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Note 44.70 MOUNT-L 70 of 517 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 40 lines 26-FEB-1992 10:02 CUPIDO::STRITAR "Andrej Stritar,IJS,(61)-371-321" 40 lines 26-FEB-1992 10:02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Feb 92 07:06:00 EDT Reply-To: "Mountaineering Discussion List 'MOUNT-L'" Sender: "Mountaineering Discussion List 'MOUNT-L'" From: "Erich Schlaikjer London 774-2412 Home 0923-854-584" Subject: Re: winter in new england I remember being often told, when I was a boy, of how Mt Washington had some of the worst weather in the world, and how summer hikers in shorts often died of exposure there. I tended to discount these tales for local pride, until I read a mountaineering book which said that probably only Antarctica in the winter produced anything worse! When my father was in college he came upon a camping party that had been avalanched upon in Tuckerman's ravine. Only one had gotten out of the tent, in his bedclothes, and had tried to run back to civilization. His body was so blue, said my dad, that it didn't look human... Though I've hiked the region many times, I've only mid-winter camped once, one Christmastime, with my girlfriend (now wife -- you'd have to marry someone willing to do this with you). We chose to ski into the Pemigawisset (sp?) wilderness, in the central part of the White Mountains, and it was very nice. The trails in that part are built on old train tracks built when the region was logged, so they make superb cross-country skiing tracks, and once you get past a half-day hike's distance you don't see another soul. Skis make snowshoes unnecessary, unless you climb, which we didn't. It was plenty cold--one heard trees cracking in the night, and double sleeping bags and thermarests were much appreciated. Watch out when crossing streams; I always think about Jack London's "To Build a Fire". Definitely join the AMC if you're going to be in New England long. They're a sensible group, though I'm sure stern MOUNT-L-ers don't believe much in groups. At least the AMC tries to limit wear on the trails. There's a big debate about whether the huts should be dismantled, but I think they're mostly a good thing. Certainly I felt proud of New England when I visited King's Canyon in the Sierras and saw how a wilder region was in worse shape because of pack animals and commercialism. (On the other hand I avoid Mt Washington & Pinkham Notch in the summer because of the road up the first and the mobs in the other). Have fun, and where did you hike/climb in the South?
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