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For all of us who have a bit of a habit of popping "Vitamin I" before a hike, there's been some recent research indicating that taking NSAIDS, including ibuprofen, before exercise may actually increase inflammatory response and decrease tissue & bone repair after exercise. In yesterday's...

Hancock (North & South): Hancock Notch Trail, Cedar Brook Trail, Hancock Loop Trail Date of Hike: August 16 & 17, 2008 Trail Conditions: Muddy Special Equipment Required: Gaiters Comments: Hancock Notch Trail was only a bit muddy. Cedar Brook Trail was quite wet, with many slippery roots and...

Are there any viable (and legal, of course) camping areas on the Glen Boulder trail? I'm looking at the map and there seems to be an area where the contour lines flatten out a bit between Glen Boulder and Slide Peak, near the spring, but if it's just dense high scrub that probably wouldn't offer...

Anyone know of any good swimming holes w/in a half-mile or so of the Rocky Branch trail & isolation trail junction? The river thereabouts looks like there ought to be some good ones, but it's been awhile since I've been there, and that was in a far colder season when I wasn't looking for...