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Yep, this is the appropriate response to your decades of turning a blind eye to the child sexual abuse being perpetrated in your football program: “STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A near-century-old outdoor recreation club will now refrain from going outside because it is too dangerous out in the...

Some of us are exhilarated about the upcoming dump of heavy snow preceding this weekend. A subset of that group is already thinking about what it will mean for the avalanche hazard. If you have any plans for the Presidential Range and some other similar slopes, you should also. From the Mount...

I would like to hear from people about their personal experiences with the various emergency locator/communication devices that have been available over the last several years. Not interested in hearsay on this, so it has to be something you have personally observed (including devices owned by...

Some of you are on the mailing list for announcements from the newsroom at New Hampshire Fish and Game. If so, you were sent today a reminder to get a new Hike Safe card and then a "correction" asserting that "The Hike Safe card does not exempt the holder from liability for repaying search and...

Today's mail brought the Winter 2015-16 issue of "Forest Notes", the magazine of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. It has a wonderful article by VFTT member Kevin Talbot (posting here as "Kevin, Judy and Emma") titled "The Soul of an Explorer" about his family's...

I realize this might be the summertime equivalent of asking for your favorite powder stash in the winter. :rolleyes: I'm looking for some easy mountain bike riding on the southern side of the Whites, preferably east of Kanc Pass, and without said route(s) being open to motor vehicles driven...

'Tis the evening before the ides of July, and a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of … hypothermia.:D The method described here can be used in packable emergency shelters as well as in tents: THE DARKROOM: A NAVY SEAL REWARMING DRILL

From Norway comes this suggestion to add a reflective vest to your pack. If you need someone to rescue you, it can make a big difference at night. The video at the link demonstrates this for both night vision-equipped helicopter crews and ground searchers. Even though helicopters don't play the...

No, not him. These are essential truths when it comes to headlamps for backcountry use: Longer battery life is better Big batteries last longer than small batteries Warm batteries last longer than cold batteries Tiny batteries carried on your head are never going to last as long as big...

Came across this cautionary tale, which you and I will both feel in our bones. :) The Walker of the Snow Charles Dawson Shanly (1811–75) SPEED on, speed on, good master! The camp lies far away; We must cross the haunted valley Before the close of day. How the snow-blight came...

It gets cold. "Hikers" Rescued From Mount Chocorua

"'Just floating down the Yukon River is kind of boring to me,' he said." Are you listening, Nessmuk? ;) Austrian completes rugged – perhaps unprecedented – overland journey from North Slope to Cook Inlet

Insane JULY deal on Madshus Annum skis (fka Karhu XCD Guide) Sierra Trading Post has a one-day 70% off deal that I just used on a pair of Madshus Annums that were already marked down. These were formerly marketed in the U.S. as the Karhu XCD Guide. In a week I'll have a top-rated pair of...

Heavy rain and melting snow are raising river levels tonight in northern New Hampshire, and some trails are likely to have been affected. This was posted a few hours ago by the National Weather Service: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS...

As many will know, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed last year to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the national list of threatened and endangered species. (Populations in the western Great Lakes states and the Northern Rockies were previously removed from the list.) Reaction to...

The U.S. and other countries regularly send troops to Norway for cold weather training (even including National Guard troops stationed in Minnesota. ;) ) The Norwegian Armed Forces have some training materials available online in English that will be of use to folks contemplating hiking and...

No word on whether Rocky is doing the flying: CONCORD, N.H. -- Northern New Hampshire residents may see a helicopter overhead in the coming weeks as the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department's latest study of moose mortality and productivity gets underway. Fish and Game has contracted with...

Preikestolen, a very popular hiking destination in Norway, is the scene of a SAR mission this evening. A party of three hikers divided in the face of bad weather – two turned around and one continued. He's wearing only light clothing and carrying a cell phone but apparently not much else. His...

Oh, are the Sámi and the Norwegians going to hate this. I've heard this tale before. :) "The hunting party slowly glides into the Altay Mountains in search of elk. It is dead calm, minus 38°F. Just as their ancestors have for millennia, the five men traverse deep, feathery snow buoyed on...

Okay kids, here's your chance for some face time with Fish and Game: CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will hold two biennial hearings in December, giving the general public an opportunity to offer input on any aspect of Department operations. The two sessions will be...