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Kathy A Handyside (earlymusicus) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale Southeastern Michigan
About Me I'm getting back into backpacking after several years' hiatus. All my gear was circa 1979, so I've been gradually replacing it with lightweight new equipment. I will be retiring in 4 more years and then plan to do all the trails I've dreamed of doing. I also love xc-skiing and mt. biking. I plan to move to Oregon for retirement. Besides the outdoors, I love early and classical music;I play Baroque recorder and harpsichord. I'm a bookworm, I enjoy writing and quiet get-togethers with close friends.
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Re: History of Polar Exploration
Sir Ernest Shackleton is my hero! I've read Alfred Lansing's "Endurance" so many times and each time am amazed anew at what those guys went through and the great leadership of Sha...

In Chaff » History of Polar Exploration
April 02, 10:00am
Re: Re: Re: Boys in the Wild
Thanks for the information, Greg. I appreciate it. It's good to know that there are some things for the girls, too, who want outdoor adventure. Too bad the center closed down. Are girl scouts a...

In Editor's Roundtable » Boys in the Wild (Short Film)
February 28, 7:05am
Re: Boys in the Wild
Do Girl Scouts ever do anything like this? When I was young, girl scouting seemed very boring - they never did anything adventurous and outdoorsy like the boys did, which is why I never joined. Hav...

In Editor's Roundtable » Boys in the Wild (Short Film)
February 26, 12:02pm
Re: Newtown
Another thing is that we seem to have been fed the idea that every one of Life's sticky problems can be solved with a gun. We want instant solutions to our problems and some people think that u...

In Chaff » Newtown -- Who Here Changed His (or Her) Mind?
January 26, 8:41pm
Re: Newtown-Who Here Changed His (or Her) Mind?
I haven't changed my mind - the public does not need weapons that fire multiple rounds with one pull of the trigger. I think the root of the whole gun violence thing is we have been fed a bill ...

In Chaff » Newtown -- Who Here Changed His (or Her) Mind?
January 26, 8:25pm
Re: Newtown...
I think we have been sold a bill of goods of fear; that we have been brainwashed by the gun manufacturers, distributors, and those who depend on the profit from guns, to think that there's an e...

In Chaff » Newtown -- Who Here Changed His (or Her) Mind?
January 12, 8:50pm
Re: Newtown...
The second amendment was written at a time when the U.S. did not have a standing military and had to depend on armed citizens in case the U.S. needed to be defended. We have a standing military ...

In Chaff » Newtown -- Who Here Changed His (or Her) Mind?
January 12, 8:43pm
Re: Tint and Lumens...
I have a Black Diamond Spot headlamp, which I like very much. It's pretty versatile: you can set it for flood, or spot, you can adjust the brightness, it also has a red setting, and strobe sett...

In GEAR » Tint and lumens? What am I looking for in a headlamp?
December 21, 2:16am
Re: Newtown
God, it was so awful. And right before Christmas made it even worse. Can you imagine the parents who now have to either return or pass on the gifts they bought for their children? I ache so for the...

In Chaff » Newtown
December 21, 2:07am
Re: tried one of these
ROFL!!!!!

In GEAR » SUPER DUPER ULTRA LIGHT TITANIUM SPORK !!!!!!!!!!
November 18, 4:38pm

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