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[Benny Profane]

Anyone ever hike the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim? I have a 2 day (one night) permit pending and need to commit in the next few days. Just wondering exactly what I'd be getting myself (and son) into...

Oh, please read this book before you go.

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon https://www.amazon.com/dp/097009731X/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_Z3H55HH210SY2MABBZ9C

Just read it after a southern Utah national park trip. Found it in the Bryce bookstore. The authors have quite the resumes. Ghilgeri has done well over a hundred raft trips in GC. He was my lead guide when I rafted the canyon in '86. Myers is an extreme hiker in there and has years of experience in rescue and medical response there. May sound like a morbid read, but is actually kind of entertaining and very eye opening. You can die in many ways within the park, but chapters one to three should be required reading for your trip. Falls, and "environmental" causes. There are specific incidents they go into detail about when hikers die. Dehydration is probably the number one cause. It quickly screws with your head, and then you make a fatal decision or two Carry A LOT of water, and, yes, you can actually drink too much water. It happens.

October is smart. Never in summer.
Some rafters just got killed by flash floods hitting their campsites. That happens a lot. That is a gruesome way to die.

Great book. Good luck. Buddy of mine has done it twice, north to south. Alone!

If I was to train, I'd climb one of the steep mountains in the Daks, at least 3000 feet, with a full backpack. Maybe five to ten times.

 

[Benny Profane]

Oh, I forgot one thing. There's a mantra in the book all hikers should follow. You should always hike to water, not from water. Know where you can refill.

 

[tirolski]

Send Benny and snoloco on a reality tv inspired NY Ski Blog webisode where they travel around upstate New York on a quest to get the young lad laid. It could highlight how locos ski lift and ski area management passions are fueled by sexual frustrations and being slightly socially awkward. Loco can remain hopeful and vibrant being the youthful, untarnished young man he is while Benny can be that harsh dose of reality that only comes with a bit of jaded old age. Kind of an American Pie bred with (insert any generic road trip movie here).

I envision an episode with a horse, one doing summer trail maintenance, heavily frustrated milking of a cow, one with Quebec hookers and blow, one with a very sketchy redneck and something with a broken down car in the middle of no where on a lonely dirt road. Something here probably crosses over with another but whatever.......this has potential.

yeah, scratch my other post, that was dumb. This thing is the real deal.

https://youtu.be/Z0YIJQ1jgEI?si=oEWlrKGtbF6-BzaU
Ya have some writing talent along with imagination @raisingarizona.
Ya could be a contender.

 

[Benny Profane]

My first recommendation is to look for lonely Jewish girls just pre Xmas, when all of their friends are home with family.

 

[Peter Minde]

Here it is.

Climb to the Castle: The Masters

Talk about badass masters. With an average grade of 8 percent, it’s no pushover.

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Allamuchy: Cheating Death

With my eyes bigger than my stomach, gonna have to up my game.

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I missed this thread somehow. Full disclosure, after I moved to Saranac Lake, I did more running and hiking than roller skiing. Gonna have to change that up.

 

[Peter Minde]

What about reviews or articles on cool, funky off the radar towns in upstate New York? You know, like where to stay, eat good food and the activities in the area. Any little town in the Cats, Daks or Hudson valley that has some of the activities listed already but maybe isn’t on everybody’s radar could be cool.

activities are great and an obvious component of deciding where I spend my time in but there’s a lot more to a place. I like to go somewhere where I find it fun to spend a day doing nothing other than sitting around, drinking coffee on a Main Street, talking with locals and getting drunk all afternoon. Where is it good to do that and have fun?

I'm thinking that during mud season, I'm gonna road trip to towns I haven't been to. Potsdam, Canton....

 

[tirolski]

I'm thinking that during mud season, I'm gonna road trip to towns I haven't been to. Potsdam, Canton....

Both old college towns.
Winter stays there almost as long as it does in Saranac Lake.
Ya can make the loop, coming and going.
It can be a pretty drive thru the northern Adirondacks.
Watch for wildlife.

 

[Peter Minde]

Both old college towns.
Winter stays there almost as long as it does in Saranac Lake.
Ya can make the loop, coming and going.
It can be a pretty drive thru the northern Adirondacks.
Watch for wildlife.

If you or @Warp daddy can recommend a coffee shop and used bookstore in that neck of the woods, I'm all ears.

 

[tirolski]

If you or @Warp daddy can recommend a coffee shop and used bookstore in that neck of the woods, I'm all ears.

Warp or @Mike may know what’s best around there now.
It’s been awhile since I’ve walked those streets.

 

[Warp daddy]

Birch Bark Bookstore beaucoup used books just outside Potsdam