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My first glove, used thru little league was a Rawlings Hank Aaron . We were in Atlanta market also. At one time they marketed themselves as America's Team. The turner cable networks were based in Atlanta, and carried braves games nationally. That was probably 1980s

Quote from Astro: “Reading that last post brought back flashbacks of my 2 year old son reaching to get his pacifier he dropped from the 8th floor outside our aprartment in Singapore. Way too close for comfort. ” Had a crew of boy scouts at Philmont. Eating lunch on a smooth large exposed rounded granite outcrop, that dropped off steeply about 10 ft away. My son's water bottle got knocked over by another boy and started to roll away as the slope increased ...and he instinctively sprang up to get …

Quote from IMScotty: “When I was there I saw all sorts of clowns climbing over the railing for the perfect 'selfie.' People have no clue how slick wet algae covered rock can be. ” Yup. And playing in the water.....right upstream from 2000 ft water fall......insane. People think national parks are amusement parks......safety-fied for their protection. Also are totally unfamiliar with risks of extreme vertical terrain. The accounts of many deaths in Yosemite are sobering. Because split second simp…

Quote from max.patch: “RIP Don Sutton, 75 y/o. Former Atlanta Braves TV or radio announcer for 28 years. Also pitched a little bit somewhere or another before becoming an announcer. ” met him when i was 12 . He signed some stuff. Never liked him pitching, even though LA was my favorite team....he took so loooonnnggg between pitches, looked like he was trying to set record for slowest game.

Quote from odd man out: “BTW, for all of you worried about being killed by wild animals, they accounted for a whopping SIX!!! out of 1174 total deaths (3 in Ystone - grizzlies I assume) and 1 each in Olympic, Wrangall-St Elias, and Denali. But if you are worried about being killed by wild Homo sapiens, they've only killed 5 (2 in Joshua Tree and 1 each in RMNP, DV, and Redwood). ” I recall one person in yosemite dieing from being accidentally gored by a buck deer. A 5 yr old-ish boy i think. Sev…

" BTW, for all of you worried about being killed by wild animals, they accounted for a whopping SIX!!! out of 1174 total deaths (3 in Ystone - grizzlies I assume) and 1 each in Olympic, Wrangall-St Elias, and Denali. But if you are worried about being killed by wild Homo sapiens, they've only killed 5 (2 in Joshua Tree and 1 each in RMNP, DV, and Redwood). The book...Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite is really good. Chronicles and stats of all death known in park since white man took over the land…

I used a 20F quilt, really only good to 30, and was happy in july. But...extra is good. Got chilled bad hiking in cold 50F rain a couple times....shivering by time got shelter up ....faster you can warm up the better. Usually doze off eventually, wake up 1.5 hrs later toasty warm with warm feet again. Heres temperature plot of cottonwood lakes station at 10300 ft i think for one yr. One night at 20, one at 28 in june. Rest of lows about 30 min. Anyhow....look up area and pick off map, or go by e…

Quote from Dmax: “Quote from twistwrist: “Hey guys! Clarity scored a permit to hike the JMT this year starting June 25! I'm so excited!! I hope you all are doing well. ” How do I figure out night time temps for the Sierras? ” theres weather monitoring stations in the sierra. CDEC site, all historical data you want. . Your looking at about 30 for lowest at 10-11000 ft...only 1-2 nights per summer down to 25. Mostly 35 F ish. , unless at 12000+....then a 25F night is possible. Katabatic wind gets …

Quote from Dmax: “Quote from LIhikers: “I don't have a clue. I don't make any effort to keep track of mileage. ” There needs to be a section for us to vote. I've never kept track either. ” ....not that hard. Actually harder not to. If i hike half of a 300 mi trail.....well thats about 150 If i hike 3 days, probably 50 mi. A week...probably 100-120. Not knowing how far....means not knowing how many days hiking. I may not know exact...but I can ball park it. I track vacation and trips.......if sto…

Not what I wanted to...... About 200 I think...... Life intervened and kept me from another 2 wk hike.....then it got cold/wet. Maybe 2021 will be better......by next fall. Not going to rule out a 200-300 mile hike in spring if can get away. Finally got sgt rocks bmt handbook....driving distance is where it's at still.

