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Good Climbing Sabrina, having a dearest friend of mine (TMax) a member of the 115 club, I know what a strong person it takes to traverse the miles of highways, streets, dirt roads, and trails to accomplish that goal. Living almost six hours from my beloved peaks, I have found a way to already...

Big Smiles Topo says it was more like fifteen feet from where he hopped off (he said he saw a girl toad!) to where we first stopped and noticed. Topo also had an even wider smile on his face than usual, and a little mud on his nose, when all was said and done. Kinda makes you wonder.... The...

Small Effen World Note: When we left the Garden on Thursday, we checked the register to see if we could tell who the unfortunate man was. My friend noticed a name she was familiar with. Today she called to say that a girl he works with is the father of the man we helped walk out, and the young...

Before I Drift Away.... (Part II) Get this now, I slept in longer than she did. Remarkable. She rose at eight, and me not until just before nine-thirty. By eleven we had the ship re-attached, and after a stop at the VIC in Paul Smiths, we headed for Follensby Clear Pond. Oars were stroked, the...

An old friend of mine joined me for a week in the Dacks. It had been a while since we did any real exploring together. On Saturday the 24th, while she slept very comfortably (and long) on the inflatable double mattress that I had just purchased, I joined in to help with the trail work that our...

A friend and I are heading up to the Dacks for a week this friday. If anyone knows if Corey's Road is open to the trailhead yet, I would appreciate the info. Also, is there any chance of crossing Skylight Brook if we do an attempt at Allen. We are willing to be adventurous, but would rather not die!

Glad to see you made it to at least a few new peaks. I still need to write up to 'Mr. Topo's Wild Ride', but I can tell you this much. The bushwhack from Macomb to Carson took a group of five two hours. If you didn't have your specs on, are you sure you were on Iroquois and not Colden? Maybe...

Alain, please thank Junior once again for allowing Topo (and myself) to share in a piece of Adirondack history. With obligations on Friday and Sunday, it was still such a thrill to cover the thousand kilometer round trip between my home and those wonderful mountains that are so much fun to hop...

Alain, I am sure that Junior knows exactly what slowly means. I think that he just does not care. Thanks for letting Topo chase the Rabbit, although now he speaks with a touck of a French accent. Junior might get a kick out of my post 'Jazz Rabbits And Such Things' that I wrote after our hike...

In His Sunday Best Hey BorealChickadee, thanks for the bump. When Topo saw someone asking about him, he knew right away which picture to use. FYI, he didn't take his name from me, but it comes from his love of studying those maps with all the squiggly lines on it. :)

Jazz Rabbits And Such Things Part II He strode back up Haystack like I walk to the corner store. With a smile on his face, he does not slow. As they stood atop the summit, me still minutes behind, I snapped a picture of the iconic legend as he posed atop Haystack like he belonged nowhere but...

Boy, did I like to think I was a little bit of something. The last dozen years have found me making increasingly more frequent trips inside the Blue Line, the High Peaks for the most part. I’d hiked here and there, up and down, at times cruising along and passing many. ‘You need to slow down’...

Two Mistakes? Junior, if you signed in at 9:15 and hiked for six hours, it would be 3:15 when you signed out. Not only would that be 90 minutes until sunset and it would not be 'just before the dark time', but the Patriot game started at three, so you could have easily stopped for a drink on...

Meeting Up Alain, I sent you an email through this site letting you know my agenda. For the most part, I am totally free to do anything anywhere anytime you have next week. Topo and I leave early Saturday morning and are staying in the area until next Sunday night. Topo has been hopping around...

Possible Reunion Alain, at the very end of last winter I was heading over to Rocky Peak Ridge as you were coming back. As you neared, Junior jumped out of his resting spot and give a big kiss and a hardy 'ello' to my hiking buddy Topo. Now Topo still cannot shut up about meeting the great...

Geezz, you were bonking and I never took out my camera. I knew you were a bit weak, but then with the hours and intensity you put in every week in the real world, it would take down even a Mastodon. I never had a worry of getting out. Remember, I did not really use my headlamp. I do feel like a...

On May 29th 05, Terri And I Started Out To Attempt The Entire Great Range In A Day Hike. For Those Who Saw This Listed In Backpacker, Note That They Forgot To Add Basin In The List Of Mountains You Must Climb. They Also Put Marcy As Part Of The Great Range, While Haystack Seems To Be The...