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Moody Mtn. I'm sure anything I write now will be too late for your friends to use in choosing where to hike now. But as I recall Moody Mtn. was a tough northbound hike, with steel ladder rungs in the rock face in a few places. Maybe it was just the fifty degree temps and the rain that our...

I bet she would let you go if you took both kids with you. Or find a grandparent to watch the youngest one and take the older boy out for some overnights. A school backpack will hold as much as he can carry. All you need then is another sleeping bag...

The worst I have ever done is gotten turned around for an hour and then come out not where I thought I would. Here is what I do on overnight trips though. I have a few pieces of reflective rope. It is 4mm cord with a strand of reflective material woven in. I have a piece tied to the corner...

Book time would be choice 3 right? I don't know if its all the photos, the photo equipment, the kid in the backpack, the gear in the pack, or the kids hand that I am holding, but I seem to be at the back of the line. I don't even mind being last anymore. I wonder if the rest of the group...

I would have to go with Fall. Most of the previous Fall posters have named all the reasons. It also gives me a chance to look for game without the pressure of having to drag a kill back to the lodge. I was out hiking not hunting. haha..

I have been using a Petzl Zipka for two seasons. It is a great lightweight light. I replaced the batteries at the start of last years hiking season just because I figured it was time for fresh ones. They never ran down on me. The spring loaded head 'strap' is neat and allows the light to be...

I've got four kids, from ages three to twelve. I have taken them all on hikes, and I have left them all home for hikes. I have only missed a few hikes in the last four or five years because of the kids. My wife is understanding, but she also joins us for some day hikes. This year she will...

I am also considering getting a GPS receiver. All these advanced features sound wonderful, and expensive. I am definitely looking at a lower end unit. I want to find a GPS that will: 1. Display coordinates that I can use while looking at a paper map. 2. Connect to my laptop and is compatible...

Hmmm, no option to vote for over 60 Lbs... So, I picked the 50-60 range. I am usually taking one or two kids with me on a three day hike, and though I pack to be under 60 pounds, by the time we hit lunch on the first day I always seem to be over 60. In 2000 I think I hit 80! Ugh. There is...

Rhihn, You make an interesting point, at least for me. The only signifigant wind I have encountered in my limited hiking experience has been the three times I have summited Goose Eye. Each hike was quite different, but in each case the wind gusts caused us to hustle off the peak. Of course...

Wow, If slogging off to work at 6am, sitting in front of a PC until 5pm, racing my Suburban home to get the kids off to scout meetings and dance class, then home again in time for supper, homework, and showers, so I can crash on the couch by 9pm doesn't count then I don't get any :) Of...

Johnnycakes, according to gpsinformation.net as of last month there are still two WAAS sattelites. The website can be found here WAAS Description . I hope this helps. There is a wonderful description of how the system is supposed to work too. Cheers! -edit follows - Sorry about that, the...

Off the cuff, crazymama, I might say that they could have had radios or a cell phone to 'hear' from fellow hikers. Also, I have noticed that everyone has their own best pace to hike at, especially when descending. The Coxes stuck together because they were a team, but the other hikers probably...

1. May 1, 2004 - Speckled and Bald Mts. We have done the dayhike on Speckled and Bald mountains several times before, and have found it most pleasant to drop a vehicle at the Bald end of the trail and drive around to the Pasture trail to ascend Speckled. We usually do this hike as a warmup to...

IndianChris, I have had National Geographic's Northeastern USA vertion for three years now. I got very used to the USGS topo maps in Boy Scouts and love having so many available on my computer. The land detail is as good as maps get. Also, I have shared routes and GPS tracks with other...

It is a bit too early for us to have nailed down exact dates or weekends, but here is a general list of the hikes we are considering. We will be doing more than half of these for sure, and the ones near the top of the list are more definite locations. 1. Dayhike Speckled and Bald Mts. late...

For several year I have packed my camera along for all the hikes and backpacking trips that I have taken. While many or most of my photos come out pretty good, there are always some that don't. A large number of these are photos with a lot of blue sky or haze in them. Obviously, there are UV...

My personal definition for wilderness would be: Anywhere that a person can go and not touch/smell/see/hear a single sound of the automation of humankind's machinery. If you can go somewhere on this planet and be completely away from automobiles and other mechanized contraptions (and not even...

Way off the topic of hiking here, or perhaps even the wilderness. But in Jean Auel's series of books 'Earth's Children' she mentions quite a bit about the social behavior of wolves and how they behave towards each other. The specific novel with the most information is 'The Mammoth Hunters'...

Well, I can't really offer any comments on the Gregory Denali Pro. I have not tried it at all. I have a LoweAlpine Contour IV myself (VOLUME: 90+15 / 5500+900 cu.in WEIGHT: 3.0kg/6.61lb SUGGESTED PRICE: $239.00). I went to L.L.Bean and tried on packs until I found one that felt great. Of...