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Riiiight. Because settling grievances outside of the rule of law is good for society?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine I've gotten to the point in life where I consider anybody under the age of 50 to be a kid. In that light, perhaps families of the dead should start suing the owners of these staffed building, railroads and roads? As Rick Wilcox...

How many rescues have been needed on Madison, Adams, and Jefferson combined compared to the number on Washington alone? Matters of aesthetics and backcountry management ethics aside (in which people can disagree about whether is a better or worse place due to the manmade structures), I'll there...

I agree with almost everything in the post. I vehemently dislike canister stoves but feel like the old guy when I say that. I would trust my Trangia in the winter more. Turns out that the Svea 123 is still made and even available on Amazon. Optimus Svea 8016279 https://a.co/d/eBPugrg They...

I use an Emberlit Titanium. In winter, I trade my Opinel for a Mora Companion. If I'm really planning on relying on the stove in any way, I also carry a small Silky saw. <insert discussion of best folding saw for spruce traps here> Yes, which is why I don't recommend relying on them in the...

While their benefits are easily overstated (particularly with respect to cooking), a folding "twig" stove (e.g., Emberlit, Firebox) has secured a place in my winter day packs. They are much easier to light (often with just hand gather material), require comparatively little fuel to keep running...

I've been reflecting on this sad event as I've been setting up a new daypack specifically for deer hunting in the snowy woods of northern Vermont. I approach the packing list as somebody who's done a few (not many) winter peaks in the Whites and a good amount of ski touring. My cousins, in...

I would think so. There is a fuzzy line between backpacking and mountaineering and IMO, this is the latter.

It is a process and one that is confounded by different body types and different uses. What works for me might not work for you and vice versa. I'd be curious to hear more about the comfort issues with the Tour. Not questioning it but curious. IMO, they are a bit clunky for their size but I do...

Griffin and @s.e.charles , Having used sling bags, messenger bags and traditional fanny/lumbar packs is that the Mountainsmith lumbar packs with a shoulder strap combines the best features of all of them. I struggle with 2 things with traditional lumbar packs. The first is that I find them to...

"Never ski faster than you're willing to hit a tree" -- Steve Barnett, Cross-Country Downhill

Roughly speaking, yes. Petzold's statement is similar to a broader idea called risk compensation theory. It states that humans are psychologically wired to accept a certain level of risk. So, if a mitigation is introduced, they will engage in more risky behavior to compensate. I think it's...

I've worked in a field in which risk management is central for over 30 years. IMO, all risk management entails reliance on heuristics and turns on human decision making that has been shaped by eons of evolutionary biology. Generally risk is modeled as a statically based probability along the...

For the uses you describe, my preferences are small day pack, lumbar pack (with a shoulder strap), and in a very distant 3rd, a a sling bag. But that is me, my neck, my life. I've arrived at this through many decades of trial and error and countless bags. I had to try a lot of different...

It's worth asking what your intended uses are. IME a sling bag can work for travel or EDC so long as you aren't walking far enough to cause shoulder pain. They can also work for EDC if you keep the load very very light. For hiking or XC skiing, I think small backpacks or lumbar packs are...

Nod. I was thinking about this passage in the accident report discussion. "Finally, it’s important to remember that we can seemingly be doing everything right and still have an avalanche accident. We gain experience, take courses, read the avalanche forecast, make slope-specific assessments...

I strongly prefer Mountainsmith's lumbar packs like the Tour for what you're describing. I use them as a shoulder bag for around town and as a lumbar pack (still using the shoulder strap for extra stability) for longer walks. I've tried just about every sort of cross body carry option that one...

That's a terrifying injury, actually. Also a pretty sobering full accident report as it seems they did everything by the book. https://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/human-triggered-avalanche-airplane-gully-great-gulf-wilderness/

I'll worry about post holing the monorails just as soon as hikers and snowshoers keep out of the ski tracks. :cautious:

Fox River still makes them. https://foxsox.com/products/unisex-wick-dry-alturas-ultra-lightweight-crew-liner-sock