Author: DaveC
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Adventure round-up
First, Luc et al. continue to raise the bar on fair means (human powered, self-supported) expeditions by skiing, hiking, and packrafting from Yakutat to McCarthy, climbing Mount Logan along the way. 21st century style, 18th century sensibility. Second, Joery’s trip in the Verdon Gorge looks amazing and has me reconsidering future time spent in Europe.…
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Go anyway
Logging Lake, just after the snow turned back into rain. The weekend’s forecast was bleak, but the best answer was and always is to go anyway. Even under less than ideal circumstances and if the trip gets cut short, you’re bound to see something cool. The crew amongst the mud and brush. Me, Sally/Megan, Nate.…
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Bob Marshall Wilderness Open: 2012 official unofficial report
Compiled and written by Dave Chenault For a comprehensive set of links to trip narratives, please see below. This report is available on Google, as well. The Bob Marshall Wilderness Open (BMWO) was devised as a test of wilderness savvy, to be held over Memorial Day weekend each year. Choosing to traverse the Bob Marshall…
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Design and construction of the Black and White pack
Dimension-Polyant DX-40. It’s been over three years since I started making whole packs mostly from scratch, and I’ve learned an enormous amount through all the hiking, packrafting, skiing and especially combinations thereof I’ve done since. I don’t care to count all the exact iterations the various packs have gone through, but as of today it…
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A fire is a good thing to have (Greg’s BMWO report)
Photo by Greg Gedney. Greg Gedney’s excellent report can be found on Google Docs. Well worth a read, with many pictures of rarely trodden country and burly conditions. Greg ground it out in the best tradition of the intensely intrapersonal side of wilderness adventure. Well done sir.
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Marmot Haven (2p) by the numbers
I’ve been using trekking poles less and less in the last year, which creates something of an issue as they’ve become the cornerstone of most UL shelters, including the Shangri La 2 we often use. A paddle works for larger mids, but having it in the middle can be a bit of bummer for couples…
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The Belly of the Chief
I have a new goal for the summer; becoming a better trip partner. This won’t entirely supercede training for the Wilderness Classic in the way I did last year, but given my mediocre physical condition one month out, and more importantly my different sorts of present motivations, my approach in Alaska will be different than…
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Eccentric but not insane (Dan and John weigh in)
Dan’s excellent trip report can be found at BackpackingLight. John’s is below. Me traversing the steep slope at the beginning of Headquarters Pass, which John mentions below. Dan boldly scuttled across in trail runners and Lightrek 4s. I was very glad to have an axe. Photo by Dan Durston. John’s tale: I’m not sure how…
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Bob Open post-game
There’s not an enormous amount left to say about the Open. yet, which hasn’t been said in the previous thread and the comments. Dan Durston had a true adventure in the best tradition of wilderness, pushing through a myriad of mental and physical obstacles to grind out a finish. For everyone else save Greg a…
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Your own kind of dumb: Bob Open DNF report
Hubris, obstinacy, self-deception. Version 1: Lingering sickness meant I couldn’t eat enough, and while I did 45 miles in 15 hours on Saturday the next morning it was obvious that I should have stayed home. I bailed as quickly and cleanly as circumstance allowed. Version 2: I’ve preferenced doing trips with others over big-miles training…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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