Posted in adventure on Feb 2nd, 2012 No Comments »
If I could only have one tool to survive in the wilderness, it would have to be an axe. I got to this conclusion mostly with practical experience but also, as a nod to my childhood, Gary Paulsen’s “Hatchet”. Notably though that book ultimately illustrates that an EPIRB trumps an axe if standing bewildered in [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 21st, 2012 No Comments »
So you can be an adventioneer and apparently get paid for it, too. Steve, how about helmet cam footage the next time you go up a wind turbine?
Posted in adventure on Jan 21st, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in adventure on Jan 20th, 2012 No Comments »
And no, as far as I know, this is not legal in the state of Washington.
Posted in adventure on Jan 20th, 2012 1 Comment »
I’ve made a passing interest of convincing JG that we should acquire snowmobiles. I can think of tons of reasons to own one. JG apparently can think of reasons not to, judging by this video he sent me last night.
Posted in adventure on Jan 19th, 2012 No Comments »
Go for the 1080 HD. Looks to be shot on a Hero, just like I use on my motorcycle. The jet seems to be an Avianca A320. This reminds me that of all the different things I’ve done in my life, getting to fly a jet was like nothing else.
Posted in adventure on Jan 18th, 2012 2 Comments »
One of the difficult aspects of any remote trip is planning to have enough fuel. It doesn’t help that everyone going is running petrol vehicles, which generally average lower MPG than their diesel counterparts. And they make such a nice Turbo-Diesel JK, available anywhere but here. The truth is I am not confident about what [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 18th, 2012 No Comments »
So I’ve been pouring over the Canadian topo maps, 2M SPOT satellite imagery, and scouring the Internet for GPS track information. I’ve managed to assemble what I think is a fairly accurate (recent to a year or two anyways) track of the main alignment for the trail. This was, I’ll observe, a huge pain in [...]
Posted in adventure on Jan 17th, 2012 No Comments »
There’s stuck and then there’s, well. Jesus.
Posted in adventure on Jan 16th, 2012 No Comments »