[at-l] White Mtns. Stealth Guide executive summary

[sloetoe@xxxxxxxxx (Sloetoe)]

Short guide to stealthing the Whites:
1) Trail intersections (Walk 10' off the AT)
2) Mountain tops (Big glorious slabs of rock)
3) Separate Meals and Sleeping (Sleep Dry)
4) Fresh Maintenance (Cuttings telegraph sites)

PackRat's Glencliff hostel is the bestest.

Discussion:
1) Trail intersections congregate hikers *and* provide easy
on/off access to the AT. Both of these increase the
ease/likelihood of finding stealth sites nearby.

2) Mountain tops (or any other big, flat, rocky openings)
provide near perfect places to set up LNT sites that leave
*abslutely* no trace of your stay. Oh, and the views tend to be
supreme, too. Howsomeever, this also means that you'll have
to...

3)Separate your meals and your sleeping. Not a bad thing to get
in the habit of, it also means you can hike up to those mountain
tops without carrying dinner water on your back. (And you'll
probably eat dinner closer to the heat of the day, when a
respite from humping up a hill with a backpack might seem a good
idea.)

4) Lastly, as you're hiking, look for fresh maintenance, as the
clippings and blockages of small off-trails telegraphs AMC
attempts to hide great spots from you. Step lightly around and
keep the barrier undisturbed (that is LNT you're doing, right?).
Pick it up any trash and scatter any fire rings you find.

Sloetoe

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online
http://webhosting.yahoo.com