It's been a long time since I've skied, but we used to call that technique - herringbone.
It's been a long time since I've skied, but we used to call that technique - herringbone.
Well that fits.
And BENESSE, you know that you do take one step at a time when doing that, and not "skate" up the hill? 50lbs is about 20-25kg, and that's pretty light on a sled...
Survival is not about surviving AGAINST the nature. It's about surviving WITH the nature.
You can't go in to nature, nature is not a place or an object. Nature just is. You are living it.
Right on. Newbees with Boom boxes, tape recorders, batteries for such which ended up "lost" in a couple of days. replaced by "C's" water and ammo.Our general rule was that if you didn't use something in 3 days and nights in the field; get rid of it.
IIRC Until you got used to the 100 Lb Pack. getting it on made you look like a monkey humping a football or one of the three stooges.
AHHHHH Youth.
100 lbs nowdays is 2 packs in the back of my jeep.
Last edited by Beans; 09-04-2010 at 09:55 PM.
Surivial is just an unplanned adventure when you are prepared
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