FYAO VI

“What is up with this years FYAO??? Hmmmm!
Last year we started planning and talking about this in early September.
This years FYAO needs to be something special to beat last years record attendance.

LEts get going on this time is awasting!

Yo Hoo AMYG!!!!”

“Where is that AmyG?”

“i got my invite 3 weeks ago.

don't you guys check your mail?”

“Private trip with you and AmyG Sacco, isn't she alittle tall for you?”

“Ooooooo....oooo-ooooooo!!!!
Oh Lt, I'm speechless!!

I believe I've already been to this year's FYAO.

How about next year's??”

“Do you need a personal invite? : (”

“I'm in. I won't be in classes and I'll be done student teaching. I can think of no reason to keep me away.

Looking forward to my third FYAO and seeing some of my favorite TTers again!!”

“tara- might wanna keep this on the down low.

i guess zac and Lt are part of the "undesirables" amy mentioned in her invite email.

i just hope i already haven't said too much...”

“Didn't AmyG say something about giving sacco the wrong directions to next years FYAO that way he won't be there? ;)”

“I heard that next years FYAO will be on Lake Erie.”

“The truth is... y'all are on the Been There Done That list. So, AmyG and I are really planning a super secret trip w/ a group of new, young, backpacking men. Woo Hoo!”

“hey! i wanna go too!”

“The truth is... y'all are on the Been There Done That list. So, AmyG and I are really planning a super secret trip w/ a group of new, young, backpacking men. Woo Hoo!

Whewwwwww.... for a second there, I thought I wasn't gonna get an invite. Thanks, Tara.”

“Oh, no, of course Bruce. You'll totally be invited. Just check the group email we're sending out to you and Lt and zac and ENS and.... hehehehehe

Yam, of course, woman. I'd LOVE it if you were there.”

“'k. cuz i can make it this year. so i'm soooooo there.”

“so the middle of Lake Erie it is!!!! Woohoo!!”

“Yam, get some snowshoes.

We wouldn't want to lose ya in five feet of snow.”

“them's fightin' words, marko! care to donate $$ to the Snowshoe Fund for Yam?? (they are actually the first gear purchase i'm gonna make since i got my 'real' job. i'm giddy!)

is FYAO usually president's day weekend?”

“is FYAO usually president's day weekend?”
yam
10:00:33 AM
9/21/05
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Yup.”

“alright! i have it off. first time ever.
(hey zac to the lumber...how goes it??)

man, that seems a looooooooong ways away.”

“Didn't AmyG say something about giving sacco the wrong directions to next years FYAO that way he won't be there? ;)”
lumberzac
7:26:39 PM


hmmm. i wonder if that's what really happened to Mr. Walker...”

“bring on the snow and the frigid temps and Prezi day!”

“Yam, I'll bring some duct tape and a couple of cake racks.

That oughta do ya!

Real job???

I feel your pain!”

“Sooooo, how much snow will we have this year??

Last year the snow was disappointing.

How about a betting pool with maybe a jug of cheap red wine as prize????”

““Sooooo, how much snow will we have this year??

Last year the snow was disappointing.

How about a betting pool with maybe a jug of cheap red wine as prize????”
mARKo
1:15:27 PM
9/21/05
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I'm not placing any bets until we find out the location.”

“Oh, stop yer winin' !!”

“I heard Gremlin is bringing the beer.”

“Tara, I am shocked after our little midnight stroll you wouldn't want me back huh?
I hope we have more snow this year and more cold Ongaa Bongaa Snow snow snow!!!

Marko Yam can just ride on your shoulders.

I think we need to go farther north, how up around Tug hill? Supposed to be incredible amounts of snow up there.

Note to participants bring more booze and stash some of it for night number 2.”

“LT Actually we were probably about even with the Tug Hill Plateau. The problem was we were too far east. How about Ward Brook and the Seward Range this year?”

“Hey I've never been there sounds good to me. Does it have big mtns, a stream, river or lake, and a lean to? If so count me in.”

