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The black flies can be terrible in late may through the begining of July in Maine & NH.

1) Black Flies can NOT bite through fabric (like mosquitos), use a light long-sleeve shirt to protect your...

I think you should support your local businesses and buy the item off the shelf if the difference in price is reasonable.
(Unless they are really ripping you off, or you have some other reason to...

This is what I carry on the trail.

http://www.benmeadows.com/store/product_group.asp?dept_id=1385

Great for threatening noisey boy scouts and unruly dogs.

You can get a nice leather...

I live near Gorham, NH . Early sept will still have summer weather with typical highs 50's-70's. But it can dip below freezing on the colder nights, and there might be a slight chance of a frost in...

I also like external frame packs, although I am just a weekend backpacker. I am still using an old Coleman Pack with the semi-flexible plastic frame (ramflex), but it is getting pretty ragged.

I...

A hiking staff is handy when you need poles but forgot them.

I generally hike with neither in the summer, but use poles in the winter.

$130 dollars for poles ?!^$# I just use an old set of...

I don't think he was being critical of scouting. The original poster simply wanted to avoid large groups of scouts.

I'm sure that most Boy Scout groups are wonderful, but that still doesn't...

Yup,

Tried to hike Katahdin on June 1 about 10 years ago, but the trail was closed due to snow.

However, after talking to a ranger a while, he said, "You guys look like you know what you're...

Sgt. Bruce Bonenfant at New Hampshire Fish and Game said the incidence of searches in the White Mountains went up with the widespread use of cell phones in recent years

Bonenfant said the law...

Personally, I would rather share the shelter with drunk and stoned people, than dogs.

At least when a drunk chick tries to hump my leg, I can actually enjoy it.

Can you hear me now?

What?

If you can hear me, I need to be rescued now.

What?

Hang on, I'll try and climb up higher on the cliff.

The so-called "green bigots" are a natural reaction to the fat, lazy, hummer-driving, trophy-home-building, arrogant American who thinks it our god-given right to burn up every last drop of the...

I know hunderds of Lone Wolves.

I think the plastic soda bottles impart less "plasticy" taste to the water than the Nalgene bottles.

The nalgenes are handy when you need to mix stuff though. They also work for eggs, spagetti...

The leading killer of outdoor adventurer's is old age.


Ski fast, take chances.

Got new backcountry waxless skiis with NNN - BC Bindings


A candle lantern


An LED headlamp

Lots of hi-tec socks

Yup,

New Hampshire has a law (about 10 years old) where if you need to be rescued, and you are negligent, you have to pay.

In practice, this law has only been implemented a few times. If you...

Did you know that 90% of dog owners believe that their dog is above average in behavior?

(all right, I made up the statistic, but you get my point)

There are good dogs and bad dogs. ...

Can you imagine if every hiker brought a dog along with them?

Most dogs are okay, but they are definitely high-impact. I see lots of dog crap on the trail, and always seem to step in it. Some...

If you are trying to save weight in your pack, consider bringing livestock along the trail with you. (Preferably a ruminant, like a cow or goat, so they can graze on grasses along the trail).
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I remember reading "how to stay alive in the woods" during the late 70's.


Great book!

Minus -18 in northern NH right now.


http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KHIE.html

As Fox said, the hiker journal is (was) a great wealth of info. It really ticked me off when the AMC deleted 3 years worth of threads without telling anyone. (I think it was about 1-1/2 years ago...

Oops, wrong thread

One other poster put a link to Fsolution's White Power website that had Fsolution's real name and mailing address (with swastikas and all). I also posted his real name and address in a few places to...