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This may seem strange, but... I have a friend who is into extreme pogo-sticking and really wants to tackle the Mount Washington Auto Road next spring. Are people allowed to use the road as they wish? i have only crossed it while hiking, never hiked up it or driven it. He really wants to make...

sounds like he was an interesting dude. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090929/NEWS02/90929008&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=charles-s-houston&pid=133670550

http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=10816411

yet another "rescue" thread, although i dont really consider it a rescue. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090720/NEWS02/90720004 "The group had light clothing, no flashlights, no food and little water, Waterbury Backcountry Rescue said. " not sure why you would make a late...

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090326/NEWS02/90326009 Yikes! Hopefully he just got behind schedule!

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http://smuggsicebash.com/ Any Views folks planning on being there?

Anyone here have a Vaude pack? i am looking at the Vaude Asymmetric 50 , tried it at the store and fit good, straps felt comfy but it is tough to get a feel for it with no weight in it! they are reasonably priced but makes me wonder if they are junk or not. i did a search here, but nothing...

9/25/2008 So, Was kind of bored at work today reading trip reports and kind of got me hungry for a mount mansfield hike. Around 12:30 i decided to call it a day, well with the nice weather who could stand sitting at a desk(especialy with 3 days of rain in the forecast)??? This will be my 9th...

So, I will be vacationing in Asheville North Carolina in early November. Setting aside one full day to hike. I am just looking to get a good trail map of the Black Mountains and my internet searches are not doing me right. I found the map of Mount Mitchell state park but was hoping to have...

those 1700 footer's are tough man. http://news.aol.com/story/_a/police-find-hiker-lost-in-the-woods/n20080820074009990017

So, All week long my G/F had been talking about hiking. She invited some friends from work to hike either Camels Hump or Giant in the ADK's (as it is closest to us here in VT). Well her friends bailed out so I decided to go with her. She is not really into hiking an kind of new to it. I...

Dont have any of my maps/guide books here at work. Have never hiked Giant and looking to possibly take a few people over there instead of hiking another VT peak. What are the long/short hike options (or a link to other posts? i did a search but found no good posts) just trying to see if they...

Date of Hike - Sunday June 22nd Trail Conditions - Pretty dry down low. A bit wet above 3k. Special Equipment Required: Absolutely none! not even bugspray or sun lotion! Comments: Hiked with a GMC group. Plan was to do Bamforth Ridge (LT) to summit but the threat of strong electrical...

Sunday June 1st - Mount Mansfiled - Lake Mansfield Trail to Long Trail to Rt. 108 (had to do it again to actually climb the forehead)! Met a friend of mine (Eric) at the park and ride. We got dropped off at the Lake Mansfield TH about 8am. Did this loop last weekend and loved it (THANKS GG)...

Saturday May 31st. Worcester Mountain Range in Vermont. Hiked with Dave from the GMC, he had this hike posted on the GMC web site and i contacted him Friday. We met at 7:30AM at the park and ride in Richmond VT. We spotted his car at the Middlesex Trailhead and jumped in my car and found our...

Camels Hump Sunday May 25th. Myself, Babs,Brian B, Gillian, Skimom, JP and Jackson (dog). Babs and I got there before the rest so we stared up Monroe trail. This is just a nice mellow trail with lots of people and black flys. We arrived at the summit after the saying bye to the snow for the...

Brian B,Gillian, Jp and skimom were planning to camp in VT(Elmore SP) this weekend so Gillian choose our hike for the day. Skimom was running a bit late so she decided she would start at Long Trail from 108 and meet us. Started from Lake Mansfield trail at about 12:00. Myself, Gillian, Brian B...

Mt. Hunger to Skyline Trail Attempted hike was Mt. Hunger to Skyline Trail to Hogback and Mt. Worcester then back to Hunger Date of Hike: 5/11/2008 Trail Conditions: Trail up hunger was great. minimal mud. small amounts of snow. Once on skyline trail snow got DEEP in spots. Never even...

Date of Hike: 4/26/08 Trail Conditions: Dry down low, Snow most of the way, deep in many spots. beautiful clear summit. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes helped!! After a few deep spots we decided to shoe up and never regretted it. Could have been done without the snowshoes, but very...