“sewards sound great to me, 5+/- mile flat skiable trail in, then 4 different highpeaks to climb. a couple different lean-to choices.

but what about the road zac? is that road doable in feb?
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“but what about the road zac? is that road doable in feb?
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sacco
2:30:43 PM
9/21/05
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I know there is a gate on the road part of the way in and I think it adds a mile or so to the hike in to the lean-tos. I have a map at home that marks were the gate is. I'll have to take a look at it some time tonight.”

“Camp on Lake Placid (the actual lake). There are two lean-tos on Moose Island in the middle of the lake. Near by mountains are, Whiteface, McKenzie, and Moose Mountains. The one thing that could be a problem is if snowmobile use is permitted on the lake, which I’m not sure of. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4909333.00014188&e=583135.000000232&datum=nad83”

“F snowmobiles

i like the seward idea much better if the road is doable. way more secluded.”

“Hey Sacco, do you know of any "easy" ways to hike into the West Canada Lake Wilderness in the winter? There is a lot of cool stuff in there, but I can't think of any place where you can get to a lean-to in there that is within 4 to 5 miles from the trailhead.”

“I'm hip on f'in' the snowmobiles, sacco!

Besides that, it could get kinda windy out on a big lake.

zacco, get busy them maps, boy!!

Yam on my shoulders, huh?
How's about we strap her into Lt's sled??”

“... I didn't get any e-mail.

Does this mean I'm trashed? Didn't I apologise enough?”

“LT - That was a pretty cool midnight stroll, wasn't it. Creepy noises and all...

OONGA BOONGA SNOW SNOW SNOW”

“hmmm...I just may have to attend this years adventure.”

“gosh dang, I sure wish it would hurry up and get here.”

“Hey Sacco, do you know of any "easy" ways to hike into the West Canada Lake Wilderness in the winter? There is a lot of cool stuff in there, but I can't think of any place where you can get to a lean-to in there that is within 4 to 5 miles from the trailhead.”
lumberzac
3:48:27 PM
9/21/05

not unless there's some sneaky way i don't know about.

most of the access is all off that on long dirt road from cedar river flow to limekiln - which is closed all winter.
from the south it's a serious hike from piseco, and from the east that sucker brook trail is a #&%!$ on the nicest fall day.”

“the Sewards sounds good to me too. Where is AmyG??”

“Is this trip gonna go public or stay private?

I like the idea of going, some year anyway”

“it's the call of the fearless FYAO Queen, AmyG. She has always made it a public trip in the past.”

“I'll be there this year



I swear!



no really, I'll be there

I mean it with all my heart”

“Heard that before!



JKing hope you can make it.”

“I checked out my maps last night. It's about 5miles to the Ward Brook shelter (the Blueberry Pond shelter is .7 miles closer) from the summer trailhead. The winter gate adds 3 to 4 miles to that.”

“ok, OK...I am here! Man, you guys are impatient! I realize that time is ticking away, with only 5 months to plan this thing. (I am such a procrastinator, my apologies.)

You'd think after FIVE previous FYAO's, there would be some sense of security that it WILL happen. :p

Prezzies weekend is the tradition and it has always been a public trip...last year's attendance was incredible! Good ideas on location so far.
*The norm is to select a trail that will accommodate skis and/or sleds and snowshoes.
*basecamp/partyhouse location is ideally a leanto, with a tent-city sprawl around it
*some interesting peaks to dayhike-explore

Keep the ideas coming. The final selection is usually not until Dec/Jan, but this gives lots of time for pre-hike exploratory missions!”

“btw, Pete - smack!”

“I know this is kinda unconventional, but how about Lake Colden via Upper Works and Calamity Brook/Flowed Lands? Can you get to Upper Works with the car in the winter? It's about 6 miles from Trail Head to leantos, relatively flat boulevard-type trail (should be cake for the sleds) and right at the doorstep of the McIntyres, Colden, Cliff, and the Marcy Group. And as an added bonus, the otherwise-problem-causing bears should be fast asleep :)

Do the Eastern High Peaks allow fires during the winter with all the snow? What do all y'all think?
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