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Thanks!! Really excited and proud. Fortunately, I've done may things in my life that I'm proud about, but I must say this ranks up there. It's quite an experience. In April when I started hiking I thought Washington was almost out of reach. Difficult to believe that I not only summitted...

Thanks! Was really a life changing experience. Haven't felt more "in the present" than I did yesterday when I was trying to summit Adams and Madison in the horrible weather.

I know that this might be suited for a trip report, but I really wanted to share with people here my pride for doing the traverse (multi day) after having started hiking in earnest only this year. So, just wanted to follow up on my previous posts on starting to hike in earnest earlier this...

Yesterday I hiked around Bonticou Crag (I'll hike up the crag next time I visit) and could not stop wondering how it was formed. It truly is a weird rock formation, especially for a place in the lower hudson valley. I tried looking online to find an explanation as to how and why it formed, but...

Thanks to all for the very valuable input. After conferring with my friends, we decided we're going to go for it and try the Pemi loop with overnight 1 at Greenleaf, overnight 2 at Galehead and then the 15 mile hike back to the car. It's in three weeks. Wish us luck!

Sounds like we might just give this a try! Anyone else care to chime in? Mileage sounds scary to me, but if more than half is relatively easy downhill and flats, we might be able to pull it off.

That was actually my original plan: Day 1 - Lincoln Woods to Greenleaf Hut Day 2 - Greenleaf Hut to Galehead Hut Day 3 - Galehead Hut to Lincoln Woods What scares me about day 3 is - as you suggest - the mileage. I think it's close to 15 miles, right? Not sure we can handle it after the...

I'll keep flooding you with questions. After we complete the presi traverse, my friends want to hike in the Pemi Wilderness, but they only have two nights and three days and want to use the huts. We were originally thinking of a Pemi Loop, but it seems that it's very difficult to do a 2 night 3...

Hi...My group is doing a presi traverse starting on July 22, 2012. We were planning to do a hut to hut traverse, but huts are full. We were able to get a reservation at Lake of the Clouds on Sunday, July 22, but that was it. We wanted to do Lake to Madison on Monday, but we're not going to be...

Thanks, guys. Parked at Slide. Hike was a success. Just posted a trip report. Again, thanks!

Well, I just completed my first overnight hike. I started hiking in earnest this spring. At that time, I set a goal of doing the hut to hut presi traverse in late July. Since then, I've been hiking twice a week. Most of my hikes have been 5 to 9 miles and relatively strenuous. 900 to 1,900...

Thanks! Slide it will be, then. BTW, I've heard that there's an unmaintained trail on the right off of winisook lake an that it's best to take this on my way from slide parking to Panther. Is this the case? Also, is it legal to take this trail? Thanks again! I'm a newbie to hiking and the...

This will probably sound stupid, but I assume that both of you are suggesting that it's better to park in Panther because there's more traffic and it would deter potential thieves? Or is it that I should park at Slide because you're out of view and this out of sight. Again, I'm sorry if this...

I'm preparing for an overnight hike tomorrow of the Burroughs Range Loop with a spur to Giant Ledge and Panther Mountain. The plan is to either start a the Slide Mountain Parking or Giant Ledge Parking and hike east, do the spur to Giant Ledge and Panther and then keep going to Woodland Valley...

This is great info. Thanks! Planning to do my first overnight next week in the Catskills. I will post questions later to see what you guys think of my plan. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm seriously considering joining the 3500 club! Been there, done that! Your hut to hut traverse page was...

Hi All...I've been lurking for a while and finally decided to write my first post. I started hiking in earnest this spring and I'm now in full prep mode for a 3 day presidential traverse using the huts. All of my hikes this year have been in the lower Hudson Valley. I'm planning to head up to...