Recent content by MarcHowes

You hiked it fair and square. Just don't ride a bike along a trail (IE Livermore rd), take a cog railway or take a tram/ski lift and you'll be fine!!!!!!! You can still ride a bike between trail heads tho (for traverses). If you ahve any questions about "ethical behavior" while doing the 48...

..And out of curiosity how many of the 48 have you actually done? or for that matter, redlined? :argue: Its easy, but its no Tecumseh from Tripoli rd. When people say Tecumseh is the easiest 4k in the Whites they are talking about that route. :-o

nice, you did this loop the exact same way I did and made nearly the exact same observations as well :beer: Just try following that bit of trail up terrace when there is 3 inches of snow -- just enough to make the pathway hard to spot -- that section really must not see much traffic. Wasn't all...

SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You found the summit. Thats the exact tree if you look at my pictures. Damn shame, another canister bites the dust. Who is doing this? Anderson/Lowell had their canisters taken In November/December 06, now Vose Spur has had its taken away. Anybody noticing a pattern...

What are these sinister sounding miracle vitamins you speak of? 8-) I'm saving the Dix peaks and other peaks with awesome views for the later leg of my ADK journey. Gotta get those tough ones like Sewards/Santanoni's/Allen out of the way first!!!!!!!!!! :uzi: Gotta eat your meal before dessert...

No confirmation. According to this post on VFTT: http://viewsfromthetop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15067&highlight=lowell According to the post Lowell/Anderson had one as of October '06, but they were gone by December. Then there is a little back and forth with regard to "did the forest...

When I did Lowell/Anderson the canisters had been removed. Evidence of the former canisters could be found on the trees. the consensus of opinion was that the canisters had been removed by the forest service due to the wilderness designation. Other possibilities? sure, but rangers removing the...

yes, pretty much every NH100 peak has a canister or a jar like that (except peaks in wilderness areas cause rangers take them down), Registers like that are handy cause: a) you know where the summit is (usually, sometimes they aren't on the true summit, or there are more than one) b) there is...

Hah I was just thinking about the unseasonably cool temps this year. I have only had two days were I came home from work and couldn't stand to be in my NON AC apartment. By comparison last year at this time I had raked up FAR MORE! (there were even some days in the 90-s in April last year...

Hey! I saw a Mass plate LOAFER at the loaf before :) lots of LOAF related plates in the sugar loaf parking lot that I didn't commit to memory :(

Hey Uphill! Nice meeting you up on the trail to hale and then on top. That was a great day for jsut chilling on the summit. I made it to South Hale easily. Actually, this was one of the easiest 'Whacks I've done, and possibly most beautiful. Open forests with moss floor -- dont seem them like...

Good advise for anyone reading this in general. North slide is a fun climb but a very dangerous descent. IIRC the White Mountain guide also suggests that people not descend the North Slide. Anyone who has been on it knows why :)

Nice TR! I too will be heading that way this weekend (If Sunday Doesn't turn out to be a complete washout which it might) But I'll be climbing the elusive Mt Clough (NHHH peak), which is next to Moosilauke Good choice avoiding beaver brook, not the best trail to start out on after hibernation...

Ah! has been a big debate in the past so I'm told anyways.... Moleskin VS Duct tape. I've always had one really annoying problem with moleskin that I just plain cant seem to get around. When I put it on (I used to put it on my heel before hikes always) I have a problem when I put my socks on...

two words: Duct Tape Cheaper than moleskin and you have the option of putting huge amounts on if needed -- not to mention you don't need a knife to cut it! I've had the same problem with every pair of boots I've ever owned, I get blisters for a while until they are properly broken in or my...