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good to know that MSR is sold to cascade design?
also think you should submit this story to the bike manufacturer, maybe he would consider replacement expense or waver
we have many miles of rail to...

I do believe it was Manasses Gap where back in 73 I came across a set of brand new heavy leather hiking boots, very pricey back than.
It seams the owner had been late winter camping and attempted to...

Depending, find a local outfitter and rent some.
I use a North Face w/ 400 g of thinsolate, these are light work well with some snowshoe bindings and are affordable, they hold a Katoola crampon...

Hmmm which ones. the Timber Rattler in Pennsylvania top of the ridge right in the middle of the trail a step away before I figured what the hell that buzzing could be. I was hallucinating roots as...

Hmm
sounds like a reasonable endeavor
here are a few of the solo issues I've had throughout the years
-went neck deep in a muskeg bog between the Baldpates, lucky for that black spruce just beside...

From a standpoint as a thru hiker in 72-73, I spent many a mile searching for the trail, needless to say that particular section is an a... kicker
I've lived and continued to hike in Maine, also...

Oh one other thing anywhere ME,NH,VT over 3000' will often have snowdepth that covers even the highest trail clearing, delimbing so be prepared for bushwacking

anyway there is no greater feeling...

Minimum -20 bag, oversize gortex bivy sack, Katoola 3/4" alum crampon, definitely poles, good snowshoes w/crampon, ice ax your call, black diamond makes a self arrest pole.
for isolated outerwear I...

wherever you set up KEEP A EYE UP FOR WIDDOMAKERS
nothing more disturbing to sleep than wondering if you will be skewered by a falling tree or branch

get honest
see an orthopedic dr.
he should prescribe an MRI, the only real way to see what is going on there
I know hiking in pain will eventually cause you to quit
do whatever it takes to fix...

I hiked thru Mahooic notch in may, still ice bridges over a lot of the big boulder talus
I broke thru and was hung up by my pack and arms
fortunately I had an ice ax and managed to extract myself...

hope you finish up before deer hunting season

Jello instant pudding, or instant potatoes
lived on these for 4 days once after overrunning a mail drop back in 72

well said mr Abbey

Check out the Marmot Limelite 2 person. Bomber construction great price 45" inside ht.
1 door 1 vestabule, 4.5# best part is the price
sweet tent

Most climbing shops have consignment equipment for reasonable prices. Try off season to buy next seasons gear.
Also LL Bean or other 'factory second store' have big savings.
I usually buy a decent...

I'm glad, after reading this that I hiked the trail in 73&74 occasionally you saw outsiders, usually on weekends of coarse you were apt to get hassled by the cops when you went into town because...

instant pudding, just add h2o and shake

A Lowe Alpine camera/fanny pack with 2 bottle holders , needless to say with an old 35mm camera w/ 200mm lens and two full water bottles it weighed about 10 lbs and rode well below my butt.
I have...

The new Coleman freeze dried meals are pretty good, available at wallmart lots of packaging tho
boost with tuna, salami etc

Anyone arriving in Bangor for a SOBO on a bus or plane, give me a call and I can shuttle to Baxter for ~~25 gas or so
I have an X terra so I can carry 3/w gear
Just give me a heads up, maybe a week...

BD are sweet, some models don't have a replaceable tip, so beware. 2 or 3 section, flintlock is bombproof
Liki have easily replaceable tips , 2 or 3 section, -carry an extra internal locking nut...

It's been a dry late winter and early spring with early snowmelt and early runoff due to the really warm weather up Maine.
If it keeps up it might be a good bug year (few), still getting some frosty...

great concept good luck

I used an Alpenlite for my section hikes in 72&73, an optumus 8r, ensolite pad, fly off my timberlite for a bivy, Kastlinger boots (5# from Austria), I think I had a 20deg North Face bag. Ate a lot...