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Love it. Excellent advice for a newbie and great reminder for even experienced hikers. I always use a turn around time even on the easiest of hikes. Winter can be a real challenge but I love it best.

Love Ravens! Beautiful vid. Nice music selection to.

That's so cute and the same to YOU! :) Good question! Very nice web site. I would give to them also. The article "Confessions of a Reluctant Rescuer" is wonderful. A great description of the nuts and bolts of a rescue. Just plain tedious, hard work with hopefully a great reward at the end!

More good news. Decided to post a few more questions to McMurdo. The have to be the most prompt people to reply ever. "Would they still continue to search or abandon the effort after 20 min’s of transmission, I think most SAR responders would follow up though to a conclusion. Even just a...

Thanks to all who replied. Much appreciate. I had emailed Mc Murdo yesterday when I posted on VFTT. Got a reply at the crack of dawn today. Will share it and also there is a vid which is very good that I am posting also. Ignore it if it tells you it's no longer availble. Just click and up...

Thanks SARDOG! :) This is a situation where one can say something good came out of something bad. Had it not been for the rescue and the mention of a PLB, I would not be aware that my Mc Murdo 210 will operate at specifically the temps noted, -4 to 131 F Turns out page 13 is missing from my...

I own a McMurdo Fast Find 210. Sardog might know the answer this question. I was just reviewing the literature but in the instr. manual, no real mention is made of how in functions at certain temp ranges. On the back of my device is states in microscopic font class2 -4 to 131 F . I...

I was there last winter and it was unplowed from Grout pond to the AT/LT crossing, but perhaps they had not gotten to that section yet.

Some really outstanding pics. Thanks for sharing.

Personally I like wearing down on down. I have a Patagonia down sweater, and I wear my Mt Hardware down jacket over it. Sometimes vice versa. I find fleece to be bulky and I think the down sweater is warmer.

Please let us know how it goes. I love that area and have hiked there many times all four seasons. It's a quick easy day trip from where I live or overnight as well. Grout has those nice lean-tos also. :)

I do hope this all works out for you and have a resolution that you can live with. I did think the discriminating against other groups, (i.e. hikers vs boaters/ hunters, etc) was an issue but perhaps it is not "unconstitutional". Maybe it would be more like "favoritism". I am not saying that...

Ya gotta love it. A hearty congratulations. Outstanding accomplishment.

There is no denying the numbers. As could have been predicted we are at the top and have enjoyed freebie rescues for some time. It's only fairly recently that they have come looking for some reimbursement. If the new proposal is unfair and prejudicial against hikers, perhaps those who feel...

I think we need to look at the SAR group as a separate entity. It matters not it they are hikers, off duty firemen , fisherman, dog owners, skiers, runners, etc. They have been trained to do SAR work and they choose to volunteer. It's a group who is highly trained to find lost souls. I...

Quote by Fish and Game Maj. Kevin Jordan "Hunters, anglers, boaters, snowmobilers and all-terrain vehicle riders pay 100 percent of the rescue costs through license fees but averaged only 14 percent of the rescues since 2006. Hikers pay nothing toward the agency's search and rescue fund but...

My first question is this. Why try to keep others from buying the $18 protection plan? We have an opt out option so we could make our own decision about which plan is best for our individual budgets. I agree with Andrew. By buying the plan we help support those who risk life and limb to...

I would love to see more than "2 case studies". We need to look at the bigger picture not isolated incidences. That is the scientific method. I want to see real numbers. Here's to BIG spending! $18/yr=$1.50/mo= 5 cents/day OUCH! I feel the pain. There goes one cup of Starbucks per...

Wore them yesterday 1st time this season...swear my them. Within 1 hr they were comfortable as slippers. Insulated to -35. Upgraded this years because of new bigger orthotics. I have horrible feet so for me comfort is difficult to come by...