Month: November 2012

• A living pack

  Above are the closest to stock packs which currently exist in our house. At upper left is my brand new Hill People Gear Runner’s Kit bag (in foliage, which is a great color).  It costs 85 dollars, and is (conspicuously) made in the United States out of US-produced materials.  The body is entirely 500D cordura,…

  DaveC

  November.8.2012

  Backpacking, Cultural critique, Social Justice Work, Tech

• Understanding 2012

  “We know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come.” -Barack Obama, last night Please note, this is the 2008 speech. It may be true. Perhaps the best is yet to come, but the real question is what the best will look like.  There is a reason,…

  DaveC

  November.7.2012

  Cultural critique

• La Sportiva Sideral: numbers and rationale

    First, the numbers: in mondo 28 the shells weigh 37 ounces (each, w/o footbed or powerstrap), the liners 6.7 ounces. Not too bad when you consider my size 46 BCX11 pleather three pin boots are 44 ounces each. I use size 45 Sportiva trail runners, for a generous fit in the toes, and the…

  DaveC

  November.5.2012

  Skiing, Tech

• Stinky November pasta

  November is a rough month in the northern hemisphere. Here in the US we’re on the wrong end of daylight savings time (one of the only things Arizona does right), and caught between the end of summer and the beginning of winter. This weekend was good, with high water allowing for a float of McDonald…

  DaveC

  November.4.2012

  N.O.S.

• Ruff, ruff

  I cannot recall specifically, but it was in one of those first-person life/adventure novels I read in elementary school that I first learned about the power of fur. The heroine of said novel, intended to be a kid just like me, hunted seals and got lost and then found on the tundra among other adventurous…

  DaveC

  November.1.2012

  Backpacking, MYOG, Skiing, Tech