A Day Hike For Photos

[ratamahatta]

hey Mist, those water shots look great!!!!! thanks!!!!

 

[riz_aaroni]

Great photos. That does look like poison sumac, though I am far from knowledgeable with that sort of thing. Looks identical to the photos of it online.

 

[Mistwalker]

hey Mist, those water shots look great!!!!! thanks!!!!

Thanks man, I can't wait till it's warm enough to get in it!

Great photos. That does look like poison sumac, though I am far from knowledgeable with that sort of thing. Looks identical to the photos of it online.

Thank you.

I think so too, but there are look-a-likes too. I'll have to keep an eye on it for a bit and watch for the berries. It's a lot easier to spot for sure in the autumn.

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[LittleSpartan]

I always look forward to your post! This was great! I'm stuck here at work, clicking and tapping on keys, and I am patiently waiting for my Junglas.

Anyone here know if I can carry it in a National Park while hiking around like Yosemite? I am planning a trip there soon

 

[riz_aaroni]

I always look forward to your post! This was great! I'm stuck here at work, clicking and tapping on keys, and I am patiently waiting for my Junglas.

Anyone here know if I can carry it in a National Park while hiking around like Yosemite? I am planning a trip there soon

Not sure if there is a length limit in national parks, though you are using it for it's intended purpose. I wouldn't go carrying it around the welcome center or in touristy places (not sure what they have at Yosemite), though if you are on a trail, I doubt anyone would have an issue. Maybe weird looks for a knife that big lol, but nothing serious. Just my thoughts.

 

[Mistwalker]

I always look forward to your post! This was great! I'm stuck here at work, clicking and tapping on keys, and I am patiently waiting for my Junglas.

Anyone here know if I can carry it in a National Park while hiking around like Yosemite? I am planning a trip there soon

Thanks man, glad you like the photos!

I think it best you not wear it in the more "populated" areas of the park, but out in the deeper woods maybe. A lot depends on appearances too, you know...you, the wife, and kids and you packing a 10 inch blade = no biggie, you by yourself, stop somewhere to rest, look tired from the hike and maybe a little rough after not shaving for two days and hell you may get the authorities called on you for cleaning your nails with an SAK....

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Great photos bro! and you'll be happy to see that I changed my signature. It no longer says that you may or may not have been bowchickawowowing with a monkey.

 

[Mistwalker]

Great photos bro! and you'll be happy to see that I changed my signature. It no longer says that you may or may not have been bowchickawowowing with a monkey.

Thanks bro, glad you liked the photos!

No biggie man, considering the um..."animalistic" attitude of my ex-wife (canine in nature if you know what I mean), hell I might have even been better off with a monkey

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[Fletcher Knives]

Thanks bro, glad you liked the photos!

No biggie man, considering the um..."animalistic" attitude of my ex-wife (canine in nature if you know what I mean), hell I might have even been better off with a monkey

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HAHAHAHA! Point taken. wink wink nudge nudge.

 

[Mistwalker]

HAHAHAHA! Point taken. wink wink nudge nudge.

Yeah...in the end it was worth everything I had to sell off to pay the lawyer to get her out of my life...but I really miss some of that stuff


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[vortex]

Nice pics!
Is that an acacia (I'm not sure about its correct name)?

 

[carspidey]

really nice pics...
i really need to start going out more

 

[Mistwalker]

Nice pics!
Is that an acacia (I'm not sure about its correct name)?

I'm really not sure. I'm back to having to look things up the hard way at the moment. The UBC botanical forum I used for plant I.D. recently restructured and did away with the plant I.D. section. I haven't found another reliable site yet.

Thanks at least that's a place to start on that one!

really nice pics...
i really need to start going out more

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed them

Yeah...there is a lot to see out there...outside the cyber world where you can actually see it in 3D

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[vortex]

I'm really not sure. I'm back to having to look things up the hard way at the moment. The UBC botanical forum I used for plant I.D. recently restructured and did away with the plant I.D. section. I haven't found another reliable site yet.

Thanks at least that's a place to start on that one!
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I managed to find the proper name: robinia pseudoacacia - black locust.
Although it originates from North America it's quite common here too (Europe).
Let me know if you manage to confirm that!

 

[Razorsharp1986]

Thanks man!

