The NEW Post Your Campsite/gear/knife/hiking/anything Outdoorsy Pic Thread!

[j williams]

Great pics. That looks really fun.

 

[fixer]

oux are wrking for me now, didn't change anything on my end. looks like fun!

 

[Switchblade61]

 

[nc527]

we had 10 inchs in greenville from the storm.

 

[myright]

Looks like a blast. We've got some snow on the ground now as well in DE and it's starting to warm up a little during the day.

I've finally got a day off on Friday and plan to get the bike out then.

Gotta love disc brakes on days like that!

Good work getting your boy out and staying active!

 

[caine]

 

[lambertiana]

Tarn at about 11,300' just north of Forester Pass, Kings Canyon NP

Lake at 12,300' just north of Forester Pass, Kings Canyon NP

 

[SmokinOnion]

I recently put together a winter gear tow sled that would allow me to get more gear in and out of the back country in winter. A pulk is not a new idea by any stretch of the imagination. Most of them incorporate stabilizer poles. While I am sure that works great for some it doesn't work well for me. I needed something that allowed me to manipulate the sled in tight bush heavy timber and having a set of fixed poles going from my waist to the sled wasn't going to cut it.

The first use of the sled was to get about 60 pounds of gear to a remote campsite on my property. I wanted to try a leanto mylar reflective backed poncho as the primary shelter in extreme cold. I live in northern Minnesota, it was -5 during the day and close to -20 at night.

I put some stills together with a video to try and better explain it, YouTube video summary as well.

[youtube]yu0T2gRC7iA[/youtube]

The shelter worked nicely, much better than I anticipated which is why I packed an expedition tent in the first place. The space blanked attached to the USGI poncho reflected a tremendous amount of heat back into the bedroll. Cheap, easy and very light weight.

Some stills:

 

[LMT66]

Very cool post!

I recently put together a winter gear tow sled that would allow me to get more gear in and out of the back country in winter. A pulk is not a new idea by any stretch of the imagination. Most of them incorporate stabilizer poles. While I am sure that works great for some it doesn't work well for me. I needed something that allowed me to manipulate the sled in tight bush heavy timber and having a set of fixed poles going from my waist to the sled wasn't going to cut it.

The first use of the sled was to get about 60 pounds of gear to a remote campsite on my property. I wanted to try a leanto mylar reflective backed poncho as the primary shelter in extreme cold. I live in northern Minnesota, it was -5 during the day and close to -20 at night.

I put some stills together with a video to try and better explain it.

Wide screen viewing and comment free found here:
http://americangrouch.blogspot.com/2...overnight.html

Regular Youtube version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0T2gRC7iA

The shelter worked nicely, much better than I anticipated which is why I packed an expedition tent in the first place. The space blanked attached to the USGI poncho reflected a tremendous amount of heat back into the bedroll. Cheap, easy and very light weight.

Some stills:

 

[HikingMano]

Ditto, very cool SmokinOnion :thumbup:

Snapped some knife pics while hiking today

 

[northern]

just a few nice pictures from months past in the canadian north.
normally i'm in places that i'd never see traces of others going... but there's a picture of two in here to help me think otherwise haha, can you name the animal?

 

[kfgk14]

I'm not good at this so I'm open to correction - I think that's a 1940's Big Bertha / Scammell Pioneer.

That is awesome! I dig the ammo can racks and the sheet metal body :thumbup:
*placeholder for winter hiking trip photos*

 

[HikingMano]

just a few nice pictures from months past in the canadian north.
normally i'm in places that i'd never see traces of others going... but there's a picture of two in here to help me think otherwise haha, can you name the animal?
[...]

What is it?

 

[Stickman]

I'm guessing wolverine? Beautiful pics!

 

[plowboy87]

my money is on a wolf

 

[WBaaijen]

climbing up a dormant volcano

on the edge f the crater

 

[WBaaijen]

These 4 pic should actually be stuck together from left to right

One of my best investments so far.

Not he best picture, but high in the trees are White-Throated Capichin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus)

Butteress roots
............

Practically living in paradise (Costa Rica)

Slightly different area (and forest) this is near home.

 

[HikingMano]

Cool stuff WBaaijen :thumbup: Beautiful area.

Snapped this one a little while ago and forgot about it until going through some pics tonight.

 

[WBaaijen]

Thanks, it is indeed a beatifull area. Nice pic!

 

[HikingMano]

Thanks, I was amazed it let me get so close