+briansnat Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 We've kicked around the idea of a backpacking trip before. There was a lot of interest, but agreeing on a date was hard. So let me throw these dates out there: Weekend of June 21st, or the weekend of June 26th. Any preference? "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+The BeeGees Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 quote: the weekend of June 26th. Did you mean July26th? Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 7, 2003 Author Share Posted May 7, 2003 Actually I meant June 28th. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Team OUTSID4EVR Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 I'm thinking about a backpacking event cache (8 miles round trip) in the Virginia mountains in May/early June. If there is any interest from Baltimore/DC/NOVA cachers (or others), send me an email. Brian: I might be able to get out of Baltimore on the weekend of June 21.Á Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 7, 2003 Author Share Posted May 7, 2003 An event cache may be a good idea too. I was thinking the Catskills or Harriman would be a good spot. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Waterboy Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 We would be interested in a trip in Harriman, the Catskills, or in Virginia with Outsid4evr. June 7 & 8 may be a problem, but the other weekends are okay with us. We would prefer the Catskills to Harriman, mainly because an area we do not know is more interesting than an area we know. We do not know the Virginia Mountains, so that is interesting. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 7, 2003 Author Share Posted May 7, 2003 The Catskills would be my preference. There are a lot of great hikes with breathtaking views. But it can be stiff hike there. There are some trails with a 2,000+ ft elevation gain over a little more than a mile. I'd have to get back in shape for a Catskills jaunt! "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+roasteroo Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Sounds like a great idea but ill be backpacking on the AT already by then. Im leaving June first and walking out my door up the state line trail in hewitt st forest and up towards Maine! If you wanna meet me along the way Ill be up for it. I hadnt planned caching during this time. I want to bring my Magellan along but I has succome the horrors of GC5 cache. I dropped it up there sunday on one of the cliffs overlooking the site to the sw. I put in on top of my pack to tie my shoe or something and when I grabbed the pack I launched it. Oops. I picked up the pieces, fired it back up and made it back to the car fine. everything works except the backlight. Im gonna send it out to get fixed but might not have it back by then. So i got a backup just in case. A meri yellow. Hope you guys have fun! KARMA: Its everywhere you are going to be. Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 I might be interested in a Catskills jaunt in June -- either date... Any ideas as to which areas? (I've walked quite a bit there in a previous life...excellent place to be any time) Outsid4ever -- maybe, possibly, depending on which weekend. "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 8, 2003 Author Share Posted May 8, 2003 quote:any ideas as to which areas? (I've walked quite a bit there in a previous life...excellent place to be any time) Since it's likely just to be an overniter, perhaps Panther Mountain/Giant Ledge, Cornell/Wittenberg/Slide, Indian Head, North Point, or Black Dome. The latter three are loops that don't require a car shuttle. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 I checked my schedules (meaning I asked my wife for permission) and the June 28th date is my best weekend. Any of the Catskill loops would be great -- or if there's any interest, a bushwhack to one of the offtrail canisters for the 3500' Club. I've got 4 left to do... I'd drive up from MD on Friday, meeting with others...? I'll be the guy in the parking lot wearing the leather face mask doing the chainsaw dance... "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 21, 2003 Author Share Posted May 21, 2003 Bumping this one up as well. What does everyone say to the 28th? "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 I'm good -- I've pretty much decided to go up the 28th anyway, as it's been too long a time here in the great alluvial plain of the Delmarva Peninsula... BrianSnat, you've cached up there, so you pick as to what you want to find that's new for you. Where ever you want to go is fine... if I go it alone, it will probably be to Kaaterskill High Peak to kill two birds with one gps -- the peak is a "trailless peak" I haven't climbed for the 3500 Club, but has snowmobile trails (I don't recommend bushwacking alone even though I'm stupid enough to do it myself once in a while), and it has a couple of virtuals and a few caches physical caches nearby. I don't know what parking, views, campsites, etc, are like, etc. (The other off-trail peaks I want to climb to say I did them all are harder --Friday, Balsam Cap (near Slide) and Sherrill) But, anywhere else is good too. The views are inspiring, if you expend the sweat to get to them... and if a cache is available, even better. Hell, just getting above sea level is a treat for me anymore. "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 21, 2003 Author Share Posted May 21, 2003 Kaaterskill HP is a good idea. Roundtop is next to it and would make a good side trip. It was the site of a colonial fort, from what I've read, so it would be great to check that out. But the trip we choose depends on who is going. The hike to Kaaterskill via Wildcat Ravine can be a tough one...3 hours of steady uphill walking. I'd rather do an easier trip and have a bunch of people come, than take a tough one with one or two others. But heck, if it's just gonna be you and me, I'll do Kaaterskill, Friday, Balsam, or wherever. I just gotta hit the track to get in shape. