Recent content by ppine

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    Snow is falling...

    More snow on the way, this week march 28. Two feet in the Sierra. Around 6-12 inches at Lake Tahoe. Less than 6 inches in the Valley.
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    Tripping, & crashing over guylines

    I put plastic flagging on some of the guy lines. Make sure everyone in your party has a headlamp so they don't stumble around camp.
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    Hunting with the Camera

    First learn to hunt, then add the camera.
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    Fire Lighters

    Flint and steel and char cloth.
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    Fire Lighters

    Matches or a Bic lighter. In winter or wet conditions I care some little fire starter tabs.
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    Snow is falling...

    The Big One starts tomorrow. We are going to get between 8-20 inches. Seven feet at Donner Pass. Ten feet at Mammoth. Holy Cow.
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    Canoe thoughts...

    I have been serious about canoes since 1960. I have had a lot of them. I have only one left and it is for sale. Now I mostly run rivers in a drift boat. Very roomy, takes fast water, room for 3 dogs and a cooler.
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    4 Ingredient Cookbook

    Or The Alaskan Cookbook. It has substitutes for lots of things like eggs and milk and pancake syrup if you can't find any.
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    APPURTENANCE----->

    Its a big deal to see moose. I miss em since leaving Wyoming.
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    Campfire Colours

    Or just add wood for orange, red, white and blue flames.
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    Camp Monsters

    Auora.
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    Camp Monsters

    Sasquatch sightings run in the family. My grandfather talked with the Swedish miners at Spirit Lake, WA near Mt St Helens. Their cabin was surrounded by a family of Squatch. My brother saw one in Oregon at night in his headlights. I saw a shadow at the top of Sonora Pass one morning that...
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    Snow is falling...

    We got 13 inches this week, Flagstaff got 36. Big thaw is coming. I love February.
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    What Gear Did You Buy?

    Small Kodiak canvas tent, 5x8 or so. Kodiak 30 degree sleeping bag. My down bag will fit inside it.
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    Snow is falling...

    We got 13 inches of wet Sierra cement yesterday in a warm storm. Digging out today. The childhood memories are still there, but what I miss is skiing. Cross country and telemark skiing . Sometimes we went overnight. My dog pulled a sled with half my gear. We skied nearly every hill in...
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