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building snow arches
Finally got something useful done. With some leftovers of kitchen renovation I built a sturdier support. Snow is already pretty hopeless sugary powder for construction purposes and night temperatur...

In Winter Hiking » Building snow arches
April 07, 3:00am
Building snow arches
Finally got some drier cold snow and I had to give up the abovementioned 'bicycle wheel' construction. At least one made of odinary 5/16" diameter tent pole. Construction weighted tota...

In Winter Hiking » Building snow arches
March 10, 4:53pm
Re: Grand Trunk Hammock Sleeping Bag
"It still perplexes me that someone doesn't just make and integrated system with hammock and sleeping bag all in one. It just needs to have a removable suspension for easy laundering."...

In Hammocks » Grand Trunk Hammock Sleeping Bag
March 05, 2:49pm
building snow arches
Bicycle wheel is a very strong structure in respect to it's weight, right? 11 feet 'rim' made of same 5/16 tent poles in a sleeve. Holds heavy wet blocks to three feet height bef...

In Winter Hiking » Building snow arches
February 15, 9:50pm
Building snow arches
More masonry: And finished shape: This time support was three sections of 5/16" tent pole bent in shape with thin cord. Snow blocks took care of the torsional rigidity. Still wet and h...

In Winter Hiking » Building snow arches
February 14, 12:31pm
Thermotic underwear
Well, bought a pair of these pants. To me it looks like a 2mm thick standard closed cell foam cut criss-cross like some self-inflatable mattress foams and quilted between two layers no-see-um mesh...

In Packrafting » Thermotic underwear
February 13, 1:22pm
Building snow arches
While building an igloo for kids the other day I thought how stable the whole thing becomes when you stack the final blocks, and the arched shape is complete. Then thought about masonry. It occurre...

In Winter Hiking » Building snow arches
February 13, 12:53pm
Re: Ice skating Evolution Basin
"bad a**! now i just have find some ultralight ice skates" http://www.oac.fi/oac-products Manufacturer of OAC skates, X-Trace universal bindings & some models of Altai Skis (not...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Ice skating Evolution Basin
December 12, 6:38am
re: Wind Breaker that doubles as a Rain Coat?
Paramo combination: Summit Hoodie fleece + Fuera Ascent wind breaker would combine to make practically waterproof, or let's say rainproof combination. BPL article of Paramo: http://www.backpa...

In GEAR » Wind Breaker that doubles as a Rain Coat?
November 25, 10:14am
Thermotic underwear
Has anyone heard about Thermotic float-underwear with supposedly new technology for clothing? http://www.thermotic.se/ It's in Swedish but translation to English should be pretty straightforw...

In Packrafting » Thermotic underwear
November 25, 2:47am

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