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Blazing a Good Trail: The AT in Maine (Part One)
For the past hour we have been making our way slowly uphill, pushing ourselves through increasingly dense growth in the woods of western Maine, climbing over, under, and around blowdown.
Every so often we stop and turn, scanning the forest for a sight change in the trees or light. Despite the obstacles the setting is lovely-dark, verdant, and peaceful.
Then I see it.
On a granite rock, just before a small, moss- and leaf-covered bog bridge decaying into the forest floor, I spy a white blaze-not a patch of lichen, not a wet leaf, not a relatively recent blue blaze, but a real white blaze-proof that we're on the original Appalachian Trail »
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John B provides a long-term review of the Scarpa ZG 65 GTX hiking boot. Matt Clark checks out the Mammut Ultimate Jacket soft shell. TJW puts the Patagonia Core Skin up against similar soft shell jackets. Culprit_foto tackles South America in the Lowa Renegade II GTX Mid hiking boot. Mark Loseth racks up with Advanced Base Camp Tech Nuts. Megan Wilder reviews the Black Diamond Half Dome climbing helmet. Vito Labella finds the right glow from the Brunton Lucy Lantern. Kent Nordin runs down the pros and cons of the Osprey Aether 70 internal frame backpack. |
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Soulfrk tries out Katadyn Micropur MP1 Purification Tablets. Ola Bovin lightens up with the GoLite Pinnacle backpack. Nathan Nash weighs the benefits of Omega Pacific Speed Ice Screws. Olaf Johnson goes ice climbing in Marmot Light Streak hard shell pants. WB Buffalo takes an in-depth look at the JanSport Carson 90 external frame backpack. Weibullj hikes Sweden in Fjallraven Greenland Trousers. |
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