Category: Tech
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Fixing Golite Jam side pockets (and other technical notes)
Problem: while the fabric is good, the elastic on the Golite Jam’s side pockets is lame! Super lame. Looks like something from your underwear. I can’t abide side pockets that won’t hold things with a vicelike, bushwacking proof grip, so this needed to change. Stat. Golite made it easy by not using a stretch stitch,…
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A few little things
Rare orchids in GNP this past Sunday. Photo, and plant sleuthing, by M. I just finished another really good hill interval workout, and am drinking a Mighty Arrow while waiting for chicken to cook (seared, then baked in BBQ sauce, hot sauce, and root beer). My resting pulse right now, and the way my legs…
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Tools; choices
The test Hoks are going back home soon, and after making sure I have all the relevant shots I’ll need for the BPL review, I cannot not share this one. From left to right, weights are per foot: Atlas Run snowshoe, 1 lb 5.5 oz MSR Lightning Ascent (W’s, 25″), 1 lb 12 oz Tubbs…
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Wilderness Classic gear list
A posted a first draft of my gear for the Wilderness Classic here. Check it out, if you like, and give feedback.
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Montane Spektr snap judgment
As much as I rail against and lament the popularity of gear content here (and elsewhere), I do like gear a lot. In particular, boldly innovative gear, like the Montane Spektr smock. My medium weighed 210 grams once I cut off some useless stuff (tags, lumbar cinch as mentioned below). The fabric is event, which…
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SW Bob Memorial Traverse: A Trip Planning Case Study
So I want to plan a trip for this coming, three day, weekend. A precious thing, those three days, to be used wisely (hence the above image, which has nothing to do with the conditions I’ll find on my trip). It’s much more accurate say that I’ve been planning this trip, for a couple months. …
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Altai Hok: by the numbers
The prototype, test pair of Altai Hoks arrived right as I left for work Friday (I saw the UPS from our alley parking spot, and turned the truck off to go back inside and unbox them). So I went skiing, for the first time in over a month, Friday evening and yesterday. Big Mountains still…
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Thursday roundup
Interval hill, hiking in Herron Park. My new shoes. Very nice. Notice the remarkable sight that is my low volume feet not barely filling up the shoes, with most shoes I have the laces cinched almost all the way. Notice also my moderate-wide forefoot just having enough room. If you’ve got paddle feet, don’t ever…
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Another fast shoe
The Altai skis Hok, available this fall. Comes in 125cm and 145 cm lengths, looks to have a nice early rise tip, minimal sidecut, and a waist around 120cm. Metal edges, and an inset skin underfoot. I’m skeptical of the perma-skin, but everything else looks good. Of course the golden question is how much do…
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Talon 11 v. Talon 22 v. Hornet 24 (v. my toes)
I do love packs! Always have. I like feet too. Like the photo sez (L to R): Talon 11 (circa ’09), Hornet 24 (circa ’11), Talon 22 (circa ’07). Feet circa ’81-present, a work in progress (of ugliness, mostly). I got the 22 in early ’08, as that was what all the cool kids had. …
Bedrock & Paradox 
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