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Working From Home
I was drawn to the dirtbag/fulltime outdoors person lifestyle but as a Diabetic I never quite figured out how to make it work without good health insurance. I started working right after collag...

In Philosophy & Technique » lifestyle choices
June 05, 10:17am

Calcium Loss
On a serious note, exercise (sweat) induced calcium loss is a long term effect not many are aware of. Supplements aren't a bad idea. My mom used to hike a ton but had to stop backpacking af...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Backpacking health risks?
May 10, 6:20pm

Bitterroot Snow/Water Levels
I still don't know the area well enough to predict water levels that far out but the snow pack in the bitterroots is bellow average: http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?TWLM8

In Pre-Trip Planning » Bitterroot Nat'l Forest, Idaho/Montana advice
May 08, 4:38pm

Salewa
After spraining my ankle badly a few months before a big trip I tried on a bunch of boots and ended up with some salewa mountain trainer mids. They have a few different boots ranging from more shoe...

In GEAR » Ankle support - best boots and braces?
April 30, 9:51am

Uploading to a Garmin
Some garmins will show up as an external storage device when plugged into your mac and you just drop the file into the appropriate directory (for a gpx file this is usually something like gpx or ga...

In GEAR » Need help loading halfmile's waypoints onto gps
April 17, 11:26am

Re: Re: Re: fire-maple/kovea
>I don't know what Ryan's problems were, but we suspect a partially blocked jet. Both the FMS-118 and the Kovea Spider work >perfectly well on my bench. I would trust both of them in...

In GEAR » Remote Canister stove Recommendations
April 11, 10:37am

Battery Use
For the OP or whoever buys his (excellent) camera. There are some setting tweaks that reduce battery usage (GPS off, screen brightness down) but i just bought a couple of these $14 spares and have ...

In Gear Swap » FS: Canon S100 (best backpacking camera?) 6.8oz
April 05, 9:47am

Re: Bitterroot Nat'l Forest, Idaho/Montana advice
We are newish to the area having moved to the valley after a few trips out here so others may have better recommendations but I have few. We had an enjoyable three day trip up into the trail-less h...

In Pre-Trip Planning » Bitterroot Nat'l Forest, Idaho/Montana advice
April 05, 8:59am

Check the Beckey Books
I believe on of the early editions of the Beckey "Cascade Alpine Guides" describes some high pogos in that area that Fred et all did during the late '60s though the section seems to h...

In GEAR » PCT record attempt - need help/advice from the ultra runners
April 01, 9:04am

Re: pull-on sun shirt as baselayer: does it exist?
Have you looked at the patagonia sun hoodie? I love mine for harsh sun/wind/bug conditions.

In GEAR » pull-on sun shirt as baselayer: does it exist?
March 13, 4:13pm

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