Gear Most people, even active people, could stand to lose a few pounds. While there’s a lot of time spent on gearmongering and swapping steel for titanium, let’s look at what weighs what. “A pound on the foot is like 5 on the back” they say. What about “a pound off the belly…
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Leaving no trace in paradise
Digging through some old hiking photos from Hawaii, I was struck how similar the trail is to New England, despite having probably 1/100 of the traffic. That volcanic soil just can’t take the abuse, similar to the thin layer of soil on top of the mineral soils covering the mountains of the Northeast. Just like…
When it’s 101 degrees, bring water
RIP parents who gave their kid the last of their water. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11793114/French-couple-killed-in-New-Mexico-desert-saved-their-son-with-last-drops-of-water.html Plan Ahead And Prepare!
Weighed in the scales and (not?) found wanting
Heading up to the Adirondacks again, and I thought I’d weigh in, literally. We bought a kitchen scale recently to help with big batches of canning, and it has a good capacity and resolution. And its a quiet, hazy afternoon, nothing better than getting your gear sorted. (Jake the Wonder Dog assisting) Short version: Base…
Adirondack Trip May 2015
4 down, 7 out of 46 to go. I got up to Keene Valley at about 10am on Saturday, rented one of those bear cannisters at The Mountaineer, then drove back S to the Elk Lake Preserve to hike Macomb. A nice flat trail, wet, and then the slide started. It wasn’t a pure…