A follow up to Tuesday’s look at whether America has true wilderness, or if wilderness is just a frame of mind.
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Hey, Pointers, nice to see you, again. How have the trails been? Nab any foliage photos recently? I have to confess: I have not been on the trail since my trip to Slide Mountain Wilderness in the Catskills back in September, but I have plenty of good reasons. My wife and I bought our first [...]
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This was a Tuesday. And already I began to count in my head how many thru-hikers and other backpackers would be spending the night at the Long Trail/Appalachian Trail shelters along Stratton Pond in southern Vermont. The number? No less than two dozen. On a Tuesday night in August. Not Friday or Saturday nights. Middle-of-the-work-week [...]
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Rain kicked our collective butts yesterday as the wife and I camped with friends at Lake St. Catherine State Park in western Vermont. The whole state is soaked and covered in mosquitoes. But there is hope. We’re expecting great weather for the rest of the week with a few chances for thunder boomers in the [...]
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A quick post tonight to let Compass Pointers know that I’ll be away for a week. The wife and I are bound for Vermont for some R&R&H – rest, relaxation and hiking. Friends, mountains, a lake, good beer, good food and a New England summer. I’ll have a trip report or two when we return. [...]
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Sweaty and fatigued but nonetheless motivated, I emerged above timberline into a cool and cloudy environment. The path cut between two large boulders, and coming down was a group of teenagers. “Hey,” I called to them as they approached. “How much farther to the summit?” “It’s right there,” one of the boys said, pointing to [...]
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According to the Burlington Press, hiking during winter conditions has grown in popularity. We collectively have either discovered our inner Eskimo or realize that with the continued onset of global climate change snow will become like dinosaurs or junior high snap bracelets. Actually, Press writer Lauren Ober puts forth a much different, more believable theory: [...]
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