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If you think I'm wrong, feel free to disagree. That's what the internet is for. But your sarcasm doesn't help anything and is off-topic. Have a nice week!
Um, maybe because it was winter, and that's a terrible time to train in the Whites unless you are highly experienced with winter hiking/backpacking? Training last fall wouldn't have done her much...
That's a very poor characterization of the article.
If you're really concerned about shaving grams, pick up a single-thickness windshield screen (basically just like the reflectix you have except with just one layer of bubbles instead of 2). It works...
Yeah, I would see a doctor ASAP. Everyone in my family has allergies, and I've never heard of anything like this.
Um, I don't think dry heaving is an allergy symptom. See a doctor.
People call those "Hantavirus Hiltons." Stay at your own risk.
Not true. There are sections of the CDT that are open to bikes, but there are hundreds and hundreds of miles in wilderness areas and National Parks that are not open to bikes. You could not...
Glastonbury - West Ridge: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5313356.pdf
If you haven't done it before, the climb on the AT up Glastonbury isn't especially hard by New England...
Jeebus, did even one of you whiners above read the article?
It's not a reservation system. It's for keeping track of how many people are going to be at a site and letting people make...
Did you read the article, Dapper? That's a misleading characterization. There will still be free parking on the main road through the area. Plus you can park for free at the next trailhead east on...
I've parked here a number of times, and I don't see a problem. Parking on 517 will still be free, and that's where I've always parked. You can also park for free on 94 and hike in from the east...
A 0 degree bag will not cut it for the high-elevation sections north of Ghost Ranch. I live at 7000 feet in northern Arizona, and regularly get down to 0 or just below in winter. For the much...
This just isn't doable in winter. The northernmost sections get up near 10,000 feet (ditto for Mt. Taylor, which is 11,000). There will be feet and feet of snow in winter. A hiker died just off...
You should always tip your Uber/Lyft/whatever driver. The "wages" those company pays are paltry.
Some services let you do the tip electronically, but not all. So keep some cash on hand.
Wrong. The old Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, that was the basis of the NET, continued from the NH border to the top of Monandnock. IIRC, the NH section was a mix of dirt roads and trail with a short...
I hate to say this, but if you are asking if the CDT is like the AT, you do not sound ready for a CDT hike. The CDT is poorly/not-at-all marked and water information is often hard to come by. Are...
Glad that you were able to walk away. Just so you know, you have potentially more dangerous sections ahead, in the San Bernadinos and San Gabriels. I would suggest you take some time to heal up and...
I checked the ebird map for condors, where a lot of birders report their sightings, and people have seen condors from around the Aqueduct/Antelope Valley up through the Tehachapis.
Map here:...
In a similar vein: passenger pigeon, Carolina parakeet, ivory-billed woodpecker.
Born in the wrong damned century.
Common sense? Ha. I trust today's average PCT hiker to judge fire risk several inches down into the duff about as far as I can throw one of them. There are just too many idiots out there to rely...
I gotta say...I feel really bad for the future of the PCT because it seems like a lot of the newer hikers are super entitled and feel like they own the trail and make the rules. You don't.
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Speaking as an ecologist who's studied fragmentation, small roads generally aren't considered a major factor in fragmentation. On the other hand, WMNF and GMNF have plenty of clearcuts, plus they're...
This is kind of useless advice. Where exactly is a NOBO who gets to KM June 15th supposed to skip to? That's too early to start a SOBO, and most of the rest of the trail will still be snow-covered....
You should ask your doctor about the multivitamins. Current thinking is that taking supplemental vitamins and minerals is not recommended unless your are deficient in something or have a condition...