Author: DaveC
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Mountain Hardwear Thruway 50
Being as particular about backpacks as I am, it’s not often that I get excited about a production pack. I’m excited about the Mountain Hardwear Thruway 50, especially since I have one next to me right now. I’ll be beating on it for an in depth BPL review, in the meantime, I posted an overview…
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La Obsesion and the evolution of climbing style
I’m slowly becoming more interested in climbing again, and to that end the following video came across my desk today. I enjoyed it on several levels, but none more than watching Andrada climb La Rambla towards the end. I started climbing in a time of transition, 1993, when indoor climbing gyms were beginning to explode…
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Baring Creek
The St. Mary aspens are poplars for the aficionado. Another weekend, another wolverine trip. This time Sally and I were headed for Baring Creek, containing the world famous, roadside, Sunrift Gorge. The road itself is closed shortly beyond the St. Mary campground, so we had an 11 mile ski in on the road. Taken as…
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A few weeks of fat
Not the ideal position to haul skis (tails should be lashed lower). Also note modded Tubus Cargo hauling a deer leg. Now that I’ve had the Mukluk rolling for a little over two weeks, it’s time to discuss the dreaded initial impressions. I think this bike holds a lot of promise for the near future…
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Many manys
Sherburne reservoir: how is the second-most beautiful valley in Glacier home to an abomination driven by farming things a hundred miles downstream which shouldn’t be seen west of the 100th meridian? Our first wolverine site was up on Boulder Ridge, south of the Swiftcurrent Valley. It was hot in the sun. And cold in the…
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Don’t hike your own hike
(a moral framework for lightweight backpacking and outdoor recreation) If you have been around hiking circles long enough, you know of the phrase “Hike Your Own Hike”. The idea that as long as your hike does not effect other people, it’s all kosher. -Paul Magnanti …I’m fine with your HYOH just don’t destroy my HYOH…
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A 21st Century Park Service
Belly River ranger station, January 2012 The U.S. National Park Service will be a century old in 2016. I agree with Ken Burns et al that it and the parks they serve may be one of America’s best ideas. What Burns’ excellent documentary whitewashes, and what is becoming increasingly evident today, is the extent to…
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The Belly has no Roof
Just back from a rather challenging wolverine research trip. The east (Atlantic, though much of it drains into the Hudson) side of Glacier never fails to impress with how distinct it is when compared to the Pacific side where by fact of convenience I spend most of my time. Drier and higher, with sparser vegetation…
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A brief rant concerning proprietary buckles
It used to be that if you broke the male end of a fastex buckle, a not entirely uncommon occurrence, the only metric you needed to worry about when finding a replacement was size. All buckles, be they 1″ or 3/4″, looked like the leftmost pictured below. One buckle, or part of a buckle, reliably…
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Ski season is over
Not really, but when the above was waiting for me after work yesterday, I got more exciting than I have about skiing for quite some time. Always seem silly to take the best looking component on the bike, coat it in grease, and hide it from the world in the dirtiest place inside the frame.…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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