Recent content by psykokid

I’ve got a spot Gen 3 that I’m no longer using as I upgraded to an Inreach a couple of years ago. Deactivated and ready to move on to a new home. $50.00 shipped with original box and accessories.

Intermittent wiring gremlins are the most fun to chase down. If your battery checks out OK. then check all your grounds. My friend had a laundry list of odd sensor problems on his 05, after chasing and checking things he starting back tracing all the circuits and found out the ground stud in the...

From there the track starts out pretty easy for the first mile or so as it is also an access road for the cable car station from the other side of the mountain. At the junction where the trail begins to climb in earnest there was a Guardia Civil Toyota Land Cruiser parked. The track narrows...

Recently while on a two week trip to Spain I managed to sneak in a day trip to the Picos de Europa National Park. Originally we had planned on doing an overnight and staying at the Refugio de Urriellu at the base of Naranjo de Bulnes and tagging Torre Cerredo, the highest peak in the Picos. Due...

His blog entries are dated for when they did what they did in the blog posts, not when he made the post. His posts here and on the blog are about a year and some change behind what they are actually doing. Does that make sense?

The stock jack in my 97 D1 had a plastic body. Found out the hard way - I was tapping the base plate with a little bit of load on it and I missed and hit the body.. Cracked like a champ and spilled oil everywhere..

I have one of the Enders 47L boxes coming tomorrow. They do have a rubber seal in the lid. If you order from Amazon UK spring for priority shipping. I went the cheap route which ended up being $68 shipped all in. It shipped on Dec 22, sat in a depot in Germany for two weeks then starting moving.

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My pack was a Z-Packs Arc Haul which was a 62L pack. I borrowed it from one of the dads in my son's scout troop. I had been looking at picking up one and wanted to take it for a test drive before I spent the money. Carried really well. My base weight was 17 lbs, and with full water and food I...

I awoke to my alarm on Sunday the 17th at 6:00, ensuring I’d make it up out of my bag to wander up to the edge and watch the sunrise. As I walked up the other two fellows who had slept on the summit were still fast asleep in their tents. Not long after though a few other intrepid hikers made...

Through the cliff bands and up was our chosen route. We tried hard to not give up too much elevation, ultimately only losing about 200’ of elevation from the pass until the point where we began to ascend through the cliff bands. It was a lot of boulder hopping, with some scree thrown in for...

I awoke early on Saturday the 16th to watch the sunrise over Sky Blue Lake and the Miter Basin and found a layer of frost covering most of the gear that we had left out overnight, including our bear cans and the shelters. As the sun began to peek above the horizon the basin was awash with warm...

On Friday the 15th we woke up to a brisk morning. We lazily made coffee, ate some breakfast and proceeded to pack up our stuff and got ready to hit the trail. With a quick stop to stow any unnecessary items in my truck and use the facilities we were on our way up the trail towards Cottonwood...

This past year the lions share of my vacation time was used up on a car camping trip with my family hitting Lassen and Crater Lake National Parks over the 4th of July and spending a week with my son’s Boy Scout Troop at summer camp as an ASM. Using up all my vacation time ruled out any grand...

I REALLY regret not bringing a rod with me a couple of weeks ago while I was backpacking in the Southern Sierra - saw a bunch of Goldens just hovering when hiking around the lake, and saw tons of rises and jumpers on the lake after the sun came up in the morning before we started hiking. Hard to...