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Solo Backpacking

Harmon Hill

Solo Backpacking I do a lot of solo backpacking. I got started when I hiked the Long Trail in Vermont in 2008. No one I knew wanted to come along, but I still wanted to go, so I did it by myself. I quickly discovered that I liked it more than hiking with a partner or a group. When you …

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Kilkenny Ridge Solo Backpack

Mts Pliny, Starr King, Waumbek, South Weeks, Middle weeks, North Weeks, Cabot, Bulge, Horn

The North Country of New Hampshire does not disappoint. That’s what I was thinking about 5 miles into a grueling backpacking trip I took last weekend along the Kilkenny Ridge, covering 32 miles and climbing 9,000 feet in two days. The Kilkenny Ridge Trail The Kilkenny Ridge Trail starts in Jefferson, New Hampshire, at the base of Mt. Starr King …

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Backpacking Partner Compatibility Test

Hiker Reading New Yorker Magazine

If you stick with this backpacking thing long enough, there will come a time when everyone in your family and all of your friends refuse to hike with you because you hike too fast or too far in a given day. When that happens you are going to have to go solo or find a new backpacking partner who’s compatible …

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Owl’s Head Revisited

Owls Head Mountain (center) with Franconia Ridge in the Background

I had a big walk on Saturday, climbing another 4,000 footer on the White Mountain List named Owl’s Head (4,025 ft), hiking the 18 mile round trip with about 2,500 of ascent in exactly 9 hours, starting from the Lincoln Brook trail head off, the Kancamagus Highway. Climbing Owl’s Head is not that hard, but the hike in is quite …

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