Color me interested. I have googley-eyes for the Mt. Roger's winter shindig, but that is a LOOOONG way from Madison, WI. The Duluth area on the other hand, is pretty do-able!
Color me interested. I have googley-eyes for the Mt. Roger's winter shindig, but that is a LOOOONG way from Madison, WI. The Duluth area on the other hand, is pretty do-able!
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By the way, this might be the perfect reason to hit the Sierra Designs sale on The Clymb right now!!! http://www.theclymb.com
They have down mocs, pull-on booties, and mountain booties on sale right now!
(if you need an invite to the Clymb, PM me your email address)
"I know the feeling - It is the real thing - You can't refuse the embrace!" | "Go n-éirí an bóthar leat."
"The more I carry the happier I am in camp; the less I carry the happier I am getting there" - Sgt. Rock
Beep, thanks for the book recommendation. I have the Snow Walker book in my cart on Amazon (looking for some other small items as I type this), and I have recently ordered a Winter Quilt from Warbonnet, as well as a Winter Incubator from Stormcrow (early Birthday and Xmas presents to me! - I'm so, very broke now! LOL)
Recommendation on snow shoes? I really know nothing about them, so I'm hoping between the forum and the book you recommended I can find the right thing.
I'm going to do some practice (backyard) cold weather hangs as soon as my Winter Incubator shows up (I'm in line like everyone else), and hopefully a stealth hang as soon as we have a good snow...including hiking to the stealth location to help work out the kinks of my setup.
So I'm a couple steps closer to being ready for this hang! I'd call me 90% IN!
Last edited by Lonely Raven; 10-29-2010 at 08:51.
The Conovers are big fans of traditional snowshoes. The snowshoes I have are from Tubbs (the big heavy duty mountaineering ones, aluminum tubing with synthetic "web"). I believe Fourdog has "extras" that could be borrowed for the trip.
If I were you, I'd try to borrow or rent some for the trip. No need to make a big investment unless it's something you'll use frequently, IMO.
"The more I carry the happier I am in camp; the less I carry the happier I am getting there" - Sgt. Rock
I would LOVE to go. I think I could be packed in about an hour. But: I work Friday (& Monday) that weekend & have the cash for ONE long trip that Month, so I'm going to Mt Rogers. Esp as it's on my 5 day weekend
Thanks for the car pool offer. Will save up for next year & get Snowshoes & Mukluks tween then & now.
If Mt Rogers is "Grad school" the MN hang will be "LIFE in the real world"
I SO WANT TO GO!!! (Insert long string of 4 letter words here )
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