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 I'm with you...Why don't we leave it open ended for a while, until maybe a week or so before the actual hike to garner more interest, then pick the loop, trail, or peak. What ever is decided -- easy, moderate, hard -- is fine with me. I haven't hiked in the Catskills since 1990, and will find the homecoming pleasing where ever it ends up to be. **I was actually thinking of taking Kaaterskill from the southwest side, along Prediger Road out of Platte Clove Road from W. Saugerties. My old maps show a parking area there, and the snowmobile trails circling up to the top. It might be the longer but easier way up.** (I could stand a few turns on the track before going, as well.) "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+HartClimbs Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 I'm tentatively in for the weekend of the 28th. Doing what I can to free the weekend.... There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. - Ken Olsen, President, Digital Equipment, 1977 Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 23, 2003 Author Share Posted May 23, 2003 quote:**I was actually thinking of taking Kaaterskill from the southwest side, along Prediger Road out of Platte Clove Road from W. Saugerties. My old maps show a parking area there, and the snowmobile trails circling up to the top. It might be the longer but easier way up.** I've never done it from that way, though I've finished some trips at that end. If we go that way, it's possible to walk in a mile or two, cache (I love that word now) our packs, then hike to the top. That way we don't have to hike to the top with full packs. Then we can get back and make camp where we left our packs. There is a stream that crosses the Huclkeberry Point trail (which is a new one) and there are spots to camp there. "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 That sounds good -- but again, I'm happy with anywhere in the park, if others want to go elsewhere -- the Kaaterskill side is one of the few areas that is still virgin territory to me (I lived in Hancock, NY for three years). I'm looking forward to meeting y'all, oh Great Voices of the Forums, and since I'm sitting at 95 caches, have scads of accumulated honey-do's to do over the next weekends, I'll save #100 for this trip... "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+Waterboy Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Just returned from a Maine vacation. The Catskills on the weekend of June 28, sounds interesting. Not 100% sure if we can make it but will try. We done very little up there so we cannot give much of an opinion on any location. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 3, 2003 Author Share Posted June 3, 2003 Bumping this just to see if there is still interest in going the weekend of the 28th. "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 I thought of bumping it as well. I'm still in. Interesting note about the Roundtop colonial fort -- any 'net accessible info? "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 4, 2003 Author Share Posted June 4, 2003 Ok, I'm going to make this one an event cache. I like the idea of a shorter backpack to a nice campsite and a rigorious day hike afterward. That way most of us can participate, no matter what shape we're in (I also have extra packs, tents, sleeping pads and bags if anyone has a need). Since Metaphor still needs to bag High Point, I'm leaning towards that trip if it's OK with everyone else. If Metaphor doesn't come along, I have a similar trip to Indian Head or Giant Ledge in mind. Either way, my idea is to meet early Saturday morning (9ish) and hike to a potential campsite (about 1 or 2 miles). There we can drop off our packs and anybody who isn't interested in bagging the peak can stay behind and relax (but if anybody touches my bottle of Bushmills while I'm gone, they're a dead man). The rest of us can assault High Point and Round Top (Or Indian Head). There are also camping possibilities and hotels in the area for those who prefer to come up Friday night and avoid the early morning start. What say y'all to this? [This message was edited by BrianSnat on June 04, 2003 at 05:16 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 BUMP-- June 28, Kaaterskill High Peak, two "tangible" virtuals -- AirCrash 1&3, great views, campfire tall tales... "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 16, 2003 Author Share Posted June 16, 2003 Just bumping this to the top since it's two weeks away. So far it's me and Metaphor and maybe Hartclimbs. If anybody needs to borrow backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, etc... I have extra, so don't let that keep you away. It will also be a two part trip with a fairly easy and short backpack to the campsite and a strenuous day hike to follow. Those who are aren't into peak bagging can relax at the campsite, or head of to a nearby scenic overlook. "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Bump -- one week away... Let's get the particulars and contact info down solidly this weekend. I'm going to drive up and bivouac close by on Friday, and meet up Saturday morning. Kaaterskill High Peak, approach from the SW, cache camp and day hike... "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 20, 2003 Author Share Posted June 20, 2003 That's the plan. We can meet somewhere Sat morning. Perhaps at the parking area on Plate Clove Rd where the Long Path crosses?? Old maps show this as the NYC Police Camp, but the latest map doesn't have it. Maybe they closed it down. I'll use my National Geographic Topo to try to get coordinates. If we meet at 9:30 get on the trail by 10:00, we'd find a campsite by 11ish. That would give us most of the afternoon to get to High Peak and back. "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 20, 2003 Author Share Posted June 20, 2003 OK, here are the coords: 42.08.012, 74.05.038. I'll make an event cache out of it. "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Perfect. "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
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