I really thought this was going to end badly. Teenagers aren't exactly known for keeping their cool and making great decisions but this kid is a case study on what to do after you get lost. I'm...

Great work NEK.

I like to stay positive on what could be a very important project for the area given that anything new always receives more than it's fair share of skepticism in the NEK, but I...

And apparently you have no interest in discussion over the difference between acceptable and unacceptable posts, just finding an opportunity to fling insults and repeat the same personal attacks that...

As described above, we write articles, we post to forums, we enter into discussion. It is certainly self-promotion, but spam? Spam is dump & run in my book, which I feel like I've been conscious to...

No worries kingdom. Your comments pushed for some introspection which is always good.



Also, thanks for bringing his blog to my attention. I heard of his steep skiing exploits, but didn't...

I've been working on participating a little more... But apparently not hard enough.

Consider that the limited time I have to write about my thoughts/ideas on the bc I put mostly toward the blog. ...

Nothing complicated! Just throw the three pins on your white-skis and go out the back door. That doesn't mean we can't plan bigger adventures though.

Nice. The fresh cut on the left? How was the grundlefloss?

I haven't.. but I am itching to try. It is pretty far for me so I always end up going to closer spots. One day.... one day...

NEK-

Good point. She probably doesn't hold snow for long. Maybe...

Nice. Glad to hear we're not the only ones. And you're right. There are always surprises: cliffs, ravines, impassible thickets.... that don't show up on GE. That keeps it interesting.

I've been so backcountry-repressed with this lack of snow, so I went on Google Earth last night and sniffed out a few possible spots.
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Not until someone mentioned it on our Facebook page as a guess as to where we had gone when we started posting pics of the trip.

Thanks for the positive comments everyone.

Here's the rest of the trip report with a video. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/trip-report-magalloway-mountain-part-ii.html

Here's Part I of our Magalloway Adventure from this past Saturday: http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/trip-report-magalloway-mountain-part-i.html

We've also got some pics up as well: ...

<== Still working on number 5.

I learned what heuristics means. :grin:

But seriously, I think that incident reports can be like you described: self-congratulatory exercises, like rubber necking on the highway- when looked at...

I don't think it is "Monday morning quarterbacking" to point out when there are dangers that were significant and easily recognizable and those dangers went largely ignored and led to the end result....

They seemingly ignored the avalanche bulletin and put themselves (and rescuers) at high risk. Why wouldn't they want to deter folks from climbing Mt. Washington in 90mph winds in a ravine with...

No matter how much preparation or training they had, they were taking a significant risk by attempting to summit yesterday.

First, the wind was forecast in the 60-80 mph range. (I think it...

Ibex makes a couple of good mid-weight hoodies including the Indie and the Nomad. I got the Nomad for Christmas and have been wearing it more than my wife thinks is acceptable.

Also, check out...

I thought the more interesting and more relevant quote for this discussion also came directly from the State Police Captain who stated he is against charging a fee for rescues because he would "much...

Have we started the portion of the "should people pay for rescues" thread where we blame "stupid flatlanders" for deficits yet? Because that's my favorite part.

Yay! A "should we charge for rescues" thread! I didn't get enough of these on Views from the Top.

First things first, can anybody put that number in perspective? ie. 45 out of 100 skiers...

A trip report from a set of slides near Berkshire East. Irene didn't just leave her mark in the Daks.

http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/trip-report-mohawk-trail-slides.html