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Date: August 23-24 Trail conditions: medium muddy from pasty 2" deep to wet ankle deep, boot-sucking mud, at many elevations; perhaps 40% of the trail. the other 60% of trail was bone dry! this is actually pretty "dry" for the 'Ducks, n'est-ce pas? :rolleyes: special equipment: no tent...

for the anal retentive - which bump is West Bond - exactly?! the trail to West Bond from Mt Bond goes over a "North East" bump, and on to a "South West bump" approximately 0.2 miles further. Yes, i did quite a few searches of VFTT first (various combinations of West, Bond, Map, coordinates...

my problem is: my Kelty internal frame backpack, one of the 2 flat metal bars which run parallel to my spine, has burst through the bottom of the pack. looks like a rather difficult repair job, or time for a new pack. I searched the forums a few times for: "sew, backpack, repair, internal...

Date of Hike: Dec 22 2007 Trail Conditions: 19 mile partially packed, also post-holed. AT post-holed plus new powder on top of that unstable base. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes, stamina essential. Comments: 3 hours for Aaron and I to break trail up the AT from Carter notch. That was...

thought you might find this interesting: http://www.startribune.com/outdoors/story/1548948.html Scientists used motion-triggered cameras along 600 miles of the Appalachian Trail to learn more about the everyday wildlife along the trail. They discovered some surprises about what animals are...

i suppose the first thing i should say is that this is NOT meant to be a "chicken-little" thread (i.e. not "OMG the sky is falling!"). Question - i am looking for a list of fairly predictable avalanche sites in the adirondacks in order to avoid them, right from the beginning in my winter trip...

A broad topic I'm wondering about is: are there any other slow learners out there (willing to 'fess up)? the specific example I have is: "do not sweat in winter..." to learn this lesson took many "bites at the apple". #1 I vaguely noticed on quite a few winter hikes that I became sweaty...

(This is my first time starting a thread, FWIW) I have many specific questions about hiking Isolation in winter and would greatly appreciate any shared experience and wisdom! First off, to plan my recent attempt, which is posted on trail conditions, I read these threads (and several others)...