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Hey all, It's been such a long time since I tapped into VFTT and since I was a regular poster. Leaving New England a little over a decade ago took me away from my beloved mountains. But ... I have found a way back -- at least to an area with lots of hiking opportunities and mountain views...

It's been so long since I tapped into VFTT let alone posted a trip report. There's a simple reason for that: I haven't really done any hiking since I left New England and moved to Georgia 7 years ago. I'm hoping 2015 marks a change in that regard and that I have a chance to get back into the...

It's been way too long since I hit the trails. I've missed it but work and life and other fun (running half marathons, golf, roaming around the streets of NYC and the Deep South) has gotten in the way the past couple of years. The past year alone has been mighty busy between traveling around the...

Hi there, friends and fellow hikers! As many of you have already heard, I've moved down south and am currently living in Hot-lanta. But I've still left my hiking heart in New England ... Which brings me to a planned visit up north in a couple of months, and I wanted to give folks an early heads...

Anyone up for a Boston Beer Night on Friday, Nov. 16 in ... Burlington, Mass.? I have a rare three-day weekend and am planning on making a pilgrimage to southern NH/Boston area. It'd be great to see the gang for some brews! For logistical reasons, I was thinking of the Burlington Marriott hotel...

OK, I'll keep this brief since it's a non-trip, non-report... AMSTony and I had planned to hit Welch-Dickey yesterday, which would've been my first hike since New Year's Day, and I believe only his sixth this year. Well, best laid plans... I drove up on Saturday, and we agreed to meet to get...

Welch-Dickey--all invited! (within limits, natch) ;) OK, believe it or not but this will be my first hike since New Year's Day! A move to the big city and training for road races will do that, I guess. :eek: AMSTony and I will be heading to Welch-Dickey this upcoming Sunday over the Labor Day...

I have a slew of great lenses that I used with my Nikon SLRs. If I were to get a Nikon digital camera _ can those lenses be used with that? I don't remember what kind of mount they are but they were used with the N70 body.

Crocs are popular among hikers, but I guess they're not thought of fondly in Sweden _ at least not in one Swedish hospital: ¶ STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ A Swedish hospital wants to ban its staff from wearing Crocs plastic clogs, saying they generate static electricity that can knock out...

What better way to kick off the new year than with a hike?! :D Sure, the weather, to put it bluntly, sucked! Some wine and bubbly the night before made a few of us a bit dehydrated! And yes, waking up early in the morning made us groggy and grouchy. But what the heck. It was a day off from...

Bobby, AMSTony and I are heading to the TriPs this upcoming Saturday. All are welcome to join in. We're going to start to head up the LivermoreTrail at 8:30 a.m. and take the Scaur Ridge Trail over the peaks. Come one, come all! :D

AMSTony and I had hoped to be up in Baxter State Park for a four-day stretch of peakbagging to wrap up the NE67. But, alas, a work assignment kept me stuck close to home and within typing-space of a computer. As it was, we checked the weather reports periodically and it looked as though it...

It's been a while since we tried a VFTT Beer Fest in witchy Salem, Mass. _ and what better date to pick for such a resurrection than ... Friday the 13th! In October! In a town where all things witchy and warlocky converge the entire month (some might put it more bluntly: where all the...

Before I get into the details of our trip up to Wildcat A for the fifth-annual Flags on the 48, I just want to extend a huge thank you and appreciation to the crew that joined me. You each did significantly more work than I did even as the peak coordinator, and it would not have been as...

Well, I finally scored a bit of time off from work and decided some peakbagging was in order. With just four of the NE67 left, I decided to notch off the one peak that isn't in Baxter State Park: Mt. Ellen in VT. It was a beautiful day and I decided to be leisurely about it, leaving my pad in...

Neither AMSTony nor I could escape this weekend to do some peakbagging, but that didn't stop us from getting out for some exercise! Think of this as cross-training for continued hiking fun... Neither one of us is a great swimmer, but we put those fears aside and decided to get in an upperbody...

What is it about Maine and its trailheads? You need a GPS just to get there without getting all twisted and turned around. It must be a fun trick the locals play on out-of-towners venturing to their neck of the woods for a little hiking and fun. :eek: Even having a native Mainer didn't save us...

FYI, The Boston Globe Web site has a nifty interactive feature on the Blue Hills Reservation in MA. Here's the link: http://www.explorenewengland.com/travel?popup=massachusetts/popups/blue_hills

I wasn't really sure I wanted to get out for another hike, the day after hitting Moosilauke. Sometimes, I find it mentally draining to do a back-to-back hike. But the weather looked so inviting _ especially since the day before I got nary a view _ and AMSTony was ready and rarin' to go. So, what...

I got up to Lincoln, NH, fulling intending to score a tent site at one of the campgrounds that dot the Kancamangus Highway _ only to be greeted by a torrential downpour that dampened my mood at the prospect of setting up a tent in the rain. So, yeah, it wasn't the most wildnerness of...