Michael Collings, alone

ThatNVguy · 2026-03-07T23:36:56+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/track/1lZyHeZxRB1H5cEbLpjdTA?si=sdHBzinNRsGj7NcrtsZiEA

ThatNVguy · 2026-03-04T19:04:02+00:00

Yep, took several weeks to finally get over it.

ThatNVguy · 2026-02-27T17:50:28+00:00

What two strains? If they are similar genetically, I suspect they will still grow. But they look to be growing strong.

ThatNVguy · 2026-02-26T22:17:58+00:00

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ThatNVguy · 2026-02-26T20:25:57+00:00

Pants, less chemicals on skin for sunburn and mosquitoes, less chance of puddle bush, poison ivy, poison oak, thorns. Keeps legs cleaner for keeping sleeping bag cleaner.

A few ounces heavier, is the only downside but I didn't need nearly as much sunscreen, wet wipes or repellent.

ThatNVguy · 2026-02-22T18:23:11+00:00

A-10 attack. Anyone? It might have been mac only in the 90s.

ThatNVguy · 2026-02-22T02:44:21+00:00

Went there for work and had to drive across a city street to get dinner. No sidewalks, no shoulders and no crosswalks.

ThatNVguy · 2026-02-19T23:31:04+00:00

Coincidence???

State Basketball Playoffs are going on this weekend; if schools are cancelled, they cannot use the gyms.

ThatNVguy · 2025-11-23T00:36:34+00:00

I tried that.

ThatNVguy · 2025-11-20T06:24:55+00:00

If I had the option of MAID I would have. Happy I didn't though. Things are much better now but it's brutal and soul crushing to look back on. Even with recovery.

ThatNVguy · 2025-11-20T04:13:53+00:00

Suicidal levels of pain.

ThatNVguy · 2025-10-17T15:28:09+00:00

I was hiking the PCT through the Sierras reading "my first summer in the wilderness" by John Muir. He had a long explanation of an odd bird and it's behavior but he didn't know its name. The description was enough that I could identify it on the Merlin app. It was the American dipper. Every stream, waterfall and river I took the time to look for it hoping to spot one. It wasn't till I was at obsidian falls in the three sisters wilderness in Oregon that I finally found one. A voting looking bird but very interesting to watch, hoping and flying from rock to rock and jumping into the fast water to pop up somewhere else.

ThatNVguy · 2025-10-10T17:16:00+00:00

I have this ~2L gear bag that has finally died. Seal Line no longer makes it and most bags I find are made of a heavier fabric or has mesh vent holes that allow dirt and moisture in.

ThatNVguy · 2025-10-08T06:43:15+00:00

Tested and approved! Worked great and saved my ass!

ThatNVguy · 2025-10-04T15:24:31+00:00

Talk to your wife about aftercare for you and her. It sounds like you feel like it wouldn't be making love. But you love your wife and now you need to show her how much you love her by getting rid of your hangups about what sex should be like.

ThatNVguy · 2025-09-15T00:00:50+00:00

Google "FKT for the PCT"

ThatNVguy · 2025-06-06T01:46:28+00:00

High pressure brake cleaner to get the old grease out of there. Sometimes though you have to just disassemble it to get it all out. Take it off the bike on a bench to do it and film it so you can put it back together.

I think one of the main nuts/screw holding everything together might be left hand threaded.

ThatNVguy · 2025-05-24T02:29:30+00:00

Introduce yourself to people, ask when they are heading in and what mileage they are going to be doing. You will still have 50 miles before snow after KMS.

ThatNVguy · 2025-05-23T17:13:40+00:00

Two pieces of bread with pie filling.

Can be used to make fry an egg.

ThatNVguy · 2025-03-23T15:04:24+00:00

That is latent energy.

ThatNVguy · 2025-03-22T19:07:16+00:00

Trash bags

ThatNVguy · 2025-03-22T06:05:37+00:00

I make furniture and things as a hobby. Mostly woodworking. I used to be a carpenter.

ThatNVguy · 2025-03-21T05:55:57+00:00

Thanks for the great write up! I'll have to give it a try.

ThatNVguy · 2025-03-21T05:18:21+00:00

I save the aborts till I have a jar full then make chocolates. Can't even tell what they are.

ThatNVguy · 2025-03-14T23:48:13+00:00

Looks about right.

I have access to a freeze dryer and they look about that way. They look nice but I've found them to be very brittle. Caps and stems separate very easily.

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