Recent content by Alan Gage

Wet, lichen covered rocks, are always a hazard for me as well. Shoe soles come in many different configurations, some of which are more sticky than others. A lot of times I'll see people recommend something like "vibram soles are the best" but vibram makes a lot of different soles, some of which...

This reminds of the time I asked Ai to create a picture of you moose hunting and it gave me a cartoon of you paddling a canoe with a horny moose.

A friend bought me a hydro flask. I don't know how much it costs but probably more than I'd pay for one myself. It took about 2 days before I dropped it onto the concrete where it landed on the bottom corner and put a heck of a dent in it. But, as far as I can tell, the vacuum was not...

That's been my general experience. Once removed from the fire I don't ever recall the folding handles getting hot from the contents of the pot/mug. And even with the insulators they can still burn your hands when hot from the fire. Alan

I'm with Al. I burned the insulators off my folding handles and bought replacement silicone sleeves, which I promptly burnt off again. So now I just use insulated leather gloves when cooking and handling the pots, which I always brought along anyway. Alan

It looks like @memaquay bought the wrong model of Mora because that one seems to cut onions just fine. Alan

It's always hard to judge the scale of photos like this but the skull looks smaller than I'd expect. Are they smaller than I think? Was it larger in person? Or was it a juveline? Alan

Always good to hear a manufacturer that stands behind their product. I had a similar experience with The North Face when I pulled out my old tent and found the outer layer all sticky. The product had been discontinued so they gave me a gift card. Like you there wasn't a lot on the site that I...

The soot covered pot was probably more out of place. Alan

I don't visit there much anymore but I checked in today and the most recent post I can find is from September 9th. When I'd checked in a month or so ago there were regular postings at that time. Alan

Thanks for keeping this report going. I'm enjoying it! Interesting scenery. The more I think about this sentence the more confused I get at the multitude of meanings:

I don't think weight is nearly as large of a factor as wind resistance. I did a fair amount of trailer pulling with my little 4 cylinder Corollas. One was a manual and the other an automatic. Pulling a small boat trailer converted to carry two canoes is hardly noticeable, even with 2 canoes...

That's a great idea! Well done. Alan

I think he means that people following online will notice the track has stopped updating. Alan

I had the same takeaway on one of my trips doing the same thing. I'd always heard paddlers talk about foot entrapment but I'd never experienced it before. I was surprised how often my foot ended up caught between two rocks while wading and how difficult it was to remove at times. Alan