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I have an old pair of Asolo full leather boots from the 80's. They don't have a lot of miles on them, but many of those were pretty hard miles in NZ, including cross streams and rivers on a regular basis. I used Sno-Seal and a hair dryer and that seemed to work pretty well.

I wondered why the Eneloops stayed charged so long. Thanks Doug, I didn't realize there were different types.

I second the Eneloops. I have two sets of them (they came in a blue case with a charger) that were given to me. I use them in my Garmin 76CSx which I think is like the 60CSx and they seem to last quite a while. I like the idea of replaceable batteries. If I had a solar charger, I might feel...

I'm with Dave. I'm totally old school and hate the EF only cameras. Years ago, two interesting smaller camera designs were the Olympus Pen F rangefinder and the Olympus OM-1 through OM-4 SLR. The Pen F was weird because it was a half-frame camera so the frame was vertical, not horizonal-portrait...

I saw the shuttle and then fairly far behind it what may have been the ISS. The sky in SoCal is fairly polluted with light but I was at the beach so it wasn't too bad. Just seeing the shuttle was enough for me. It was pretty bright, but the ISS was much dimmer. I found several sites with...

Scott, sounds like it worked for you. Good to hear.

When I was in NZ years ago, a lot of the locals wore one of these- http://www.swanndri.co.nz/Mens/Bushshirts/SD0103/Original-100-Wool-Bushshirt.html Very retro, but they seem to work really well, even in wet weather. For really cold weather, Canadians will wear one of these-again, retro...

Steve, there are a couple of cheap ways to set up your sled. I used hardware from Home Depot, schedule 40 PVC poles and a couple of biners. Here are couple of pics of how I did it. Another way is to not put the end caps on and instead, run line, like small diameter climbing rope, through the...

One of the strange things in the Tahoe area in NorCal is that Truckee, the little town by Donner Pass, always seems to be colder than the rest of the area. I have never figured out why, but it can be colder there than at the neighboring ski resorts like Squaw Valley.

Doh! I should have looked at your info under the picture. I may be able to find them on eBay, but you are right about Costco-they are great about taking stuff back if something goes wrong with it.

Thanks all. Faber makes everything from a modern shoe like a Tubbs or Atlas, to the hybrid like I'm looking at, to the all wood traditional shoes worn in Canada by the deep winter campers on wintertrekking.com, where I learned about them. You can see all of them on their website. Ed-You must be...

Thanks, that is the consensus I have gathered from different users. Steger does warn they aren't for wet conditions, but will take a bit of dampness if sprayed with a DWR.

Anyone own or seen Faber Hybrid snowshoes? Couldn't find a hit using Search, so I suspect the answer is no, but asking anyway. I would be using them out here in CA in the Sierra where the snow tends to be wet and heavy and on moderately hilly terrain (no mountaineering). Also I looked at old...

If anyone is interested, these two articles cover much of the controversy over the snowmobile restrictions in Yellowstone. http://www.yellowstonepark.com/MoreToKnow/ShowNewsDetails.aspx?newsid=135 The district court case filed by the State of Wyoming was overturned by the 10th Circuit...

There were some efforts during the Clinton administration to limit the number of snowmobiles. Needless to say, the companies who rent them and the others who support the winter tourists (restaurants, motels, etc.) were against any restrictions. I'm not sure what finally happened. My guess is...

I've been to Yosemite over President's weekend 4 or 5 times. Once staying at the cabins in Curry Village, the other times camping near Badger Pass down Glacier Point Road and then on a couple of those trips, meeting up with friends and staying at a cabin at The Redwoods. One year, there was snow...

I agree with Sierra about altitude. You won't know until you get there how you will react to it. I used to live at 11.5 and it took quite a while to get used to it. I got HAPE twice (at least I believe it was HAPE-I had all the symptoms, but it may have been pneumonia), once when I first got...

We practiced crevasse rescue when I took a mountaineering class in NZ many years ago. Crevasses there aren't a big danger in winter, but are once the snow has melted some. If you fall in, even up to your waist with a pack on, like I did, it may take someone else to get you out. I've seen the...

I've had good luck with Craigslist. Mostly local, which means you get to meet the seller or buyer in person, although I've talked a couple of people into mailing me stuff I couldn't find locally. Also, I belong to a couple of other outdoor websites that have a classified section. Generally, with...

I too have the 76 CSx, which I understand is like the 60 CSx. I also got CA maps from gpsfiledepot and am happy with them. When I got my GPSr, it was used and had an extra card and map. I really like the idea of putting maps on the cards. As already mentioned, the free maps are made by site...