Author: DaveC
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More pointless bullshit
I’m not saying that television is vulgar and dumb because the people who compose the Audience are vulgar and dumb. Television is the way it is simply because people tend to be extremely similar in their vulgar and prurient and dumb interests and wildly different in their refined and aesthetic and noble interests. -David Foster…
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Kishenehn: how to get out more
(pronounced; kish-neen) Last night Jason asked me (to paraphrase) how I manage to get out adventuring so much. I thought it a good question, and typed a long winded answer. Today I managed to work an (almost) full day and do a 20+ mile hiking and packrafting loop, and had plenty of time to think…
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Trip report contest winners
And the winners are… 1st, with 40% of the vote, the Long Range Traverse! 2nd, with 31% of the vote, the Rawah Lakes Loop! 3rd, with 21% of the vote, Coal Wood Glitter! 4th, with 5% of the vote, Allsop-Priord! And 5th, with 3% of the vote, Water Never Tasted so Good. Gentlemen, please email…
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Last day to vote!
Voting in the trip report contest will end sometime this afternoon. So vote! Mountain goat sez don’t be a tool; vote! Strong trends developed almost immediately (lots of folks voted right of the bat) and have continued throughout, though the ranking is far from a foregone conclusion. The results thus far have been both unsurprising…
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Anatomy of a bail
I’m supposed to be out there right now, in the woods walking and catching fish, rather than sitting in fleece and pajamas drinking coffee (having slept late after staying up even later, watching Jurassic Park 2 and 3 with M). But driving home last night, listening to CBC blues on the radio and thinking about…
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TrailLite Designs Bandoleer pack review
Back in the spring Thom Darrah at TrailLite Designs offered free review prototypes of a new superultralight pack to members. I was fortunate enough to be selected. Unfortunately, our late winter and training for the Classic didn’t let me use it too much. The Bandoleer pack is an exacting, specialized tool. It is designed for,…
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Trip report contest voting
Lake McDonald never dies. The trip report contest has been a smashing success. I’ve read a bunch of well crafted reports, many about places totally new to me, and become aware of several great blogs and bloggers of whom I was totally ignorant. I hope everyone has enjoyed it as much as I have. What…
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A Question of Scale
Paige emailed me today asking about the progress of the Alaska move. The real and only answer is that I’ve been thinking about it, a lot. She did attach her and Luc’s argument in the affirmative. (I heart Ronald Jenkees.) That argument, in more prosaic terms, is that Alaska has big wilderness of a kind…
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The Floral Park route
Beta in pictures mostly. You can get the rest elsewhere. Sunday morning we parked at McDonald Lodge and were all ready with our sign for hitchhiking. Right on cue Ted swung by and we got a ride up to Logan Pass in high style. M photo. Start off walking to Hidden Lake. Continue along the…
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1/3 of a Jam (this one’s for you, Eric)
With huge photos for maximized investigative ease. Eric was disappointed to learn, back in July, that I was using a commercial pack for the Classic. He surely knows that the mind, once enlightened, can never rest. And he is thus not surprised by the developments detailed herein. I really like a lot about the Jam. …
Bedrock & Paradox 
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