Recent content by sardog1

Yo, Metsky. TBT: :-)

Personally I would bag all of the first part and spend the whole time in the Winds. :) Really, I am serious about that.

Yep, this is the appropriate response to your decades of turning a blind eye to the child sexual abuse being perpetrated in your football program: “STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A near-century-old outdoor recreation club will now refrain from going outside because it is too dangerous out in the...

I sat down and made a list of all the lists I've kept over the years. Here it is:

"What's that? Oh, no, Officer, I'm not hiking. I'm checking on my still. Some damn Yankee was messing around here last night." "Okay then. Have a nice evening."

And use BaseCamp. And install QGIS: http://www.qgis.org/en/site/ All the cool kids have been doing this for some time now. ;)

Another vote for spray-on permethrin. I spent a few hours sitting motionlessly in tick country the other day. Came home without any hitchhikers on me.

Been there, seen that often enough to change my habits. I stay out of dense woods if the wind is exceeding 40 mph.

There's a reason that Woolrich uses a blend of 85 wool/15 nylon or 80/20 in a vast number of its products. I used to sell Ibex stuff and I've worn SmartWool and Minus 33 for years now. Wool is wonderful, right up until you think about the implications of wearing very pricey soft wool as an...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. One of the early battles between these two was fought in Roseville, MN (suburb of St. Paul.) EMS had acquired a local independent store with a good rep in the early 70s. They didn't goof it up too much while they owned it (been there, worked...

Thanks for sharing! But you turned off at the wrong spot. An acquaintance of mine is the caretaker at Aktse until Tuesday. :-)

Wonderful to see that masterful jump on this hill! Thanks very much for posting the link.

The bulk of this thread confirms what I wanted to shout at 3 minutes into the video: FUHGEDDABOUD TEACHING THE INTRICACIES OF DECLINATION! Instead, teach your newbie audience to do what is done on competitive orienteering maps, and by people with other things to do than remember the various...

That is a big advance in communicating about hazards. Thanks for posting the news.

Did you really think that was going to pass unnoticed? :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYivAQbYfoQ