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Carol Crooker (cmcrooker) - BPL Professional Member
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All Forum Posts by Carol Crooker
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Cheap packraft Christopher, The Sevylor Trail Boat is a $70 packraft. It's lighter than the Alpackas (also much less sturdy and not suitable for white water). I know of one guy who used a Trail Boat to cross... |
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Wet Rentry - practice makes perfect With a little practice, I find it easy to get back into my packraft from deep water. I practiced in a pool and in a reservoir till I felt comfortable. I made sure I did this with the clothing and g... |
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Alpacka suit I wondered about the same thing, Richard. At the Whitewater Rescue Technician course in Jackson Hole in April, we spent a lot of time in the Snake River doing swim rescues, river crossings, and be... |
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re: Alpacka rent or borrow Hi David, Depending on when you are going in July, mine might be available (I'm in Mesa). Or, Glenn at packraftnm@comcast.net has packrafts to rent. He is located in Albuquerque. e-mail me at... |
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Internet connection He rides his bike or horse and wagon to the library. |
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Decluttering me Ironically, my largest "hoard" of stuff is for backpacking! I have hoarding in my genes but do a pretty good job of limiting it to just this one area. And I do get rid of backpacking stuf... |
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Re: Green River Desolation/Gray canyon trip Cool! Ken Knight is also interested. What time of year did you go, Robert? I'm signed up for an early May trip this year with my local kayak group. Their trip last May was ideal, but another gr... |
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Desolation Canyon I just came back from a meeting with the Desert Paddlers group here in Phoenix. A couple of people presented a trip report on their trip through Desolation and Gray Canyons last May. Fantastic! Who... |
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Packraft Rescue Course The packraft rescue course Forrest refers to will be taught in Jackson Hole in April by Scott Solle with Forrest helping out. Details here: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackingligh... |
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Woo Hoo This trip sounds like a blast! Makes me want to get my packraft in the water now! |
All Reader Reviews by Carol Crooker
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Coughlan's LED Clip-on Headlight The Coughlan’s LED Clip-on Headlight is light weight, inexpensive and bright enough for around camp chores. The red filter is a nice feature to save night vision. I gave it a 3 of 5 because it was fru... |
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Coughlan's Micro Lantern The Coughlan Micro Lantern is a tiny LED light shaped like a lantern. It has a clip ring on top so it can be hung from your tent zipper pull or the like. The light shines out in a 360 degree circle an... |
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Inov8 Terroc 330 - Men's I love the way the Terrocs conform to my feet without needing to be tied too tightly. So - our feet are different or your Terrocs came laced differently than mine. Mine came with a heel locking lacing... |
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Wilderness First Aid Classes by WMI/NOLS 16 hour course on first aid in the backcountry. Lots of hands on scenarios for practice. The course I attended in AZ in May 2006 was taught by an EMT from Pennsylvania and an EMT/ski patroller from Co... |
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Tilley LT5 Well I thought the LT5 was perfect until Ryan suggested it would be even better if it was lighter. But of course! And it's stylish too - at least we Tilley wearers think so. And Ryan, just slip on yo... |
