Recent content by gadabyte

i had something similar (albeit at least an order of magnitude smaller) happen on my left shoulder, where i always carried tools for a decade of trail work. it's no longer visible, but i can still find it by feel so i know it's still there. i can't even imagine the force x time (not to mention...

I'll have to miss Saturday and Sunday, but I'll be there on Friday for Goonstroke's presentation.

In response to @Glenn MacGrady's question in the photos thread, that is in fact my new-to-me SRT. I've put probably about 15 miles on it at this point, enough for a semi-informed initial impression. Where I've paddled it so far: open lake, labyrinthine marshy foot of a lake, a short riffle-y...

as far upstream as I made it this time (I will be back, and try to make it to 1 of the 2 ponds feeding it). Little Norridgewock Stream, Chesterville WMA.

I have a solo stove lite that I quite like. efficient and easy to use, I can take a quart of cold creek water to boiling for 1 minute with a small pile of twigs and about 10 minutes of minimal effort. the smokeless claim is marketing hokum (or only attainable with ideal conditions and fuel)...

Finally got out briefly in my new (used) SRT today. Love it so far, and gotta say that the talk of it feeling unstable to newcomers is wildly overblown - it felt rock solid from the moment I set foot in it, despite me approaching it with a bit of trepidation due to what I'd read. Can't wait to...

I remember Glenn mentioning in another thread that he uses 30" bags, made by a maker that's gone out of business but similar to lots of other ones. Something like these, which appear to be the same as Northstar/NRS/etc, just without the branding and the accompanying price hike.

Anyone have any opinion on the viability of doing an almost-loop consisting of dropping gear at 5th, taking vehicle to first, walking back to gear (looks to be 5 miles or so) and then paddling 5th-4th-3rd-2nd, ending at 1st? Probably depends mostly on access/road condition and if there's a spot...

a play on the word 'gadabout'

i rigged a sawyer squeeze and a 2 liter cnoc water bag into a gravity fed filter. by far the simplest, lightest, and easiest to use water filter i've ever used, be it solo or in a group.

another one with invisible rope, and another Indy.

recently picked up a used SRT that i can't wait to paddle. came with a Conk seat, and though I normally dislike bucket seats I'm thinking about ordering one of the Hemlock kneeling bucket seats just so I can compare the two seats just in this boat (and because I worry about not being able to...

wound up ordering some 1/2" minicel and some 1/2" neoprene - Glen and SK were both right, the neoprene feels way better - so the neoprene will become my kneeling pads, set up similarly to Glen's SRT picture, and I'll use the minicel atop the rails of the rack i built for my truck.

nearing the end of The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. next on the list will either be James by Percival Everett or Soldiers and Kings by Jason DeLeon.

if you're in select parts of the west, bark from a fallen doug fir makes exceptional coals for cooking. i've not yet found anything in the NE that's near as good, unfortunately. i usually settle for punky-but-dryish wood.