Author: DaveC
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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…
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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…
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Western MT boater alert!
Exceptional conditions have provided the western Montana boater with an extraordinary, perhaps even unique opportunity which will pass quickly. Spend your time this weekend carefully. McDonald Creek in Glacier is the biggest drainage originating entirely within the west side of the park. It is borne in an impressive spread of alpine meadows and runs through…
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Mike, bite me
To continue the theme of last week’s post; when you’re ~50 straight line miles south of Canada and it is raining at 6000′ on the last day of October, things like this are hard to bear. Well done gents. Everyone, go read/watch that whole thread on emptybeer. For today I must console myself with the…
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That season
After the snowpack begins accumulating in the mountain, but before it stops raining in earnest; this is the off-season. It’s hard to decide on what to do outside, but easy to see why things are so empty: you can’t spend much time outside without getting wet. My mom came to visit, and after much contemplation…
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Read this blog: Out Living
There aren’t too many things which get me thinking that living up here in the Crown of the Continent is misguided and dumb. Brendan Swihart’s recent loop in Arches is one of them. Photo by Mr. Swihart. His whole blog is excellent. Check it out.
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Identity politics as such
Or; now that I’ve got everyone’s attention it is time to loose it. My recent post has everyone thinking. Good, though not too good because too many are agreeing with me. So I’ll expand on a particular pivot in that post which has, seemingly, eluded many. Identity politics is at first glance the idea that…
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Pimp your ‘Mid
As mentioned in my introductory post, some modifications were in order for the Megalight. Yes, you can buy one with these, but it can be more illustrative to roll your own. First up, mid panel reinforced guylines. In the grand scheme, as compared to (for instance) backpack straps, shelter tie-outs don’t receive much force. The…
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Slow is Fast: Follow-up
It started slowly, rustiness in my knees getting off the bike this morning, which I put off easily. Occasional squeaks and creaks continued hiking up the big climb, but that is strain of the type I’ve avoided of late, and soon passed. But the next climb after a few gentle miles hurt. My IT bands…
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Slow is Fast: How I got fat in 2012
Back in June I discovered what the theme of 2012 would be, and wrote “The modern delusion, fostered by vehicular transport and synchronized schedules, that all hours and days are equal is easily done away with. That the particulars of our experience create experience itself, rather than daily routine being poured into minutes like water…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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