4 Wheel

Fast Fire

Review to be forth coming.

Look at what I found!

I was walking from work to the parking lot and I saw the local red fox running around in the distance. I stopped to take a couple of pictures, but they were too far away. I stood around and watched for a bit. I was rewarded, as the fox came within about 30 feet from me.

This one needs a LOL caption.

Basic snow traversal

We went to St. Mary's glacier today. I got altitude sick so took everything out of my pack that wasn't essential. Thus the only image I have of is of the parking lot. It is very much worth the trip. We experienced blizzard conditions, then like a light switch the wind would stop blowing. We even got a bit of sun shine.


When I was returning my plastic boots (which kept my feet warm and dry) I picked up a helmet and ice axe.

I now also very much apperaciate gaiters. They keep snow out of your boots. I don't know anyone in MN who owns a pair, and all of the outdoor types should.

Equipment

This started out with both ends inside the duct tape. This one failed within about a block of the start of the walk. The reason to do this is to give you a solid mount point, carry some extra rope, and carry some duct tape.

This is a good deal more paracord braided and it held the entire trip.

I have been having problems with the clip coming off of my knife, so I duct taped it.


By the end of the day the tape had started to rip. Next time I am going to put it a bit higher and go twice around instead of once.

Deer Vertebrae

There was a *lot* of deer poop around, and I found this.

Shelter

It might not look like much but if we were to tear down some pines it would have been a very nice place to spend the night we we were stuck out without a tent.

We blocked the windward side by wrapping some of the poles around. See the little pine tree? That is our air freshener!

We didn't have enough long branches for the ribs so we resorted to using the abundent shorter branches to space out the ribs and then span.

In the Clouds

CSU CS building

A walk up the hill

As I was walking up I was able to watch a red fox hunt. For some reason as I was passing by it just sat neat the road with what it caught.