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Hands-free umbrella rigging

Posted onSeptember 23, 2019November 8, 2022AuthorJoan12 Comments

Joan shares her techniques for using an umbrella hands-free. Bonus: She also shares some unique, and colorful, alternative uses for an umbrella, too! Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagsDIY, Joan West, rain gear, sun protection, umbrella, utah-tip

Gear Review: Six Moon Designs Silver Shadow carbon umbrella

Posted onSeptember 19, 2019October 17, 2023AuthorJoan12 Comments

Joan reviews this 6.8 oz (193g) carbon fiber shaft umbrella after many miles of hiking in Utah, Nevada, and on the PCT. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsclothing, gear review, Joan West, rain gear, Six Moon Designs, sun protection, umbrella, utah-tip

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A weekend backpacking in the Boulder Mountain area A weekend backpacking in the Boulder Mountain area outside of Capitol Reef NP. Few people, obscure trail, and pie after at the Giffird House! #hiking #backpacking #camping #utah
@ramblinghemlock had relatives in town over the ho @ramblinghemlock had relatives in town over the holiday. After our backpacking trip we met up with them for dinner and took them for a sunset stroll at Arches. #hiking #utah #moab #moabutah #archesnationalpark
The Enshittification of Gaia GPS u/numbershikes, The Enshittification of Gaia GPS u/numbershikes, curator of OpenLongTrails.org, passed along some troubling info about Gaia becoming not only more a social media app, but a rather skeevy way of default sharing of information for any new tracks, waypoints, etc. The TL;DR is that Gaia is now potentially sharing new tracks and GPX waypoints unless you mark it as private. And based on their past behavior, I don’t trust them for legacy tracks. 🗺️ LINK IN PROFILE 🗺️
@ramblinghemlock and I camped with our good friend @ramblinghemlock and I camped with our good friends @hollywoulddream and @danielgarey at Fish Lake, the home of Pando, and where the Old Spanish Trail traveled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)
More San Juan fun during August, "The Sunday of Su More San Juan fun during August, "The Sunday of Summer." ... We did our customary camp the night before and then went backpacking. We followed an old mining trail currently used for the Hardrock 100 and then looped back to the CT. .. A touch of fall up high, with the ground cover starting to show yellow and red and the wildflowers fading. ... #hiking #backpacking #camping #colorado #ColoradoTrail #sanjuanmountains
Friday night camping before backpacking. A good me Friday night camping before backpacking. A good meal, some drinks, and a sunset. #hiking #camping #colorado
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