Oregon Hikers

And no refunds for bad weather or last-minute changes. It's just simply too much. Bingo! Right exactly on. Here are some areas that are heavily used and do allow walk-in permits without the extra recreation.gov fee: The Enchantments, Mt. Whitney Portal, and The Wave. I climbed Whitney in a day a fe...

Follow the money.... Let's not forget about the Recreation.gov processing fees to. The Obsidian trail permit is FREE! Oops, but you MUST book it online with Recreation.gov for a $6 processing fee. Even if you show up at the FS office they require you to do it online. I told my wife months ago, "when...

I love to do hikes with a fun scramble to the summit. A few weeks ago I finally did Mount Thielsen, and that was a fun hike with a very short and easy scramble to the summit. I was looking to do other scrambles in Central Oregon that I haven't done yet. I wasn't coming up with anything. So, I crosse...

Here's the thing about the ACR - if it is just a basic PLB, how can you know if it is any better at connecting to GPS than the Garmin? There is some misunderstanding on how a PLB works. It is not simply reporting your GPS location (a relatively new addition to an PLB). It transmits on a frequency t...

Aren't PLBs only good for like 5 years, though? I thought I've read that. The battery is guaranteed to work per the optimal specification for six years. That means it will transmit at full power for 30 hours at a full 5 watts during the six year lifespan. The battery will also power 220 self tests ...

Perhaps it was a bad device, did you consider swapping it for another one? The failures with my device were not specific to the one I owned. The failures were consistent with reports I've read from others. It's just plain poor engineering. I've encountered bad engineering too many times in my caree...

I returned my Garmin InReach last month after using it for almost three months. It reminds me of the duality of Gollum and Sméagol. I both loves it and hates it. First, nearly 99% of my messages went through. That's good. However, the GPS part of the InReach is terrible. That is bad. The device woul...

I enjoyed reading your full post on your site. Good for you. I will be doing Timberline as a single-day-night effort starting tomorrow. I'll be moving at the speed of hike for most of it, but I do run the downhills. I got a kick out of the people at Newton getting freaked out about your river crossi...

Nice loop. Thanks for posting. There is so much great hiking out there.

I would strongly prefer narration instead of music. Thanks for the feedback. My voice sounds like a cross between Bobcat Goldthwait and Smeagol, so I'm sparing the public from that horror with the background music - try the mute button ;) What was that fine-threatening plaque towards the end? I cou...