Quote from odd man out: “Quote from Muddywaters: “I got new down pants from Ben @ goosefeet. Does it count if you bought them for yourself?? ” My wife has a book of children's Christmas stories from when she was growing up, which has a story we read every year about Mr Camel who hated Christmas because none of his animal friends ever liked any of the presents he would give them. Then Mrs Camel pointed out that he always gave them things he wanted instead of thinking of things his friends would w…

Quote from Dmax: “I see that a lot of people order their bags/quilts with 2/3 ozs of overfill. Why? Is it for extra warmth? If so, how much does it add. And if it does shouldn’t you just order a warmer bag? Is it to try and keep more good down in the bag between washes so you stay at the temp ratings of the bag? Wouldn’t overfill compress the down already in there? If a lot of people order this way why not make it standard and make the special order for an under filled bag ” 1. Of course its for…

Quote from jimmyjam: “We used to do what we called a "chinese Christmas". All the relatives, adults only participating, get together and bring a gift $25 limit. Guys bring a man gift, girls bring a lady gift. All gifts wrapped. First person picks a gift and unwraps it. Next person either gets to steal that gift or pick another. So if your gift is stolen, you pick again, but not your gift that was stolen. This continues until all gifts have been unwrapped. At that point you keep what's in front o…

most of year....down to 25F....and needing 4-5 days food Shelter./ Stakes...20 oz Quilt/hood...22 oz Pads....10.1oz Pack...18 oz Total...70.1 oz =4.38 lb Summer in east, or short trips can be about 1 lb less.

OHT has good parts. And by that I don't mean awesome scenery.....but interesting trail....water crossings.... Even hazardous water crossings.... Waterfalls.....pioneer remnants.... Used to be quite a bit of solitude....I once went 5 days without seeing another person.....etc. But, it also quite a bit of what I would call some quite boring trail. Trail that seems to be laid out to gather as much distance between roads as possible. Many sections are eerily exactly 20 mi each........coincidence ? T…

Dont have to hide any thing. Just dont let her see it come in house first time. Once it's there, it's been there forever as far as she knows

Quote from Astro: “Quote from Muddywaters: “Quote from IMScotty: “Still trying to figure out how you can hide a car for years from your wife ” People hide all kinds of stuff. Apartments, money, debt, girlfriends, kids, second families, criminal records.... real identitys.....a car sounds easy by comparison to me.Says a lot about the marriage though. ” Claimed it was only thing his dad ever held secret from his mother. Well at least for 14 years. ” I wouldnt believe that ..... You don't just hide…

Quote from IMScotty: “Still trying to figure out how you can hide a car for years from your wife ” People hide all kinds of stuff. Apartments, money, debt, girlfriends, kids, second families, criminal records.... real identitys.....a car sounds easy by comparison to me. Says a lot about the marriage though.

Quote from max.patch: “Quote from Muddywaters: “When I hit spots like that I tie my bright orange bandana on a tree so I can see where I was....while i wander a bit. ” Never thot of that; good idea. Most I've done when I get "confused" is start the stopwatch on my watch so I know how long I've walked if I need to return to my starting point. ” Well, right now about this time on the OHT, much of the trail is barely discernible. Particularly on the eastern end that gets the least traffic. Just a s…

Trail can have a few spots on eastern end that get hard to follow once leaves ares down due to poor blazing. Its a bit frustrating. Not for long distance is just 20 or 30 yards but still......thats enough Two people have a big advantage can one can stand in a spot while the other wanders around and looks for the trail...... But if one person gets off the trail he may take awhile to find again. When I hit spots like that I tie my bright orange bandana on a tree so I can see where I was....while i…