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I'll likely be stopping by after a visit to MOMA, but with the temps in the city as of late I give it 50-50 that the best the snowmaking machines will manage is slush. Regardless, pass on the info if I see your friend I'll pass it on in turn. I assume your friend will stand out from the crowd...

I have no real experience with dry loft bags, I prefer the dry loft to be in the bivy. Why? Wider temperature range, on top of bivy to inside bivy. I buy into that even dryloft inhibits moisture transfer to outside of the bag. Though a bivy can do this as well, though then the moisture...

There are repeaters for gmrs if I recall correctly. It's probably best to work this through google. That said the repeaters are privately operated and it's generally polite to have permission and a license if you're going to use them.

I would go with the larger pack for more flexibility. I have the Aether 90. Excellent pack, though it's so big it generally only comes out to play in the winter.

I have been told that the mountain hardware designers/funders are the group that founded TNF. Mountain hardware still makes a lot of good gear. Their shells are pretty nice, Arcteryx's are even nicer. I don't mind when an outdoor company branches into mainstream sportswear/fashion as long as...

I could be up for an igloo, going up early is also possible but I may have just scored a floor spot. Jay, Fred I'll call/email you later tonight or tommorow...... Pete, that's the most hopeful thing I've heard yet, the mechanics looked at me as if it was the death of the car and shrugged when...

I was going to make this but events have conspired to prevent it. My car has blown cylinder, there's no way I'll be getting to Maine for this. I am now 3 for 6 in gathering attempts plagued by car breakdowns...it's feeling like "the cat ate my homework" to me.....

OK, my car has blown a cylinder canceling my holiday week in the Whites and smashing any hope of getting to the Maine Gathering, but I can bus to the ADK's and I have a mandate to use the rest of my vacation by the end of January. If there's floor space still available (teejay?), I'm in. Fred...

I do the bivy thing in the winter. You're more exposed when doing camp stuff and spindrift can be a problem. There is no interim temperature space that the tent provides, you are outside or in your bag. The simplicity is nice and where you can set down for the night expands considerably. It's an...

While I can agree with the preservation of fire towers for historical reasons, I am not in full agreement with the idea of preserving every tower out there. Why? I think it leads to an instinctive "lets preserve this tower to" thinking, before even looking at the larger picture; how the tower...

Two things started me off. Since being a wee little kid I would fish most days through summer with my grandfather in between catching bait and snorkeling for lost lures I would walk the scrub and dunes of the beach for hours on end. That was my first taste of wilderness. Then in the 4th grade...

Bivy tarp is my year round preferred shelter though in winter "tarp" is frequently translated as "megamid". It's an excellent combination for snow on the ground, with a few drawbacks- spindrift becomes a living space problem, the tarp doesn't give you a temperature boost the way a tent does...

A trail system cut from the inside out with out any planning- even if only used by hikers can do a number of things, some more permanent than you may think. A trail and use of one can affect drainages, wildlife habitat, access to more sensitive areas and probably other stuff. I've seen trails...

I'm a weenie Uh, randomly today it occurred to me that next Thursday I have a prior obligation to see cartoons at fine art museum. I'll see if I can juggle things but I may miss this one too. Fred- Heard about Panther. I'm anxious to get there, there are a few things I want to ask you about...

Evolution of the Quest for the Best Snowshoe 1. Original MSR's lace bindings, finally an affordable shoe, winter hiking begins. 2. New set original MSR's, w/ current binding. This was the warranty replacement pair as after two years the length wise rails began to shed rivets. 3. I think this...

There was a Jersey get together a while back, but being an NYC'er I didnt make it. I dont think there's been lower NYS gathering yet. Anyways, I can make this one. Even if work goes haywire, it's just around the block and I finally have someone to cover for me.

Bag liners I've used a thin synthetic liner, I'd guess it adds about 5° to a bags rating. In general, my first boost will be a light bivy on the outside of the bag adding about 10°, then a liner.

I have the Sunnto Vector. It's OK, I have the stopwatch/lanyard attachment for it and tend to where it on a pack strap where my body temp doesnt interfere as much with it. I picked up a Kestrel handheld weather/wind/altitude thingy a while back and I like it much more than the sunnto, though it...

I have a Puma. Kept me warm at the ADK winter gathering a few years back in nighttime temps of -30 or so. WM's rating are not that of most other bags. Their ratings seem to indicate warm/toasty level of the bag. I've pushed every WM bag I've used comfortably below it's intended rating.