Author: DaveC
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Haglofs Ozo review
I’ve taken this evening to wrap up the final details on the Lightweight WPB jacket State of the Market Report for BPL, a project whose complexity I seriously underestimated. Testing 10 jackets with any sort of meaningful depth is not simple, and present the summation of all that time in the rain such that anyone…
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Winter clothing systems
As a follow-up to this morning’s post: some thoughts on winter clothing systems. Outdoor ought to always be a system, and that system should always be crafted to best cope with a specific set of conditions in the way in which you commonly encounter them. As discussed this morning, the former requires an accurate assessment…
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On hiking in winter
Hiking (or snowshoeing, or skiing) in winter is one of those subjects which is to many mundane, and to many other terrifying. BPL has been inundated for months with daily threads asking about insulation, footwear, and shelter suggestions for winter. Some thoughts on the matter follow. 1: Define your winter -If you intend to get…
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I have seen the future
..and it is Cold. Tonight was the second evening of the Banff Film fest World Tour, and like last year we only made it to one of the two programs. Whether by trend or chance, this years selections were much better than last. Last year I wrote that portraying the psychic content of adventure, i.e.…
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Read this blog: AK Pete is back
During the 2007 Kokopelli Trail race I kept yoyoing with this tall guy on a red Lenz with a big black pack. He’d stop to take pictures or eat in the shade of a juniper and I’d plug past, only to shortly be overtaken yet again. I lost him as he continued to diesel along…
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Snow! riding
Guess that tread. As a counterpoint to the previous two days slow and coldish walking through the forest, yesterday I decided to celebrate yet more new snow with a fast and coldish ride up to Kintla Lake in Glacier NP, along the newly closed Inside North Fork road. The dirt road up from Columbia Falls…
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On taking my rifle for a walk
I’ve avoided going hunting since we moved to Montana. The first two autumns I was in grad school and had no time, and last year we had just moved. This year I had nothing by way of avoidance, but still waited until three days ago to buy a deer tag. The truth is that hunting…
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Thank you
I was freshly pressed this afternoon (MST), but seeing my photo of Lake Sherburne on the log-in page did not prepare me for the avalanche of comments. This blog is almost five years old, but I’ve really only taken it seriously in the last 15 months. I’ve written on many occasions that way adventures transform…
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My pack fetish
I like packs. Always have. Yes they’re perhaps more deserving of care and obsession than other items of outdoor gear, but my appreciation and interest goes far beyond the strictly practical. I bought this pack last week. A Black Diamond Bbee. While I was (until last week!) lacking in a nice perfect little pack (save…
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Winter is coming
The mountains say so. As do the lakes. The goats are fat with fur in preparation. And humans will be less welcome than usual. Time to pull out clothing unworn since April; and sharpen skis, crampons, and snowshoes.
Bedrock & Paradox 
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