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No issues at all on this trail. Blowdowns cleared, dry as could be. Good place to hike with minimal issues.

Many of you know and have hiked with Bobby Butler over the years. Last night his wife had a major heart attack when he took her to the hospital for shoulder or chest pains. She lost roughly 50% of her heart, and may require a heart transplant. Doctors gave her a 50/50 chance, which he felt...

This was supposed to be just another hike into the White Mountains to revisit 2 of my favorite mountains in Franconia Notch...Flume and Liberty. The plan was to hike up the Liberty Springs trail, make a right on the ridge and take Franconia Ridge Trail over to Liberty and Flume and then do the...

And thats exactly how it appeared when I hiked up to the summit of Mount Monadnock on October 28, 2007. :) I had planned to hike on Saturday the 27th, but it rained incessantly that day, so I postponed it until the following day. It served 2 purposes: I would not hike in the rain (2 hikes in...

I was at REI in Reading, MA over the weekend and this was posted in one of their flyers. The next REI Garage sale is scheduled for this Saturday, November 3, from 10:00 AM till closing. Good place to pick up equipment, but usually best to arrive early! It is at all 4 Boston area locations...

I was finally able to grab a day in the middle of the week, Tuesday, and head north to the Whites for some fun hiking. This vacation day actually coincided with the SUN actually shining in full glory. :) So hopefully my streak of zero visibility and rainy days in effect since last September...

The day started out fine as I headed north, very warm and pleasant in So. NH. But the weather reports up north indicated it was not a nice day.......despite that I decided to go and bag a NEHH peak, specifically Sandwich Dome. As I headed up the Drakes Brook Trail off of Highway 49 in...

After much commiserating for days via phone and e-mail, Alpinista and I agreed on a trip to the Mohonk Preserve in NY, "aka" the Gunks. Now I know next to nothing about NY hiking spots, so I agreed on Alpinista using her planning genius for this one. :rolleyes: Turns out she had climbed...

I am looking for "starter" peaks on the Catskill 3500 list to hike this Summer. All my hiking has been in New England: the Whites, Maine, and Vermont, a few MA peaks- until know. Most of the hikes would originate out of the NYC area. I'd definitely like to get out and explore some new places...

I hadn't hiked Cannon since July'03, so it is on my return list for this year. I woke up determined to hike today, despite the constant rain. I'd cleared the honey do list yesterday :) and packed up last night. At 9:00 AM I was headed up north knowing that the rain would stop and the day...

Since this is a "trip report" with lots of hikers involved, I felt it best to post it in the Trip Report section, why not? :confused: Ok, so many of us showed up that we were amazed and we had a ton of fun. :) We had 7Summits, Donna, Bunchberry, ChanelGirl, McRat, Dave Metsky, SherpaK...

The Forestierre Rainforest trail My second hike in St. Lucia was in the Forestierre Rainforest Trail, located in North Central St. Lucia, and part of their well maintained rain forest preserve. I had never been into an actual rain forest, so when I saw this hike in the resort tour llistings...

Kayaking to Rodney Bay Marina, kayak trip #3 This was my third and longest kayak trip while on vacation. :D This time I decided to head out and go some distance, hugging the shoreline and traveling to the entrance of Rodney Bay Marina. Rodney Bay is one of the top places to put your yacht...

my second trip was on Monday, january 22nd, and it was even better than the trip on the 21st! This time I decided to go out into harbor and look at the cabin cruisers and a 5 masted ocean going schooner that had come into Rodney bayduring the night before. After the first trip I felt better...

Between january 20th and 27th I was able to get out and kayak around Rodney Bay and Pidgeon Island, both in the northerrn end of St. Lucia, that utterly beautiful Carribean locale. I was there for my birthday with Chanelgirl. This was actually only the 3rd time I had ever used a kayak, so my...

So, as part of turning 50 and getting younger :) , ChanelGirl took me to St. Lucia in the Carribean to celebrate this kind of milestone Birthday. While I was there I had a couple of chances to hike and kayak around this beautiful island. So, while everyone froze last week, I was basking in...

Alpinista, AKA Fashionista or (the EDITOR) is abandoning the Commonwealth and moving to the Big Apple, ie: NYC on February 2nd. :( She has been promoted by the AP and her promotion involves moving to a new locale. Her promotion and farewell will of course force us to have another Boston...

Alpinista (aka Fashionista), Bobby and I are planning a New Years day hike up to the summit of Waumbek and return. :D The pace will be moderate (no race that day.....), with great conversation and a post hike stop for some eats and drinks. We want to be heading up the trail no later than 9:30...

Its been awhile since the last Nashua Beer Night and I've been getting harassing :D PM's as to when we're having the next beer night. Since we're always having a mid-week event, a few have asked for other nights so they could "sleep in".... So I thought I'd try a Friday night this time...

As I parked across 302 from the Webster-Jackson Trail, I knew we'd have a crowded and gorgeous day up on Mt. Jackson. This was a day you felt you could reach out and touch the summits...an utterly fantastic day! The roads were packed and I had the last "legal" type parking spot at the...