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I agree. I suspect that (unfortunately) this case got lots of extra attention because one of the victims was a female gold-medalist olympian...a regular person & the perp might have not been prosecuted.

Reminds me of this one from my neighborhood a few years ago: Road rage against roller skiiers

Still looking for perfection, and have tried many. My priorities/requirements: Grip on wet rocks Drain well Dry fast No mesh, as that means sand and other small debris will need to be periodically emptied. Light weight Preference for mid-height vs regular shoe hight, however that's mostly about...

Following. Made me think of this thread and this build: Composite build

Great route. Albert is a freaking treasure. Neat to see that you hit that side loop north of Bunny/NE of East Lunch. That's a cool area and it sees very very little traffic. You don't mention fishing but it is certainly world-class there. How was travel in/out of Cyclops? That one has a...

Very, very cool. So - as I understand it the 180 is not rated by the CAA for external loads (my best friend has a 180 with the King Katmai conversion)...were you using a PakCanoe? For me that's a real reason to own a PakCanoe (I don't...yet) as the Cessnas on floats are much cheaper to operate...

Great Grapes that's a lovely Merlot.

Piling on to agree - this is not a tripping boat for three adults & gear, unless they are unusually small adults. Cottage boat? Sure. I've tripped in the larger 18' 9" Northstar Northwind with three people several times, and even though we were single-carrying & pretty light...the boat felt...

Of course there is... (I actually own one of those Mondo Kings for car camping.) The linked article has the author calling a fairly standard 2.75", 4.8 R-value pad a "luxury item". In the shoulder season that's a survival basic, and in fact would be uncomfortably cold much below 40F.

I don't think a sleeping pad qualifies as a luxury item....that's like calling a compass or a yoke a luxury item. Agreed on the chair. Fishing gear & binos probably round it out for me.

I have a bridge hammock (warbonnet ridgerunner) & use the same pad I use on the ground. If I had a gathered-end hammock I'd get an UQ. I drop a pound if it's high summer with a lighter quilt and lighter pad.

Like others, that's how I started...under a cheap, ginormous blue tarp on the AT in maybe....'79 or '80 as a young camper with 15 of my closest frenemies. It's been an evolution...on most solos today, 7 pounds lets me swing both ways (no, not those ways - you & your dirty mind) & I have my...

So do the new Outbacks finally have a decent spread between the bars? On my '22 they only go to about 39", which I find criminally inadequate for long canoes.

100% barbless. Any lure with multiple trebles I remove the front one. Still catch lots of fish; much easier to release them. And not impaling myself when I am three days travel from an entry is nice too.

I'd do nothing. But if you wanted to spot-fill, you could. Does Swift use epoxy or vinylester? Apply whichever was used to make the boat.