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Go get it
Tom catching Bill on film, last September. We’re entering the golden period of the year, when days still stretch long enough for leisure and contemplation but the light in low and close enough to winter to provide good contrast. Food for both photography and recollection. I had cause to search through the autumnal blog archives…
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The Indeterminacy of Translation
“…in point of epistemological footing, the physical objects and the gods differ only in degree and not in kind.” -W.V. Quine Sandy and Larry descending to the river. This past weekend, with three others solicited from packrafting.org, I paddled what might be the premier 2-3 (or more) day packrafting trip in the lower 48. In…
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Give me back my park
September was welcomed in our part of the world, as it should be, by a high dusting of snow overnight and scudding and variable clouds in the mountains. M and I ignored our messier than usual house and other urgent things (packing for a packraft down the Middle Fork this weekend, with out of town…
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16 hours
TrailLite Designs, modified. Those tires have been good to us, too. Sometimes you just have to get out. To make it happen. As I was driving home early this morning local NPR was telling me about a winter weather warning above 6500′ this evening. We’re sure to have many sunny days to come, but the…
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TrailLite Designs Ebira review (and some extras)
Quite a few months ago, Thom Darrah at TrailLite Designs sent me this, free and unsolicited, to review. Fishing season has taken quite a while to get going, but the last few weeks have been exceptional and my Ebira has gotten a ton of use. It’s a simple idea: a shoulder sling/pouch for a tenkara…
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A Northern Traverse
Funny looks: Nansen, Kate, me, M. My family has been in town this week, and with mom’s knee making backpacking out of her picture, it was up us kids to see Glacier in prime summer. Permits are hard to come by, and Kate and I woke up early last Sunday to be at the office…
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Trout!
I am a lazy fly fisher. I like to fish when it’s easy, during the low and clear water of high summer and early fall. Those conditions have taken far longer than usual to arrive this summer, but in the last three weeks things have taken off, with alacrity. My family arrived for a visit…
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TR contest update
First two entries in the contest are in, and they’ve already set the bar high. Dan Ransom did some hiking, and took some superlative photos, in the Uintas. (Only major range in the lower 48 which runs W-E.) Josh Spice, of whose blog I was previously unaware, (finally) did a great trip in the western…
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The Future of Youtube
Not Youtube generally, but the corner of it in which I am most interested: first-person-made outdoor adventure videos. They’ve revolutionized the outdoor industry. Before, video of any quality at all required big gear, and this big teams and big money. Now the best adventure video is increasingly on the leading edge of credibility (see the…
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Dayhiking Debauchery
As I noted last weekend, I’m just not psyched to suffer yet. I had every intention of skipping the 25 dollar boat ride and walking the 8 miles of trail to Waterton town yesterday, but a measly 23 miles was enough walking to make me grateful to get off my feet. Instead, I savored the…
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