Panther Creek...

River-8

River-8

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Took a short walk on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Panther Creek area; one of my favorites...

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The gear; F.A.G. Rig (Former Action Guy) includes navigation, lights, food, water, fire craft and shelter stuff:

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The trail; climbing a timbered hillside - Great area!

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The weather; typical Pacific Northwest drizzle - perfect for hiking (or even my short walk):

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Gratuitous pitch-wood shot; can't swing a dead cat of any size without hitting some of this great fire-starter:

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Yours truly; just a quick walk, but great to have some Trees-N-Quiet:

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Reminded me of the days when knock-down, drag-out hikes/SAR missions were routine...!

Cheers,
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Great Photos and set up

Please post more detailed photo of the gear you carry

Looks like a EXCELLENT WAY TO CARRY YOUR GEAR
 
Nice shots R-8!
Not as many folks in the timber anymore? Or are they more careful, not needing SAR as much?
Great rig and blade!
 
Great pics! Your gear set up looks great too, I think you might have spent a little time in the woods ;) I like the idea of an LBE rig and have been thinking about doing that too. Would give me so much more freedom of movement than a pack.
 
harpoon41 said:
Not as many folks in the timber anymore? Or are they more careful, not needing SAR as much?
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Nope; I've just become a bit of a F.A.G. - a foot went gunny-sak on me, and the years/miles have taken their toll...

The gear is, well, complicated :o - in my unending quest for the 'perfect' Murse (Man Purse)/shoulder bag I've headed down the "lets make everything modular" road; a road filled with detours, construction zones and just plain road blocks.

Thus far it has resulted in three fairly distinct clip-on-the-Murse thingys:

Navigation, gloves, lights, extra batteries etc.:
The flat, oddly triangular back pocket is for maps and a waterproof notebook.
The compass (with a whistle and light on the lanyard) slips in behind the front pocket, which contains various gloves (leather, fleece, nitrile, etc.), the very front, small pocket has extra batteries.
The green pouch has a Zipka headlamp, and a GPS is in the black pocket clipped behind.
Not in the picture, but a waterproof digital camera is typically attached on this as well.

The Yeasu VX-7R, in its pouch, clips to the front of the left shoulder strap for easy access/use.

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Water and Food (more info here):
The water bottle bag has a Nalgene Guyot Stainless steel water bottle w/nested cup, food, coffee and fuel tablets (in the red pouch).
Still working to get a titanium spoon and fork a place to hang out on this as well...

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Shelter (may also be worn as a drop-leg pouch):
Back, flat pocket currently has contractor-style trash bags (good for hasty, improvised shelter).
Hope to replace those with a 'sil'(?) type tarp.
The bigger front pocket has a fleece hat, wool headband (great for the neck), a polypro shirt and boot chains (for icy conditions).
The smaller vertical pocket has cordage, zip ties, small titanium tent stakes and various other do-dads.
Another carry option for this is to hang it from the belt, and strap it to the leg as a drop-carry thigh kit. then, when kneeling, the smaller pocket opens from the 'top' for easy access

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The Murse hanging out on the truck, the navigation is on the left (front) and the water bottle is to the right (back), shelter inside.

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The (or one of the) idea(s) is that all three components can ride inside the main Murse compartment, or some (all?) may be clipped outside, OR reconfigured as the pseudo-equipment harness using the shoulder strap from the Murse (currently using a separate harness; work in progress).

What?!! I don't have a problem. I can stop anytime I want.

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Your set up looks defective

Better send it to me for PROPER disposal

:)

(READ=what a sweet set up)
 
My survival gear?.............My entire kit consists of only 1 item. I pack a River-8 :D
 
River-8's gear is some of the best ive seen. i have one of his camp tramp sheaths thats just plain awsome:thumbup:
 
Bill Siegle said:
My survival gear?.............My entire kit consists of only 1 item. I pack a River-8 :D
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Right; and I pack a Siegle SAR-4... :eek: !!

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Sooooo... Sunday?

ivan51 said:
River-8's gear is some of the best ive seen. i have one of his camp tramp sheaths thats just plain awsome:thumbup:
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Thanks man; I take it the sheath hasn't fallen apart yet...?!!
Hope you're getting some good use out of it!

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That's my idea of pretty country!

It's always good to see what new gear you've come up with. I'm in an experimental phase of a vest for the 10 essentials
 
So I finally got the pouch made for my titanium fork and spoon:

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Simple snap closure, and riveted to the bottle carrier:

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Same sort of thing I've had on my 'SAR Kitchen' for years:

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Oh, and since this thread IS about the Panther Creek area, went back Friday and wandered up the 65 Road where no vehicles have been since the last snow several days ago - but the Elk sure had!!

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Light drizzle on snow/slush; must be the Pacific Northwest...!

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Hope its ok to keep adding to this thread...

So back out in the Panther Creek area; what a difference a bit of rain makes:

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Made it up to Panther Creek Falls, usually a beautiful - almost peaceful - falls: Not now!!

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Panther Creek immediately above the falls, normally quietly babbling...

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Also went up Rock Creek Road to the 3rd (4th?) Bridge, which too was rather Rockin'...!!

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Hopefully a drier stretch of weather will tone things down, and prevent any more flooding - but awesome to see!!

Cheers,
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Ahh I love me some rain-swollen PNW rivers. Powerful stuff to watch after a good rain, especially the ones that usually run at just a trickle. Thanks for the pics.
 
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