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Aslowhand, your enjoyable trip report is reminding me of a 2009 trip down the Albany Rv. 2009 was an extrembly rainy summer in NW...

Friday, June 17, 2022, Day 23 I was woken several times during the night by loud thunder and rainshowers. When I got up shortly after...

I do a fair amount of finish carpentry...those folding rules are the best for precise, inside measurements. Slide rules, yeah, I relied...

I will never consider a compass as obsolete. it is my primary navigation tool and will remain so, even though at times I do carry and...

For the five Yukon River races I have been on (both the 440 miler YRQ and 1000 miler Y1K), I planned and plotted the entire route using...

I don't know anything obsolete about the old camp gear. Our power was out twice this past week. Pulled out the Coleman stove and...

I can't think of any traditional gear that is obsolete, that's one of its' benefits.

Camping is so traditional I kind of like the old stuff. I no longer use candle lanterns. I rarely use a gas or propane lantern except...

I’m still, stubbornly, map and compass. I learned as a Boy Scout, reinforced by Voyager school in the ADKs, and now teach it to current...

Not photos of my father's originals . . . But when I was 12 in 1956, I was communicating with all of you at 5 WPM with this device...

I remember using something like the above instrument in a basic cartography class. Somewhere in the basement I should have some of the...

So here's the manual... And how it sets up... And an example of how it works... Using this planimeter, which measures one square...

My wife and I just wrapped a perfectly wonderful snowshoe backpacking trip on the Morrison trail in Allegheny National Forest, PA. It’s...

Non-skier here, but you ski folks are amazing and your photos are awesome. This reminds me of an impressive video I watched last week...

Thank you for continuing to take us along on your journey. The butterfly is either a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail or an Eastern Tiger...