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Quote from Dmax: “I tried once. I rented a snow board and hit the practice slope. I never could get the hang of it. I can waterski, skateboard and roller skate. So I figured I could easily learn the skis and I went and traded my board in for skis. Back to the practice slope I went. I did good and didn't have any problems. I knew I was a natural. Skiing was for me. So I made my way to the ski lift. On the way up I was nervous and the gentleman beside me could tell. He explained how to get off the…

Quote from CoachLou: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa You want to talk about repaired teeth.........I was in Ice Hockey for 40 years..............I'm lucky they ain't in a jar by the bed! ” ct damage.....

Quote from Traffic Jam: “I skied a lot as a kid until moving to TN in high school. When I was young we skied without ski poles and one time this southern lady (the first southern accent that I remember hearing and have never forgotten) said, “look at them girls, they ain’t got no sticks!” Lol! I’ve never had a filling in my mouth except for a skiing accident when someone’s ski pole hit me in the mouth and chipped my front tooth. A few weeks ago I noticed the repair had fallen off and my front to…

Growin up in south , I took to skiing late in life, in early 20s. I could never be as good as I want to be without spending a winter or three out west with a pass, and a lot more instruction. One or 2 weeks per yr dont cut it. My kids learned at 3. Skied every yr until competive sports and high school prevnted it. High school only permits xmas or spring break......and spring sports play during spring break. I think we managed 2 out of 6 yrs kids were in high school. And none in college. Christma…

I didnt read it But obviously liftlines and chairlifts arent social distancing. If skier #s are down significantly, it would take care of itself. If they aren't, it will be a hellish experience to have lift lines many times longer than normal, in many places. $150/day to spend all day in line....thats basically disney world.

As great as the earth is at spawning new life......its even better at extinguishing it. 99.9% of all species that ever existed are extinct.

Quote from Astro: “Of all the amazing things God created, the human body and how it functions is probably the most amazing. ” Aside from our large brains and opposeable thumbs humans are about the poorest equipped to survive on earth. Some frogs can freeze. Glucose in the frogs organs present them from freezing totally. it stops breathing and it's heart stops beating but then when it warms up it can resume activity. Some reptiles can become dormant for long periods of time up to years. Turtles c…

Quote from Dmax: “Will a 550 hold enough food for two people for 3 nights? I'm guessing it's ok to carry your first nights food out of the canister. ” A good rough rule of thumb is 100 cubic inches per day per person. They sell various little cardboard boxes at hobby lobby and you can get and try fitting just one day's food in. I have done about 80 cubic inches per day but it's really packing tight with 3, 000+ calories But for just 3 days......I could get by on very little calories .

There's there's also remnants of some places that were small communities, that totally disappeared after they built the railroad and everybody moved to be closer to the railroad.

Lots of pioneer remains in that area. It has interesting history.....minimal settlement until after civil war....and still pretty minimal until 20th century. There's an old homestead at Turner bend that's a museum. Never heavily settled the homesteads were widely spaced in small subsistence farm operations. The people built corn cribs to hide their corn in the woods, so that yankees or Indians couldn't steal it. Old roads that are maintained today.....still ford creeks.....roads are impassable a…

I wouldn't agree with putting a canister 100 ft away. Give it enough time a bear can get into a canister , any canister. they are not bear proof...... You should be prepared to defend your food from a bear by throwing rocks at it.. drive it away. Not give it unfettered access and time to try. In yosemite, in areas they know how to break canisters open by rolling them off of cliffs and letting them break on the rocks below..... Plus this water flowing everywhere so if it rolls downhill at nice ca…

Quote from max.patch: “I haven't tried a quilt because they don't make sense to me as a tent camper. My gut reaction is that it's just another gimmick to cut ounces and that the loss in utility is much more than the weight savings achieved. ” You're right about one thing, quilts really aren't any lighter. They were.....when hikers started using top quilts made for hammocks. Due to the design of the hammock, these were very narrow 48 in or so. Might have saved half a pound over a bag. In average …

After after dealing with leaks and seams moving apart on travel trailers before I'm really leery of any trailers. Then there's the really crappy particle board and glue interiors. They simply aren't made to last. Which is why I'm drawn to the solid fiberglass small trailers. Snoozy 2.... 15'....uses quality components everywhere... And the AC is a window unit ac rear mounted..$125 instead of $$$ for rv AC. Still got a driving trip to Alaska on my bucket list one day....

Stash pack.....come back for it with car would be what id think. Ive never self shuttled with bike, but you can do reasonable distances.... If you're not too tired from hiking .... 10mph or so.... Get you as much as 40 mi in just 4 hours. And up to 20 mph is possible. Without hills... Motorized bike.....would be great. $300 can get you a motorized bike kit, goes 30 mph, and gets 100mpg. It would pay for itself in saved shuttle costs. Could stash it in the woods or leave it at hostels stores etc.…

I've been toying with the idea of a small light camper like that for years. I got a 20-ft travel trailer and it's just too big heavy and too much trouble to hook up... With anti-sway and load distributing hitch. A small teardrop..... Even smaller than yours....... I've been thinking would be great for taking trips with the wife and going places we haven't been. I also looked a lot at the small fiberglass campers.... Really liked the lil snoozy before they went bankrupt..... But now they're back …

Bike could work well in spots...... But shuttlers do too...not a lot....but theres a handful. They'll follow you to one trailhead drop your car then take you to another.. no sense doing out-back if can do double the distance for $75 They've got this thing up there that really isn't popular anywhere else, where they like to meet you at their place, (if it's a store or canoe outfitter), drive to trailhead in your car. Then they drive your car back to their place and keep it there and deliver it to…

She did not live for 12 days without water and then walk out on her own with minimal assistance... I feel fairly confident about that. But now her family saying she didn't drink from the river, or at all...... They say she just wet her lips in the river.... Because she was aware of the water was toxic. but how could she get to the river to do that because they already said she couldn't even take a step........ getting a little strange..... On the family's part as well as the missing persons.....…

Read another article said she was in " heavily vegetated" area....kind of sounds like didnt want to be found...

Quote from Astro: “Even though I try to walk 3 to 6 miles a day, it is nothing like going up and down mountains over roots and rocks (although compared to the NH/ME this trail is pretty smooth). Really busy at work now, but need to get out and do one of these weekend hikes every 2 or 3 weeks. Been studying OHT maps and while the curvy mountain roads prevent roadwalks are too dangerous for walking, I believe could use the Forrest Service dirt roads to cut down the time of always doing an out and …

12 days in a canyon.....1/2 mi from parking lot where she was last seen....thats 15 minute stroll. I've got to ask where the heck they were looking for her at......? For 12 days...... Seriously, a dog couldn't find her? SAR couldnt find her? But some other visitor found her and gave them a "credible tip" of a "possible sighting"? The visitor told them where she was, and SAR downplays it because of their failure. I agree Things dont add up well, but she apparently was in the park the whole time. …