Yeah, still diggin' it very much! Awesome knife...still wishing a thicker 5/32 version was available too though I don't feel under-knifed really...I'm just used to thicker blades I guess...just dropping back down to 3/16 after 11 years of carrying a SOG Bowie was a shock to my system .

LOL.
I hear ya. I just can't get used to how slim the RC3 blade is. Wish it were as thick as the HEST, or at least the Izula. Though yet again, the thin blade on the RC3 works GREAT!
Just a matter of getting used to, i guess.

Great pix BTW :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Mistwalker]

I managed to find the proper name: robinia pseudoacacia - black locust.
Although it originates from North America it's quite common here too (Europe).
Let me know if you manage to confirm that!

From what I'm reading I'm pretty sure you're right!

Here are a couple more pics I took of that tree that same day.

LOL.
I hear ya. I just can't get used to how slim the RC3 blade is. Wish it were as thick as the HEST, or at least the Izula. Though yet again, the thin blade on the RC3 works GREAT!
Just a matter of getting used to, i guess.

Great pix BTW :thumbup::thumbup:

It all comes down the flex I think. I'm just not used to it in a knife I take to the filed...kitchen yes, woods no. I started out with knives like my Edgemark Bowies, pilot survival knives, and Ka-Bars which were all 3/16 steel, then went to the SOG Bowie which is right at 5/16 thick then back to some other knives that are 1/4 inch then down to 3/16...including the RC-4, and even a couple in 5/32. But...the flex of the 1/8 is just alien to me I guess. I think I would personally be fine with a 3/16 ESEE-3 but I think for a lot of people that would be too thick. Really I'd be ecstatic with a 5/32 version. I think it would still slice well and would be more stout as well.

That said, the 3MIL is really an awesome knife! It has become a near constant companion. Not really complaining about it or anything like that...just having to get used to it and learning to trust it. Getting a lot of feedback from people who have been carrying one for years and seeing that Junglas destruction video has gone a long way towards doing that too :thumbup:

 

[Psychopomp]

Some really cool shots man, nice back yard!! We have a lt of Rhododendron here too, mainly in the gorges up on the mountains. Do you have a lot of Hemlock over there too?

We do have hemlock, but a lot of them are in trouble because of the woolly adelgid. There are a few businesses around that specialize in saving hemlocks.

 

[Mistwalker]

We do have hemlock, but a lot of them are in trouble because of the woolly adelgid. There are a few businesses around that specialize in saving hemlocks.

Wow, I haven't heard of those here. I'll have to pay more attention next time I'm up near edwards point.

 

[Psychopomp]

Wow, I haven't heard of those here. I'll have to pay more attention next time I'm up near edwards point.

The adelgids are an insect native to parts of Asia that also have hemlock trees. The insect feeds by sucking the sap from the tree, and in their native habitats the trees aren't adversely effected by the bugs.

Somehow the adelgids were accidentally released into the eastern part of North America and have been wreaking havoc on the hemlocks here that just can't cope with the bugs.

There are a few types of beetle that will hunt and eat the adelgids (and aphids), but they tend to be a pest as well. When I was a freshman in college about ten years ago I woke up one morning and one corner of my dorm room was black with these beetles. They look a lot like ladybugs, but have brown shells instead of red (I can't remember what they're called).

I've also read that there is some sort of non-harmful to the tree fungus that the adelgids can't (or won't) eat that has shown beneficial to the trees.

 

[Mistwalker]

The adelgids are an insect native to parts of Asia that also have hemlock trees. The insect feeds by sucking the sap from the tree, and in their native habitats the trees aren't adversely effected by the bugs.

Somehow the adelgids were accidentally released into the eastern part of North America and have been wreaking havoc on the hemlocks here that just can't cope with the bugs.

There are a few types of beetle that will hunt and eat the adelgids (and aphids), but they tend to be a pest as well. When I was a freshman in college about ten years ago I woke up one morning and one corner of my dorm room was black with these beetles. They look a lot like ladybugs, but have brown shells instead of red (I can't remember what they're called).

I've also read that there is some sort of non-harmful to the tree fungus that the adelgids can't (or won't) eat that has shown beneficial to the trees.

I'll have to make a trip back up into the gorges now that warm weather is here and have a look.

I saw those beetles you're talking aboutlast summer up in Illinois. They had lots of them up there. What all do they attack...besides the sides of houses?