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hammocks and pad I have been camping with a hammock for 8 years now it is the best way to go by far!! I got mine cheap from wallmart the trick is make sure you get the double and not the single only weighs 1.5 pounds and off the ground. (when you get the hammock get the lose one without the...

I use mapsource and it is sometimes off to the look however if you zoom in you should find it. also gps is often off depending on the position of the sat. and time of the day etc. but it will get you very close to where you want to go :) what is 100 ft or so anyway! :)

Hello everyone some of my pastime over the winter included mapping out all of the 46 high peak locations I have all but 1 or 2 so if anyone needs them get hold of me. Good Hike! PS this is a great back up for the peaks with no trails for anyone with a GPS

My wife and I are new to the area and looking to start hikeing again early next week on our 3rd high peak. We got full head netting will it be enough for the black flies? We do not want to wait to July when they are on the out we are hopeing to go from 2ers to 10-15ers by winter. Thanks...

I have whats called exercise-induced asthma. So while hiking this tends to be a problem for me. Last year while hiking Cascade and Porter...for the first hour was a real bear. It starts about 5 minutes after I started hiking, which is the usual when I exercise or walk. I don't go into a full...

Hey I really like Shayne's answer... :) never seen one, hopefully that will be my experience. Thanks for the welcome. My husband and I enjoy this forum alot. It really teaches you and gives you good tips on things. Some day when we get more experience, hopefully we can be of some help to others.

My husband would flip out seeing a spider too :D I am new to this hiking stuff and found I love it. Being ontop of Cascade and Porter was an amazing experience!!! We want to hike all the 46 high peaks. I just need to get over this snake thing...I am not actually afraid of being bite..it's...

Oh yeah also, I was talking about the High Peaks. We are thinking of climbing Phelps this Friday. My husband is all excited...I am too but am still afraid of those snakes even though he tells me they are more scared of me and will probably slide away once they hear us....hmmm not sure if he is...

Thanks all for your info, I was wondering about the poisonous ones and non..was basically wondering if you run into snakes much while hiking. I am not to found of snakes to say the least..LOL. We hiked Cascade and Porter last September and I didn't see any. Was wondering how lucky I will be...

Has anyone climbed Phelps Mt. Has anyone climb Phelps Mt. yet this year? What was the condition up there?

Has anyone ran into any snakes in the past hiking any of the 46 high peaks? If so what was your experience with that encounter? :eek: