{"id":3584,"date":"2009-09-27T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:17:06","slug":"a-nice-catskill-hike-suggested-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3584","title":{"rendered":"A nice Catskill hike, suggested to me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My friend Damian, whose wife Jeanne Marie sometimes joins Brigid and I and a few others for day hikes, sent me this, with the suggestion we do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a nice 11 picture slide show with the article, if you hit the link. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Days, 3 Nights, on a Path Named for a Devil – NYTimes.com<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFrom end to end the Devil\u2019s Path is one of the more challenging trails around,\u201d said Josh Howard, a director at the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, which publishes detailed maps of area trails, including the Devil\u2019s Path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backpackers hoping to complete the route face a total climb and descent of more than 14,000 feet. Steep ascents include cliff bands and traverse terrain that is vertical enough at times to be confused with a mountain climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s straight up and straight down, and then you do it over again,\u201d said Mr. Howard, 33, who once hiked the entire trail in a one-day feat of endurance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most backpacking groups commit three days of hiking to complete the route, according to the trail conference. Backpackers can camp in lean-tos along the way and purify water from streams.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Here’s The Devil’s Path, seen from the south. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devil’s Path (Catskills) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My friend Damian, whose wife Jeanne Marie sometimes joins Brigid and I and a few others for day hikes, sent me this, with the suggestion we do it. There’s a nice 11 picture slide show with the article, if you hit the link. 2 Days, 3 Nights, on a Path Named for a Devil – NYTimes.com \u201cFrom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12375,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3584\/revisions\/12375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}