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Whacker lore includes tales of John Person, who a decade or so ago, reputedly climbed the 200 Highest in NH, ME and VT. Onestep and I never climbed with John, but we have hiked with others who did. Generally we consider these other hikers to be of sound mind, but, seriously, who would be crazy...

Sorry, it's only plowed 20 yds. ... Q-wave Quinlan (serious as a heart attack) and I headed up to Redington yesterday, 1/19. Unbelievably, this route was snowmobiled to the summit! Take a right turn at the pond, the next logging road on the right, then Left nearly at the ridgetop. The next...

One of the truly enjoyable aspects of hiking is the early morning driving through beautiful terrain with light traffic. Onestep and I certainly appreciated the beginning of our weekend as we guided Off-road Taurus and Super Saab around the tight curves and high passes of Rt 112 through the Pemi...

PigPen and Neighbor Dave, hoping to be considered for honorary Maniac status, joined Onestep and I for another day in THE Beaudry. Spencer Bale has always seemed mysterious - it's quite a bit off the main road, and none of us are quite sure what the "Bale" means. The long side road was in...

Yet again Onestep and I ventured into the Beaudry as he comes very close to climbing all of the Maine 3000 fters.... Had 3 weeks been long enough for the muddy Haynestown Road to dry enough to finally allow passage by car? ...barely. The road was in pretty rough shape, although Saabie was able...

Leaving South Casco in a heavy mist, I was pleased that by my meeting point with Onestep (KMart in Auburn) the rain had stopped. The further north we drove the brighter the skies became. As we turned off Rt 27 well north of Eustis at the logging road by Clear Brook, blue sky and sun appeared...

Onestep and I started out for this "easy" day but became ensnared by controversy and blowdown. The old Osseo trail, starting above the condos across from Loon Mt, is no sweat to find and still very well blazed and maintained. After a short whack to the NW bump of S Whaleback (nearest the...

Once again, this year's gathering was the result of the inspiration and organization of OneStep. Whackfest More was the best-attended of all the get-togethers to date, despite the dismal weather forecast: Onestep, Pigpen, MJ the Human Moose, Gamehiker, Albee and I, with a cameo appearance by...

"Leave no stragglers!" ...certainly good advice. Two years ago while on my first ever 3000 fter trip to Tumbledown and Little Jackson, I was intimidated by the thick stick forest that surrounded the clearing on "Big" Jackson. At the time plowing through a mile of nasty stuff to the North peak...

PigPen, OneStep and I started the day with the grandiose idea of hiking both Black Crescents, plus Crescent and Randolph... Finding the Bog Dam Road approach from the West gated, we retreated to Gorham and parked at the end of the road passing Moose Brook State Park. It was a lovely day for...

Gamehiker, Onestep and I carpooled from Maine through spectacular Grafton Notch, "Earll" NH and Dixville Notch. After piloting his faithful 200,000 mile Taurus into a ditch near Pliny a couple weeks ago, Onestep continued his maniac driving by taking out a White-winged crossbill pecking at...

Expecting to be breaking the path solo on the little used Peabody Brook Trail, I was surprised to find snowshoe tracks leading from the trailhead. Eventually I caught up to Andy Wyatt, who was also heading to Bald Cap. Of all the peaks (451, to be precise), what were the odds that we'd both be...

Scaur 3605', Foolkiller 3548', W Sleeper 3881' : April 1st Neither Pigpen, Onestep or I could resist the temptation to visit the Foolkiller on April Fool's Day. We used snowshoes virtually the entire way - for traction on the steeps (and ice on Tripyramid - surprise, surprise) and for the...

Sunday: What a treat to be back in the Adirondacks again! It's a long haul for Onestep and I to get over there from Maine - but well worth the effort! Today PigPen joined us as we headed in the Van Hoevenberg Trail to Marcy Dam. This was Onestep's second trip to the Daks, and most of my hiking...

2/24 The road less traveled: The Mainiacs (OneStep, Q-wave and I), met the Green Mountain boys (PigPen, Oldmountaingoat, and Jaegermeister) at the Terrace shortly after 10 a.m. to caravan over the Golden and Telos Roads to the parking lot at the beginning of the Williams Pond Road. After loading...

Onestep, Pigpen, Gamehiker and I approached these peaks from the North. Passing over Twin Bridges in the metropolis of Ketchum, we continued straight ahead where the road for the Wright Trail turns Right. After a few miles, a deteriorated bridge forced us to abandon Onestep's trusty Ford Taurus...

It sure felt like winter yesterday... the snow flurries started near Kingfield and the four (!!!!!) cars in the AT parking lot had a nice coating of the white stuff. Despite the light snow and the wind, there were spectacular views of the Bigelow Range through the leafless forest (Cranberry, the...

Sunday, 10/22 After yesterday's snowy whacks on East Spruce and Savage, Onestep and I dragged out most of our winter gear and headed up the Notch Trail to Mahoosuc and Fulling Mill, which form the two walls of fabled Mahoosuc Notch. Like typical kids, we only half listened to the advice of our...

- Muise (N Whitcomb-3615'). Drove the Nash Stream Rd to the locked gate at the end, approx. 1850' elev. Took an immediate R up the overgrown logging road along Pike Br. Open colorful hardwoods until hitting an interesting 30' escarpment that was a challenging obstacle. Luckily,afterwards herd...

I opted to ascend these peaks via Branch Rd (drivable) and Skyline Drive (a signed gated logging road/snowmobile trail, not labelled in the DeLorme) to the Grafton Loop Trail in the col between the peaks; this saved considerable distance compared to starting at the Loop trailhead and going over...