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Oven Lake Trip: Exodus from Five Ponds Wilderness via Sand and Rock Lakes

The following is a description of an eight-day bushwhacking adventure into some of the most remote areas within the Five Ponds Wilderness in the northwestern Adirondacks. The trip includes traversing areas of intense blowdown along the oddly-shaped Oven Lake, exploring a cluster of wilderness ponds and following the wild Robinson River. Part two of the

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Oven Lake Trip: Hiking some Adirondack Trails to Sand Lake

The following is a description of an eight-day bushwhacking adventure into some of the most remote areas within the Five Ponds Wilderness in the northwestern Adirondacks. The trip includes traversing areas of intense blowdown along the oddly-shaped Oven Lake, exploring a cluster of wilderness ponds and following the wild Robinson River. Part one of the

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Oven Lake Trip: Spending the Final Night at Wolf Pond

The following is a description of an eight-day bushwhacking adventure into some of the most remote areas within the Five Ponds Wilderness in the northwestern Adirondacks. The trip includes traversing areas of intense blowdown along the oddly-shaped Oven Lake, exploring a cluster of wilderness ponds and following the wild Robinson River. The fourth part of

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Shopping Deals: Holiday Outdoor Gear Sales Including Savings Coupon Codes

The Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals have come and gone. Hopefully everyone took advantage of the great deals to get some of their holiday shopping done. I hope the deals found here last month were helpful and saved some stacks of cash (yeah, I watch Breaking Bad too). For those who are more the-wait-and-see types (or

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