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Re: Knee injury - how to get back on the trail quickly?
There is no fast track - the body heals at its own rate. Try and go faster than that and you'll simply cripple yourself. Put my knee through nearly 45 degrees - sideways - thirty years ago....

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Knee injury - how to get back on the trail quickly?
April 20, 4:03am
Minimus Smock available now
Hi All Again, just noticed this on Outdoorsmagic: http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/gear-news/just-in---montane-minimus-smock/10791.html Interestingly they're quoting 138 grams now inst...

In GEAR » Montane Minimus SMOCK - 143 grams
March 23, 5:39am
Re: Search & Rescue drone applications
"OTOH, I AM serious about an "open drone hunting season". If I knew private drones were monitoring an area for invasion of privacy reasons I'd be very tempted to shoot them down....

In GEAR » quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
February 06, 5:47am
Everest - gigapixel panorama
Found this via Outdoorsmagic: it's absolutely stunning, and wherever you zoom in you find more detail. http://www.glacierworks.org/the-glaciers/pumori-spring-2012

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Everest - gigapixel panorama
December 24, 3:57am
Everest - gigapixel panorama
Found this via Outdoorsmagic: it's absolutely stunning, and wherever you zoom in you find more detail. http://www.glacierworks.org/the-glaciers/pumori-spring-2012

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Everest - gigapixel panorama
December 24, 3:57am
Everest Base Camp and Khumbu Icefall - Gigapixel panoramic photo
Found this via Outdoorsmagic: it's absolutely stunning, and wherever you zoom in you find more detail. http://www.glacierworks.org/the-glaciers/pumori-spring-2012/

In GEAR » Everest Base Camp and Khumbu Icefall - Gigapixel panoramic photo
December 24, 3:57am
Spelling
Nice to see the article. May I suggest "representative" rather than "reprentative"?

In Editor's Roundtable » An Introduction to Nordic and Backcountry Ski Gear
December 22, 6:50pm
Re: Not going to live scared
"I'm not going to spend my life in fear of a gun assault. Life is too short. I'm not going to sleep with my gun in fear of an intruder. I don't think it would make me safer anyway....

In Chaff » Newtown
December 22, 6:32pm
Re: re
..... By way of example, when I was in Japan earlier this year I bought a Mont Bell softshell. When I got back to Australia I realised that for some reason the cuffs did not have elastic in them. ...

In GEAR » Disappointed in Mont-Bell
December 21, 4:18am
Re: Australia
"The Monash University shooting cause more gun control measures to be enacted making handguns have to be made larger to make them harder to conceal." Handguns have always been very str...

In Chaff » Newtown
December 21, 4:14am

All Reader Reviews by D W

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Nuwai 1 Watt (HLX-712L)
I bought this light from Battery Junction for a ridiculously cheap price, at least when compared to what retailers charge for headlights in Australia. Because CR 123 batteries are so extraordinarlily...

In Lights - Flashlights & Headlamps
August 31, 6:16pm
Montbell Versalite
I tried this pack on in the store when they first came out in Japan last year. I love the look and features but like a lot of the Mont Bell packs I found the straps rubbed on my neck/shoulder muscles...

In Backpacks - External Frame
May 02, 3:11pm
Patagonia Houdini Wind Jacket
(Actually I'd give it a 3.5 if that was an option.) I'm trying to replace a now very old Patagonia pneumatic anorak but the Houdini doesn't quite get there. Positives: it's very ...

In Clothing - Wind & Soft Shell
April 05, 2:09pm