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carrigain's flag flew! trekman will have a trip report on the website soon with pics... grey skies everywhere we looked so no confirmation of neighboring peaks. the woodstock koa was surprisingly devoid of fot48ers..nice to see tom...thanks again for the brews and campfire. i was one of many...

good to see everyone so enthusiastic this year and all plans are falling nicely in place. My father, trekman, decided early on that he wanted to do carrigain for this year's flags hike. I warned him that Carrigain would have to be my 48th peak in my quest for the holy list, so he decided to be...

i saw you three near one of the water crossings on bondcliff trail - hey you're welcome on the peak ids from bondcliff, although i had a couple wrong! south twin is visible over franconia ridge, and moosilauke is there too, further to the left. good to see your pics and you guys had a safe...

i should have said "covered" peaks with coordinators. i should have about 10 pounds of steel conduit (one third of our pole...) - has worked really well since 2004 even in strong winds. just keeping my fingers crossed for clear visibility if carrigain is indeed my 48th...

nice to see the list is full! I'll be on Carrigain this year with trekman...hopefully for my 48th 4k. I'll keep the binoculars pointed towards Washington for sure.

ooh makes me want to get the skis out for one more day! great pics.

i'll check into lafayette. i've been there before in the summer, not aware it's open year round. thanks for the info.

I'm looking to hike Willey/Field/Tom on October 20 or 27 and looking for a place close by to set a tent up. Anyone know of a campground that's even open then? I'm having a tough time finding anything open past mid-October. Thanks!

Whoever gets to fly their flag from North Twin we'll be watching from Garfield this year.

I covered Wildcat D in 2004 for my first Flags on the 48 as the peak coordinator, and I have to say it was quite an experience. The weather was great, and there were lots of visitors. Besides the great views west towards Washington, Adams, and Madison, there's always the option of using the...

and we get to look forward to Les Stroud in a new season of Survivorman. Can't wait.

I'll be at the KOA again this year with at least 5 or 6, hopefully we'll have 12 if no one bails out. and I'm thinking of a name for our homebrew this year, maybe "Old Fire Cabin Ale" or something.

Les Stroud is the winner in my book. They're both survival experts, yes, but in a "true" survival situation I think the way Stroud portrays his survival techniques are far more realistic than Bear Grylls'. With no cameras around Grylls would never pull some of the stunts I've seen him manage...

Signups went smoothly and there's still peaks available. I look forward to raising our flag again for this year's memorial hike from the summit of Garfield.

Seems to me some people might get the idea to keep blazes up by painting them themselves, similar to the story of "unsupervised" trail maintenance. I have a hard time believing there will be bare trees for long stretches on some trails. I personally don't mind not seeing blazes. I have a...

Jason, nice slideshow and tr. i hiked this trail for the first time a few years ago and i was also amazed at how strenuous it was. From what i remember one of the signs was misleading and the actual trail length was a bit longer. i forget which sign it was... i remember that huge cliff and...

una_dogger: the storm was especially bad down lower. I remember our group hiking out on the railroad bed of the wilderness trail when the skies opened up and poured rain like I've never seen before. It was like a flood and the thunder and lightning was crazy, I was a little nervous with metal...

As others have replied, core body temperature has a lot to do with the temperature of hands and feet. This may be very dependent on the person in question however. I'm not too familiar with cold weather hiking and keeping hands and feet cozy warm, so I can't make a good suggestion for gloves...

bondcliff: so close... I hiked up to zealand hut in july '05 and over to bond and west bond, solo. Incredible trip, one I'll never forget. Perfect weather. I was resting at Bond looking over to Bondcliff thinking I could make it...and then back to the Zealand parking area with enough energy...

I've been thinking about the FOT48 hike for September '07 lately, only five months away. Franconia Ridge was um.. "interesting" last year, to say the least. The weather I witnessed with the rest of the Flume crew approaching us over the Kinsmans was unique... I've never seen such rapid...