This coming holiday weekend, I'm going to be doing an ambitious hike to red-line a few more trails.  First, I am going to hike in to Panther Gorge from Elk Lake on the afternoon/evening of July 3.  Right now the weather looks like thundershowers, but nothing too bad.  This is going to be the first time I have ever hiked this trail, and the 8.75 miles will be interesting as it is going through Marcy Swamp, that supposedly has a lot of boards and low bridges that sometimes are out.  I'll be doing this with a full pack, twice.