do I need bug spray on hermit creek trail?
my permit is for late sept. hermit creek w/ two nights in the campground . are mosquitoes an issue or is it too dry?
stickfigure74 2010-08-24 10:26:00 #62143
Re: Training hikes - Mt. Si in WA state
Starting Elevation is 600' and tops out about 4100'. It's 4 miles up and it seems longer coming down. The summer has been very cool in the PNW only 25 days...
lyn_schnug 2010-08-24 09:39:20 #62142
Re: Training hikes - Mt. Si in WA state
Lyn
Before comparing one needs to know what the trail's starting or ending elevation are? Another consideration is the avg. temps. you experience while...
PhilG 2010-08-24 07:41:07 #62141
Training hikes - Mt. Si in WA state
Is there anyone on the group who is familiar with the Mt. Si hike outside Seattle? We've been using this as our primary training. From past experience, we...
lyn_schnug 2010-08-24 07:14:47 #62140
Re: Article about technology and trouble
Good stuff.
Heck, even the respected "Death in Grand Canyon" calls air tourism the
leading cause of GC deaths, without normalizing by the number of
visitors...
John 2010-08-23 21:36:37 #62139
Re: Article about technology and trouble
Jack Shafer has an interesting response to the NYT article. Shafer writes about journalism, rather than the outdoors, and picks apart the article pretty...
chicago_hiker 2010-08-23 20:54:14 #62138
Re: state of the park
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, Mary, but if a person just
clicks on the link I included below (which they probably want
to do first anyhow, to see if...
John 2010-08-23 19:51:02 #62137
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