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I've always enjoyed Colden via the Loj. Not too demanding of a hike. Nice summit to enjoy lunch and the views.

Civil Twilight is the period before sunrise and after sunset until the time when the center of the disk of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. "Beginning-of-Morning Civil Twilight" (BMCT) is the time of civil twilight preceding sunrise, and "End-of-Evening Civil Twilight" (EECT) is the time...

Thank you.

Excuse my ignorance, but I don’t understand. What is the significance of whether the intoxicated guide's boat falls outside of the scope of the Naviagtion Law?

Eddie, Chicago Beer Night (CBN) sincerely apologizes for the misunderstanding and the disappointment you must feel. Although CBN makes its best efforts to visit Lake Placid every Labor Day Weekend, CBN was committed to hold a Chicago Beer Night during Oktoberfest in Dresden, and...

A few years ago, I asked a similar question on another board. Check here. At post #12, I summarised the responses, which goes something like this: 1) The “traditional season” rule: Use the calendar for the beginning and end of each season. 2) The “anal traditional season” rule: Follow...

... and only 42 to go for the winter 46! :)

Well done. Nice pics. You miss Junior, don't you?

Perhaps the hikers are urolagnia enthusiasts.

Consider Town House Lodge. Friendly owners, nice rooms, and parking available in front of the door to your room (very convenient). I've been staying there for over 10 years. Highly recommended.

The Official Chicago Beer Night ("CBN") Tour Schedule 2017 - February 11, 2017. Rome. Place: Brancaleone. Planned Activities: CBN returns to Rome to see the Ballet of the Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma perform Sleeping Beauty. CBN enjoys a taste testing of Roman cuisine. March 26, 2017. Zurich...

Fac quod dico, non quod facio.

The coordinates of the epicenter and Fast Moment Tensor Solutions for the Virginia earthquake have led some researchers to hypothesize that the earthquake resulted from reverse faulting on the northeast-striking Spotsylvania Fault or Lakeside Fault within the Central Virginia Seismic Zone. One...

I am presently transitioning out of hiking. Instead of long weekends to Lake Placid to hike, I take long weekend trips to places like: Helsinki to watch the Finnish National Ballet perform Romeo & Juliet; Copenhagen to see the Royal Danish Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty; and Zurich to see the...