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Benchmarks
BTW, since long before I had ever heard of geocaching, I have been 'collecting' benchmarks. Somewhat informally in the dark years before GPS, and now electronically. What I do is find a B...

In GEAR » Most simple, cheapest GPS receiver recommendation pls
May 18, 10:52am
No elev on iPhone
I noticed tracks on my iPhone 4S don't have elevation unless the app has built in topos. Tracks without elev suddenly get them when I upload to a server - presumably they combine lon-lat track...

In GEAR » Most simple, cheapest GPS receiver recommendation pls
May 18, 10:41am
Oooo, can I play?
How have I missed this thread?? I've been kicking myself for the slightest discourtesies on the other topics when I could've been slaying here? Carbon Dioxide production stinks, except ...

In Chaff » The Carbon Flame War
May 17, 9:11pm
Weights not needed
You can develop a quite strenuous workout routine without weights. All of the lower body is easily stressed with lunges, calf raises on stairs and the like. For upper body you can go with TRX sty...

In Philosophy & Technique » technique for max. muscle mass?
May 16, 7:58pm
Storm damage
Highly recommend you look at the trail damage done by a windstorm last Nov. Many, many miles of sappy bushwacking over downed trees from Island Pass to at least as far south as Muir Pass. No info...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » SHR from Onion Valley
May 16, 6:39pm
Trigger points
Not blunt at all in my book:) If anyone has a problem being blunt it's me, and I don't see it until days after. Some years ago I was given Davies' The Frozen Shoulder which I spent ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Fast Hiking JMT: Sleep
May 16, 1:31pm
ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is a strong anti-inflammatory and quickly knocks down the swelling. Ice is best. I thought trigger point work was for congestive or telegraphed pain, not for acute damage related pain. ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Fast Hiking JMT: Sleep
May 16, 10:39am
Prep Hike #4
Harder but shorter, some good, some not so. 29.8 miles +5400 ft. (runkeeper reports 7632 ft) 3.14 average including all stops. Longest stop was <5 min. The course went twice up a 750 ft/mi...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Fast Hiking JMT: Sleep
May 15, 7:09pm
Shoulder strap adjustments
I've recently been messing with the shoulder straps a lot more during a hike. By this I mean loosening a lot, or tightening up and clipping the sternum strap, or loosening one side, then swapp...

In GEAR » what's the elastic chest strap for between the shoulder straps
May 14, 11:28am
Wimpy gun
I have chased off many bears in the Sierras. I have come within a few feet of an enormous male, actually inside my truck where my daughter was sleeping and a half eaten hamburger had yet to be thr...

In GEAR » UL Bear Protection
May 11, 11:51am

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