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I think that if you want a reliable bug shelter, it is better to go with a stand alone design. While attaching one to the vehicle can be convenient, it is hard to get the junction bug proof. Your Canadian shop, MEC, sells an interesting design, their Mantis, with a square floor plan, but only...

MSR got their 7 point tarp line from Walrus. I have the medium size Vistatarp, which has a 7' long 'back edge' (120 sq ft). They dropped that model, but appear to have reintroduced it this year. The Outfitter is the larger size (200 sq ft). Walrus also made netting inserts for these tarps...

Here's an article on a proposed western Washington WIlderness addition (to Alpine Lakes): http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/405054_joel10.html?source=rss It also touches on access issues in the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, road repair, protection from trashing, and Washington politics...

There was a lot of talk about hiker v driver numbers, based on backcountry camping statistics from the NParks. This Wilderness Coalition claims to quote Forest Service estimates that paint a different picture: http://www.wawild.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=25&Itemid=215...

Pleasant View Ridge is included in the 'Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act' which is part of the newly passed Omnibus bill. It was introduced into the House by Rep McKeon. So,yes, it has been enacted. I found the text for HR6156 (Thomas register), which is how it was...

Can you get Permethrin intended for fabric, used for example on pant cuffs to kill ticks? http://www.afpmb.org/coweb/guidance_targets/ppms/TG36/TG36.htm#_Toc6820326

I bought a wide brim Sunday Afternoons hat, and my wife promptly appropriated it. It probably looks better on her. I've owned a variety of the legionnaire style hats with neck drape. My current favorite is ORs. This style does not interfere with a backpack. The neck drape also adds...

The Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness in the Omnibus apparently includes the headwaters of Little Rock Ck. Does that affect you? Does it close any roads? This is the Forest notice(1999) on closing Little Rock creek due to the toads (my emphasis)...

From the web site for Sen Bennett (R-Utah) here's the summary of the Washington Ct portion of the Omnibus that he sponsored (I have added nl to highlight the pieces): In the summary on the 2008 version (govtrack) the OHV part is: And SLC editorial http://www.sltrib.com/Opinion/ci_12004580 It...

Sastrugies - now that's a word I haven't seen in a long time. But something doesn't look quite right, so I checked Wiki. In Russian sastruga is the singular, sastrugi plural. But I've argued on other forums that English speakers should be expected to use singular/plural of Italian words...

Looking at the track videos, I was reminded that pack ice can have ridges where flows have been separated and then jammed back together. Some expeditions have had to expend a lot of time and energy in either chopping a passage through these ridges, or hauling gear over them. The tracks might...

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That 'may' is a mighty big unknown. I'm still waiting for concrete evidence that the March Omnibus will cause any Forum members any inconvenience in their backcountry travels.

That's a gross simplification of what the Wilderness designation does. Under ADA, wheelchairs can be used in Wilderness areas. That is, they have permission to use any road or track that their chair can handle. However, no agency has the obligation to make the trails chair friendly. The...

This Oregon newspaper article points out that Wilderness designation has limiting effect on hikers - groups larger than 12 are not allowed. http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2009/04/rocky_mountain_national_park_g.html#more I remember a glaciology prof talk about this. The field trip...

The East Sierra portion of the Omnibus bill has maps that clearly define the boundaries of the new Wilderness Areas (and additions). Those maps include clear exclusions for roads that will not be included in the Wilderness. Anything within the boundaries will be closed to wheeled travel. The...

I don't follow. What 'ability and authority' do 'they' have now, that 'they' did not have before?

Would the outcome be any different if the component bills were voted on one by one? Wouldn't the same senators and representatives voted for each piece like they did on the whole? There might have been some defections from the pro side. For example, the Idaho representation might not have...

Regarding the NP statistics, it may make more sense compare the backcountry camping numbers with the tent and RV camping numbers. For the year I looked at (working from memory): backcountry: 1.7 tent: 2.8 rv: 4.3 Those proportions may be typical across the country of the split among RV...

Seems that the Saline Valley problems are primarily administrative - the park service did not have the foresight and money to properly administer the area. As long as it remained unknown, user maintenance worked. I do not know whether the area would have remained unknown if it had not been...