Category: Backpacking
-
Absurd consequence
If there are many, they must be as many as they are and neither more nor less than that. But if they are as many as they are, they would be limited. If there are many, things that are are unlimited. For there are always others between the things that are, and again others between…
-
June trip report contest (!)
Summer, whatever that may mean in your particular locale, is right around the corner. Here in NW Montana the rain has stopped, for the moment, the sun is shining and the rivers are running high. Snow is melting and the fat season of long easy days, crampons and shorts, tourists driving foolishly, and wide open…
-
The 610 pack
All packs must have a name so I can keep them straight, and DX-40 was so cool and the race pack was too big for day trips and I can never have enough packs. 29 inches tall, 9 inches wide at the back, 6 at the front, and 8 (for the most part) deep along…
-
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.…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.
-
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…
-
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…
Bedrock & Paradox 
You must be logged in to post a comment.