Subject: full score card of berkshire dry points & wet point still to come<br/>
Date: May 21, 2005 @ 23:23<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-825000403">with 18 links completed & 9 still pending as of the<br/>
present intermission<br/>
following are the 17 that remain untried<br/>
<br/>
they are numbered 28 thru 44 just to complete the<br/>
sequence<br/>
but i have dropped all pretensions of orderly<br/>
progression<br/>
since i have found that i keep disregarding the<br/>
intended order anyway<br/>
for various but always perfectly sensible reasons<br/>
so i am prepared to concede that order may be<br/>
irrelevant to perfection<br/>
seeing as the prevailing disorder hasnt yet foreclosed<br/>
on its possibility<br/>
<br/>
& then<br/>
following this final instalment of 17 previews <br/>
i will also mention again the 3 or 4 tries that are<br/>
still in progress<br/>
& which could thus still reduce the number of the<br/>
really elusive ones from 9 to as few as 5<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
reference map<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/index.html">http://www.berkshireweb.com/themap/index.html</a><br/>
<br/>
28<br/>
dahiwi<br/>
dalton hinsdale windsor<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4705679&e=654883&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4705679&e=654883&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
appears to be near the foot of wahconah falls<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/wahf.htm">http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/wahf.htm</a><br/>
likely just to the right of the above pic<br/>
which also suggests the 675 foot descent from the road<br/>
will be easy<br/>
<br/>
29<br/>
chdawi<br/>
cheshire dalton windsor<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4711436&e=656050&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4711436&e=656050&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
looks like a high dry approach route of under a mile<br/>
from north street<br/>
with the 645m knolltop available for topographic<br/>
navigation <br/>
as well as for setting a final course of 550 feet due<br/>
west of it<br/>
<br/>
for access to both of the above<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4708337&e=656762&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4708337&e=656762&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
<br/>
30<br/>
chdala<br/>
cheshire dalton lanesborough<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4708424&e=649522&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4708424&e=649522&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
best access looks to be by about a mile bushwhack from<br/>
brough road<br/>
possibly with a chla lead line <br/>
but just navigating topographically also looks doable<br/>
with possible backup help from the appalachian trail<br/>
<br/>
31<br/>
dalapi<br/>
dalton lanesborough pittsfield<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4704546&e=648265&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4704546&e=648265&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
looks like a 240 foot cake walk<br/>
<br/>
32<br/>
halapi<br/>
hancock lanesborough pittsfield<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4707185&e=638725&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4707185&e=638725&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
appears to have several possible entrees if straight<br/>
up the hill is a bust<br/>
<br/>
33<br/>
halane<br/>
hancock lanesborough new ashford<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4716399&e=643230&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4716399&e=643230&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
with help from the ridge line jeep trail & ski lifts<br/>
etc<br/>
<br/>
34<br/>
chlane<br/>
cheshire lanesborough new ashford<br/>
approach<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4713677&e=645647&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4713677&e=645647&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
detail<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4715635&e=647569&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4715635&e=647569&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
looks like another 240 foot cake walk almost exactly<br/>
<br/>
35<br/>
adchne<br/>
adams cheshire new ashford<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4718179&e=648756&s=48&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4718179&e=648756&s=48&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
for old adams road trail<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/Mt.Grey-Summer.gif">http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/Mt.Grey-Summer.gif</a><br/>
looks best to enter under jones nose & use the trails <br/>
& at length the topography<br/>
<br/>
36<br/>
adchsa<br/>
adams cheshire savoy<br/>
showing the approach & also the continuation to chsawi<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4715866&e=654134&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4715866&e=654134&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
via burlingame & or white road<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4717583&e=656818&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4717583&e=656818&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
it looks like a pleasant ramble thru fields & woods<br/>
<br/>
37<br/>
chsawi<br/>
cheshire savoy windsor<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4713621.0001058&e=657186.000015631&datum=nad83">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4713621.0001058&e=657186.000015631&datum=nad83</a><br/>
offering at least 2 different ways to climb a hill<br/>
<br/>
38 & 39<br/>
adflsa<br/>
adams florida savoy <br/>
below<br/>
&<br/>
adflno<br/>
adams florida & north adams <br/>
above<br/>
being situated only 1825 feet apart <br/>
are the nearest neighbors of all the 44 tripoints<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4724080&e=659135&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4724080&e=659135&s=25&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
& look makeable on a single try via old roads & hiking<br/>
trails<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/savoy-summer.gif">http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/savoy-summer.gif</a><br/>
<br/>
40<br/>
clflno<br/>
clarksburg florida north adams<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4729823&e=658671&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4729823&e=658671&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
looks like a 988 foot bushwhack while climbing 200<br/>
vertical feet<br/>
<br/>
41<br/>
clnowi<br/>
clarksburg north adams williamstown<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4730027&e=650205&s=25&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4730027&e=650205&s=25&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
is the northernmost of the 44 berkshire tripoints <br/>
& looks like nearly half a mile of uphill bushwhacking<br/>
<br/>
with considerable help from utility clearcuts<br/>
<br/>
42<br/>
adnowi<br/>
adams north adams williamstown<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4724675&e=650151&s=24&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4724675&e=650151&s=24&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
looks like money brook trail toward the falls will be<br/>
a help<br/>
but still leaves about 1000 feet of uncertainty for<br/>
the approach<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/Mt.Grey-Summer.gif">http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/Mt.Grey-Summer.gif</a><br/>
trail map for this & the following point<br/>
<br/>
43<br/>
adnewi<br/>
adams new ashford williamstown<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4721185&e=649934&s=24&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4721185&e=649934&s=24&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
for which cheshire harbor trail looks like a good way<br/>
down<br/>
<br/>
44<br/>
hanewi<br/>
hancock new ashford williamstown<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4721334&e=641762&s=25&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4721334&e=641762&s=25&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
looks like the better part of a mile back of beyond <br/>
& a fitting grand finale for the primary sweep of 44<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
but before proceeding with the above 17 that remain<br/>
untried<br/>
there are still these 3 previously introduced tries to<br/>
return to<br/>
<br/>
23<br/>
lnpiri<br/>
lenox pittsfield richmond<br/>
tho previously relegated to tough nut status<br/>
has been earmarked for a retry because a new clue has<br/>
turned up on closer examination of the aerial photo<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=3201&Y=23484&W=1">http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=3201&Y=23484&W=1</a><br/>
where you can see a bright rectangle in the woods at<br/>
lower right<br/>
which i have belatedly recognized as a roofed cellar<br/>
that i came upon in the woods<br/>
& have also now been able to locate on or very near<br/>
the lnpi line about 460 feet ese of the tripoint<br/>
<br/>
& 22 & 25 respectively<br/>
lnpiwa<br/>
lenox pittsfield washington<br/>
due south of the center point on this map<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4697242&e=646345&s=100&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25">http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4697242&e=646345&s=100&size=l&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25</a><br/>
&<br/>
dapiwa<br/>
dalton pittsfield washington<br/>
due east of the center point<br/>
both of which have so far been approached only by car<br/>
& thus cant at all be considered seriously elusive yet<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
plus of course likewise the distinguished<br/>
unforgettable wetpoint <br/>
26 <br/>
hapiri<br/>
hancock pittsfield richmond<br/>
which<br/>
with no further intro needed<br/>
is subject to revisitation at any time the water level<br/>
may recede<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
so there you have 21 in all that are still actively in<br/>
play <br/>
before i am forced to resort to the gps receiver at<br/>
some point <br/>
for what may still prove to be only 5 truly tough nuts<br/>
when the time comes<br/>
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