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Triclosan, A Chemical Used in Antibacterial Soaps, is Found to Impair Muscle Function Here's a link to the article: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/08/triclosan-a-chemical-used-in-antibacterial-soaps-is-found-to-impair-muscle-function/ And a link directly to the study on rats, in...

http://www.wmur.com/newsarchive/30533238/detail.html Glad they are safe. There are quite a few herd paths and unmarked trails all over Blue Job and Little Blue Job. I can understand getting lost. I think if I was lost on Blue Job, though, I'd just hike up to the top and take the marked trail...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16967171 I think if you've been following the story, you'd have seen this coming for a few years. Especially after the recent bankruptcy protection filing, discontinuing of products, delisting from stock markets, poor sales... etc. There are probably also...

Saturday night I was still looking for plans for the weekend. None of my regular friends that I drag out hiking with me have winter gear. At least, not that involve going uphill. ;) Before I went out partying on New Year's Eve, I noticed damselfly had posted on the T&E forum about a Franconia...

A couple of months old, and yeah a buzzfeed link, but pretty pictures nonetheless! http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/awesome-landscape-photos #2 of 36

Date of Hike: 11/19/2011 Trail Conditions: Leafy down low, a bit of snow and slightly icy up higher on the WRT. The stairs near the top were slick. A few washouts before and after the steps, probably going to need some serious work. There were also a couple of blowdowns on the steeps of the...

This weekend, I had originally thought of visiting a peak that I'd never been to, but to be honest I didn't have a true plan. Una_dogger contacted me Saturday to ask if I'd like to join her and Pemi for a puppy-size peakbagging session. She suggested a a few places, I noted I hadn't been to...

My friend Paul was out of town for a few days, but the day before his flight home he spontaneously messaged me asking if I we should get the kids together for a walk. We had been planning a trip like this for quite awhile, but our schedules just didn't line up right. No better time than the...

I didn't sleep. It was a... mostly-conscious decision. After surfing then net until around 2am I decided just to stay up and go hiking. I am a night person anyway so this really isn't too tough for me to pull an all-nighter. I hadn't seen the sunrise in awhile, so that had been on my mind. I...

I slept in late. Red Bull and Jaeger is my weakness, often imbibed on Saturday nights. This does not bode well for my weekly Sunday hikes, at least if I want to get an Alpine start. I prefer the early morning in Summer and Winter, for different reasons, but in Spring and fall when the daylight...

Does anyone know the status of trek up to Moriah from Bangor Road? Found this article on the interwebs: http://www.berlindailysun.com/node/86803 Says the road was damaged, but passable. Couldn't find anything on the trail conditions post Irene.

My first year participating in the flags event. It was a great day! Spotted a car at 7 at the North Twin TH. Shuttled over to Gale River trail and headed out shortly thereafter. We met up with someone from the Galehead crew and his dog and we all hiked together until we split at the hut. Our...

Date of Hike: 7/24/2011 Trail Conditions: Excellent. Kelton is a real gem. Maybe one large blowdown the entire way. Brookside and Watson in great shape as well. No memorable blowdowns or narrow spots. All water bars looked well-maintained. Pine Link could use some brushing, but considering it's...

This TR could also be titled "What happens when you don't know how to use a camera", but I digress... let me start from the beginning. Before the hike. During the week beforehand I had decided that I wanted to do a sunrise hike, and the forecast looked good. I picked a mountain (luck) that I...