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True, the OM-D is a great choice too, being a mirrorless "4/3" camera and hence ~200g lighter, significantly smaller, having in-camera panorama stitching, having a flip-out screen, and also having...

A new Pentax DSLR has been announced. For those of you who are more committed to/interested in photography this camera is just about a hiker's dream.
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I've read this from the first page to last three times. An incredible story, in my opinion THE best trail journal/thru-hike book out there, period. It has been very inspiring to me and helped me...

Thanks for the input, everybody.

After much consideration, and my acknowledgement that, as a personal choice and because my interest in photography is really growing, I do in fact want a...

Hey, WB.

My point-and-shoot Fujifilm Finepix JV100 has been getting very beaten up over the past year, and as I'm getting really into photography (I have some pictures on the site from an AT...

My parents are offering to purchase a portable GPS device for me relatively soon, which would be great because I love planning closely, observing geography, mapping routes, checking out nearby points...

I may have gone overboard....

I just signed up for the amazing "White Mountain Guide Online" on the AMC's website, and in a couple hours, along with my computer's calculator, I was able to get the...

Huh? I'm talking about people who are hiking from Georgia to Maine, they would have to hitch a ride around or something, and they wouldn't be able to properly complete a thru. Of course the OP and...

My God... they can't just tell HUNDREDS of thru-hikers passing by to just turn around. I don't believe this, they'd have to deny dozens trying to get in every day. I sincerely doubt the rangers...

Still just a crazy idea! But if I did attempt it, I'm sure I'd budget my time appropriately, and I know I would be out there just to have some fun... probably over a week, no more than 10 or 15...

Resupplies could definitely be made at Lafayette Campground when crossing Franconia Notch, Waterville Valley (proably only by mail here), the AMC Highland Center if one passed through the notch that...

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Funny that no one mentioned this, but according to this map of the Taconic Range, there is a very gradual, comparatively short stretch of trail which will get...

So, it would probably be something like: north on Moosilauke, through the whole Kinsman Ridge (take it all the way to Cannon), then down to the notch and up the whole Franconia Ridge (take the Flume...

I was looking at the maps in my White Mountain Guide, and I realized that, with so many trails around, wouldn't it be possible to do ALL of the Four Thousand Footers of the Whites in one, continuous,...

I'm trying to find a place to take a little backpack, and to try out going it alone with some new gear and to test out my daily mileage, and I'm looking to do a scenic loop when I'll have some time...

Fox News would be the ones to make this a news story. Lol.

Regarding the connection with nature and such, I would certainly agree that hikers are universally and deeply affected by physical aspects of wilderness, but it was my understanding that...

"Spiritual experience?" What happened to appreciating the wilderness for the astonishing beauty, intricacy, and power of nature and our planet rather than justification for some ridiculous religious...

Thanks for the input everybody. I'll have quite alot to think about over the next few months, but I feel that I will definitely hike at least the northern section of the LT over the summer. It's...

What I found particularly funny is that I have a few minor connections to the author. I always felt appreciative of the beauty of nature in the same way he expressed his appreciation, and according...

I am planning a three-day NOBO backpack of the South Taconic Trail and a SOBO traverse of the section of the AT through the Taconics, about 32 miles of trail, and was hoping to connect the two...

Maybe I'll see you on the trail! I'm going to wait to figure out my exact plan first, but I'll let you know.

Thank you! It's funny that that hadn't occurred to me before, that sounds like a definite plan, depending on how many miles I decide I can manage daily. That's still a thru-hike in my book, too --...

Then again, from what you say, Mags, maybe I could try the whole thing... I'm a somewhat shy person, especially since I'll feel pretty young amongst so many adults and seasoned thru-hikers, so I...

I'm sorry, I believe some of you are misunderstanding me.

I was with a hiking group on both of those trips (the Appalachian Mountain Club's Teen Wilderness program), and I meant to say that I...