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Michael Ray (topshot) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Midwest
About Me Middle aged hiker (rarely so far) that wants to encourage his 15 yo Scout and his 6 yo brother to backpack lightweight.
StateIndiana
My Website URLhttp://www.youtube.com/user/topshotrhit
My PDF Gear ListMaroon Bells - August 2011

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Re: Re: Winter stream crossings
> The first is the simpler: just keep walking. As Martin said, your feet are warm and the blood is pumping, so it doesn't get too cold. And you dry out fairly soon. My shoes never really ...

In Winter Hiking » Winter stream crossings?
January 27, 2:07pm

Re: BSA "climbing instructors"
Roger, I believe (though could be wrong of course) that a BSA climbing instructor is just for BSA COPE courses, which are high/low ropes courses and sometimes a climbing tower but NOT mountaineeri...

In Backpacking Light with Scouts » Adult training courses for higher adventure trips
January 27, 1:49pm

Re: Winter stream crossings
Marty, Thanks for your experience. I may be encouraged to take Crocs then. Normally I'd stay in my shoes, but even though they are mesh they never fully dry out. The dampness didn't bother...

In Winter Hiking » Winter stream crossings?
January 27, 11:22am

Winter stream crossings?
I got to thinking after asking my boots vs shoes question about what I'll do when I go back to the Smokies (or anywhere with significant streams) in winter about how to cross all those streams....

In Winter Hiking » Winter stream crossings?
January 27, 7:57am

Re: Indiana - Adventure Hiking Trail
How did it go? I'd like to get down there sometime.

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » Indiana - Adventure Hiking Trail
January 26, 8:39am

Re: Any Hikers in IL?
Another Hoosier here. As part of my BSA Wood Badge project, I identified this non-exhaustive list of potential places to backpack (within 8 hours of Terre Haute) but I haven't been to many yet ...

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » Any Hikers in IL?
January 26, 8:36am

Re: Shoes or boots for light, wet snow
Are you using a plastic bag for VB and neoprene for waterproof sock?

In Winter Hiking » Shoes or boots for light, wet snow
January 25, 9:39am

Shoes or boots for light, wet snow
We don't get lots of snow here so it's rare I'd ever be in more than a foot of snow (unless I went on a trip to the Appalachains perhaps). We often have fairly wet snow. For summer h...

In Winter Hiking » Shoes or boots for light, wet snow
January 25, 7:09am

Re: Winter Gear: Pee bottle usage
> +1 on the pee bottle. I am NOT getting out of my bag when it's 0F outside. OK, I've seen many people mention these (incl Mike C! who's apparently had partners dual-use it as the...

In Winter Hiking » A few newbie winter camping questions
January 24, 9:59am

Re: Neoair in cold temps.
If you look down a few threads, see the end of my "A few newbie winter camping questions" and you'll see I was fine on a NeoAir with 1/2" CCF at -2 F along with what clothes I us...

In Winter Hiking » Neoair in cold temps.
January 20, 7:47pm

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