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by forester
December 18th, 2021, 11:19 am
Forum: Travels in Time
Topic: What happened to the "Falls of the Palux River?"
Replies: 11
Views: 55701

Re: What happened to the "Falls of the Palux River?"

It's been a number of years on this one, but it looks like coming in from that ridge on the east is the best bet.

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by forester
February 22nd, 2019, 6:59 pm
Forum: Travels in Time
Topic: Old Mazama Books
Replies: 1
Views: 12877

Old Mazama Books

Hi, I ran across an old Mazama book while doing research on an area. I believe they were published annually, but only a few years seem to be available. The years are 1897, 1907, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923. The topics run a wide range of topics and are good f...
by forester
January 30th, 2018, 10:29 pm
Forum: Maps and Navigation
Topic: Gmap4 - Enhanced Google Map viewer with topographic maps
Replies: 105
Views: 262504

Re: Gmap4 - Enhanced Google Map viewer with topographic maps

Is it possible to use Gmap4 as a pseudo-Panoramio? To place a marker overlay with geolocated photos? Panoramio is dead and the Google Maps/Photos combo is pretty terrible.
by forester
August 28th, 2017, 7:54 am
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Drinking Stream Water
Replies: 73
Views: 24593

Re: Drinking Stream Water

I do filter from lakes and tarns or flowing water that has camping upstream
What about if there's a dead deer fermenting upstream just around the corner?

I'd rather spend $15 and spend 2 minutes so I didn't ever have to worry about it.
by forester
August 2nd, 2017, 7:02 am
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Drinking Stream Water
Replies: 73
Views: 24593

Re: Drinking Stream Water

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dk6K8di8PF4/WYHitWhXn5I/AAAAAAAAbaw/yAzTwjdpQ2gMxo-nsepPvNBe7GtfsNrgACLcBGAs/s1600/gravity%2Bfilter-1000.jpg This is more or less what I use for camping. It takes about 2 minutes to set up and have water flowing. Takes another 1 minute to fill up the bladder at the river ...
by forester
July 30th, 2017, 10:26 am
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Drinking Stream Water
Replies: 73
Views: 24593

Re: Drinking Stream Water

I don't understand much of this. If you have a hydration bladder in your pack, spend $15 and buy a Sawyer Mini filter at Fred Meyer. It takes 2 minutes to splice into your tube so you have an inline filter. It doesn't noticeably slow down the flow, either. I also use this setup while camping as a gr...
by forester
July 30th, 2017, 10:10 am
Forum: Photography
Topic: Camera Recommendation for the Trail
Replies: 13
Views: 36844

Re: Camera Recommendation for the Trail

I have an AW100 as well. It's not perfect, but it will take a drop and is waterproof. It also takes good pictures. I will never be able to take the same quality of pictures as the people with $5000 cameras and $2000 lenses who then spend hours on Photoshop. But, for the price and the convenience, th...
by forester
July 20th, 2017, 5:45 pm
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Overheard on the trail
Replies: 39
Views: 13742

Re: Overheard on the trail

And if it's an overweight woman, make sure to compliment her on doing it while pregnant.
by forester
July 19th, 2017, 2:44 am
Forum: General Hiking Topics
Topic: Overheard on the trail
Replies: 39
Views: 13742

Re: Overheard on the trail

We were doing a short hike up the North Umpqua trail during late spring. We were a mile or so up from the trailhead. We had already passed through a few mudholes on the trail, so we were fairly muddy. Came around the corner and here's a guy walking towards us wearing dress shoes, light grey slacks, ...
by forester
May 22nd, 2017, 8:16 pm
Forum: Idle Chatter
Topic: a slightly-awkward lost-and-found post
Replies: 6
Views: 4519

Re: a slightly-awkward lost-and-found post

It saw what it was about to be a part of and jumped off the cliff instead.