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Does anyone here have experience with PLBs? Especially as they relate to law enforcement? I am trying to incorporate use of one into a novel and need some personal experience. Specifically, are they called PLBs by law enforcement/SAR? how heavy are they? how large, dimension wise? color...

VFTTer in hiking mag: Rich Owings book, GPS MAPPING: MAKE YOUR OWN MAPS is mentioned in the current issue of AT JOURNEYS, at the bottom of page 11, following an article about a GPS survey of the AT. Surely fortune will follow fame!

Can anyone tell me the latest development on accessibility of the N-P Trail through McCanes for NPT thruhikers? I see in several places that I must call to ask permission, but someone said not to any more. Thanks,

I'm in the planning stages of a northville-placid hike, south to north, and am looking at re-supply. From the guide book and my NY map, it seems that there are two possibilites to resupply enroute: Piseco and Long Lake. Does anyone know anything aobut these towns? The guide book mentions that...

I posted this elsewhere, so please forgive if you read it twice. ******************* I couldn't find my headlamp while packing for a weekend trip so I went to Wal-Mart and bought another. Same kind as my old one (the $12.77 kind). It came with batteries and the light seemed very bright...

I'm planning an overnighter this weekend. Would prefer the AT, but want to test out the tent I will be thru-hiking with this year and would like bare ground. Anyone living in MA/CT area know what the conditions are on the trail now. That's about the furthest I could drive for a weekender...

There are a couple openings on a trip to British Columbia. Details are still being formed, but here's the gist: Leave by van next Thursday eve. Drive through to Vancouver, then to Mt Waddington general area. Backpack in, hike around Tiedemann Glacier, hike out. Time in woods a week to ten...