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Mount Carrigain Trip Report
WMNF Map 3 / H7
Post-trip Notes
Trail was in great shapel. Good beginner trail. ~2 miles of flat, wide trail at the beginning and then more rocky and steep 3 miles up to the ridge. Good views along the ridge and at the summit and observation tower.
Pre-trip Plan
Date: 2020-11-14 Route: via Signal Ridge Trail (AllTrails)
- Stream crossings1: Yes - about .7 - 1 mile in. Easy crossing.
Distance (miles): 10.4
Elevation Gain (ft): 3,471
Recent trail reports: (AllTrails, TrailsNH)
- Muddy
Snowpack (Forest Service hi-res or NOAA NE Map): 0”
Weather (Windy): www.windy.com/44.094/-7…
Pre-hike Checklist
- Check: East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, Saco River. Saco River at above 4.0-4.5 feet means some river crossings have the potential to be difficult or even dangerous on peaks near that area [return]
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Galehead
Post-trip Notes
Similar to Carrigain in that the first 3 miles were relatively flat, non-technical trail and then it gets steeper and rockier. One small stream crossing about at ~1.5 miles that is easy to rock hop across. Muddy spots were small, infrequent and relatively frozen. Used microspikes on last 1-1.5 miles for ice and light snow dusting. One blowdown that was easy to step over. No view at the peak but good views at a marked lookout just before and at Galehead hut. Would be a good beginner trail for people new to the 4,000 footers.
Pre-trip Plan
Date: 2020-11-15 Route: via Gale River Trail (AllTrails)
- Stream crossings1: No
Distance (miles): 10.2
Elevation Gain (ft): 2,519
Recent trail reports: (AllTrails, TrailsNH)
- Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery
- Trails were in great shape overall. I was able to bareboot for the entire hike. Micros made great bear chimes.
Snowpack (Forest Service hi-res or NOAA NE Map): 0”
Weather (Windy): www.windy.com/44.185/-7…
Pre-hike Checklist
- Check: East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, Saco River. Saco River at above 4.0-4.5 feet means some river crossings have the potential to be difficult or even dangerous on peaks near that area [return]
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Trip Report - North Twin and South Twin
- There are 3 stream crossing. Skip the first/second and bushwack up East side of trail (there is a decent trail). It will rejoin trail after second crossing so only the third crossing is necessary.
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The Tyranny of Convenience
“Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We are at risk of making most of our life experiences a series of trolley rides.”
There are definitely conveniences that are worth embracing, such as laundry machines. But as the article points out, these conveniences don’t actually end up saving us from work. In fact, we end up working “the exact same amount of time as before.“
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Surviving the cold - science-backed stories
The man who refused to freeze to death
An amazing couple of stories about two men surviving through intense cold with the science that explains how they may have survived, and how you can too.
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Content Collapse
Content Collapse via Hacker News
Nicholas Carr with another great essay, this time on content collapse. He previously addressed context collapse, how social media and the internet forces us to combine the different personas that we embody depeding on context (work, school, with friends, with family). In this essay, he addresses how different content (friends’ posts, political news, celebrity gossip, etc.) has collapsed into the same route of delivery (Facebook in particular) and the implications of that.
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Not So Simple
Not So Simple (archive) via No Tech Magazine
“Words like “giving up,” “living without,” and “quitting” are always in danger of sounding limiting and austere, drawing attention to the loss instead of what might be gained.”
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Multi-Modal Activists Against Auto Dependent Development
Multi-Modal Activists Against Auto Dependent Development
Activists for more sustainable urban transportation that don’t take themselves too seriously. And plenty mentions of beer (it is Grand Rapids, Michigan after all).
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Study - Reconsidering Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms
Hidden in Plain Sight — Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms via NY Times
“By embedding race into the basic data and decisions of health care, these algorithms propagate race-based medicine. Many of these race-adjusted algorithms guide decisions in ways that may direct more attention or resources to white patients than to members of racial and ethnic minorities.”
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At Home Composting
The Compost by My Couch, How (and Why) I Started an Odorless Bin at Home
Interesting japense method for odorless composting indoors. Good airflow allows for aerobic bacteria do break down the food scraps without producing odor. Or I wonder how much would be odor is absorbed by the ash?
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The Price of Isolation
The Price of Isolation via kottke
A lot of good stuff in this article. A quote that stood out:
“Sometimes, though, the body can be tricked. When Cole and his colleagues started looking for ways to combat the physical effects of loneliness, they didn’t find that positive emotions made a difference at all. But one thing did: “It was something called eudaimonic well-being, which is a sense of purpose and meaning, a sense of a commitment to some kind of self-transcendent goal greater than your own immediate self-gratification. People who have a lot of connection to some life purpose? Their biology looked great.” Even when researchers compared lonely people with purpose to social butterflies without it, purpose came out on top. In other words, it’s possible when we’re doing things to better our society, the body assumes there’s a society there to better. We’re technically alone, but it doesn’t feel that way.”
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Recipe: Yogurt Marinated Chicken
Yogurt Marinated Grilled Chicken
Delicious. Personally, would consider doing a dry brine as well. The marinade is not very liquid so mostly just adds flavor to the skin. The meat remains relatively bland but would be improved with a dry brine I believe.
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