!!) is that it is good for removing old klister from cross-country skis.

Compromise on Wilderness Bill? In today's Burlington Free Press there was an article mentioning that a compromise on the bill had been reached in which the new Wilderness acreage in VT had been decreased. There is some question now as to whether or not the bill can be passed before the end of...

If I understand the politics of this correctly (and I may not - I read an article about it in the morning paper while chasing kids around the house and making four different breakfasts for four people) Bernie killed it because he wanted more protection, not less. He wanted the bill to include...

About 25 years ago, a wild boar was either seen, or perhaps even shot (it was a long time ago, and the details fad from my memory) in the Hanover, NH, Norwich VT. area ( I suppose boars can cross bridges). At the time, it was suspected that the boar had escaped from Corbin Park. There was a...

Wow- This thread has been up here for a while, and there are no responses! Either we are all very well-prepared hikers, or we are unwilling to admit to our failures to "the press"...

Any botanists out there know why there is such an abundance of beech nuts this particular year? I have a beech in my yard which has NEVER yielded any nuts until this year (been in the house 14 years). No bears yet, however.

Anybody been up the Trap Dike recently? I am considering going for it on Labor Day, and was curious as to its current state of wetness.

I travelled in Peru last summer, although did not have the opportunity to do any real trekking. My hosts, who were native Peruvians, felt that Peru was now mostly safe, other that some remote pockets where the remnants of the Shining Path insurgents were basically reduced to drug runners...

Culebra, another Colorado 14'er, but in the Sangre de Cristo range, has had difficult access issues for years as well. In the case of Culebra, however, it is entirely on private property.

OK, now here's a weird one.... While running on some trails at the outskirts of my town I came upon what appeared to be complete sets of men's and women's clothing (I didn't dig through the stack to check to check every last piece, but very obvious examples of the underwear of both sexes were...