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My girlfriend recently expressed an interest in hiking her first 4000 footer. The weekend forecast called for warm temps, low wind and blue skies so I took her on the Franconia Ridge Loop to climb Lincoln and Lafayette for a perfect start to the Spring hiking season. I got caught in bad...

Last weekend my friends and I set our sights on Huntington Ravine but the weather report changed our minds. As a plan B we headed to Greeley Pond because we knew there were some unnamed slides in that area which might be fun to climb. We bush-whacked our way to a slide near the pond and did a...

Even though I didn't summit Rainier during my recent trip out west; I did summit Crystal Peak. This summit made a great consolation prize at 6,596 feet with 360 degree views of the best scenery in the park. The snowfield and super smooth trails also presented a huge contrast to the...

I recently returned from my attempt to climb Mount Rainier with 3 of my closest friends. We enjoyed perfect weather and spent 3 unforgettable days on the mountain where we reached 11,000 feet. However we did not make the summit because a combination of injuries and altitude took down half the...

I recently realized that I had not topped out on a NH 4000 footers in several months! Usually spring is my hiking "off season" but it was time for that to change in a big way. I recently climbed Mount Monroe and Eisenhower via the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail and Edmunds Path. Perfect weather...

What camera setup do you use to capture your outdoor adventures? For years I have used an Olympus Stylus 1030 SW tough series. The camera's toughness is amazing as I can drop it, submerge it in water, throw it in a sweaty pocket and still take pictures. However the camera's image quality leaves...

I will be headed to Mount Rainier for an attempt at an unguided ascent at the beginning of July. I will be going with 3 of my closest climbing friends who I have hiked with for years. This will be our first attempt on Mount Rainier. We want to try it without a guide to test our skills and team...

My hiking crew and I hope to make an unguided attempt to climb Mount Rainier this summer. We knew that we had a lot of skills to learn before we headed to the mountain. Therefore we recently headed to Huntington Ravine for a weekend of mountaineering training with Kel Rossiter from Adventure...

I am planning to attempt a Mount Rainier ascent in the near future. I know that rainier is a pretty bright place where eye protection, such as glacier glasses, are mandatory. Unfortunately I wear prescription glasses and don’t really want to deal with contacts on the mountains. What type of...

This is my first post as a VFTT member. Thanks to Karl Searl for sponsoring me! A few friends and I recently set out climb the North Tripyramid slide to get a taste of sustained and steep snow climbs. The trip involved Nordic skis, snowshoes, ice axes and crampons. It is definitely the...