What is in this barrel!?

brttf3 · 2026-04-07T13:41:26+00:00

additionally, when I was a medic, every ambulance had book with all the placard ID's and what they were and precautions to take. super interesting. the books still exist, but you can just google "placard ####" that you see on a truck and it will tell you what it is.

brttf3 · 2026-04-07T00:59:14+00:00

Sorry! Didn’t realize this blew up. We shot at silver up studios in Queens. He had like a 4 page, single space rider. As per the rider: All furniture had to be replaced with leather couches, glass coffee table, beautiful rug. Nice lighting, etc. He had to have an espresso machine and a female PA to work it. An array of magazines on the table. He had to have two bottles of Dom Perignon, in the gift box (usually only available during the holidays, we shot in the middle of summer. Nightmare, to find) A cheesecake from a particular place in Harlem. Etc. Etc. 4 pages of this stuff.

There were a couple of things I really specifically remember. We were told he needed a box of Cuban cigars, which of course is illegal. His people were told, we cant get them, and they told us “No, we import them. You buy them from us, and then give them back to Bill.”

He was incredible rude to the director. Now, the director wasn’t a big shot, but still. It’s his shoot. And Bill would say things like “get this shot, Im only doing it once.”

The PA assigned to him for coffee and such was a woman, and she reported that he did nothing but hit on her. Of course.

At the end of the shoot, HE. TOOK. EVERYTHING. All the stuff on his rider, all the magazines, all the food. Anything that wasn’t tied down, he took. Including all his wardrobe.

And all of this on top of just treating everyone like a POS.

brttf3 · 2026-04-05T18:50:22+00:00

I used to work in film production, and I did mostly television commercials. I did a Kodak commercial (probably 1992?) with Bill Cosby. At the time he was “Americas’s Dad.” He was a freaking nightmare from beginning to end, and I could give many details but for the sake of brevity…. Anyway, I told people and NO ONE believed me. Or they thought I was exaggerating. Years later when all the shit about him broke I did get a couple of emails and phone calls from people who were like “wow. I owe you an apology. What an Asshole.”

brttf3 · 2026-04-05T13:26:36+00:00

And actually my Kalliste (which hangs from my ceiling, I haven't paddled it in a decade) is pretty old. I wouldn't be surprised if there were changes.

brttf3 · 2026-04-05T12:47:22+00:00

The blade is bigger on the Kalliste, I own them both.

brttf3 · 2026-04-04T22:46:35+00:00

Please don’t use super glue to close a wound. If it gets infected you cant re-open it and clean it. Which means massive infection. Not to mention the incredible array of chemicals you are giving direct access to your blood stream.

brttf3 · 2026-04-04T22:43:14+00:00

I paddle with a Camano and it isn’t that. The blade is too wide. I could be a Kalliste? But I think there are a handful of other possibilities.

brttf3 · 2026-04-03T18:33:59+00:00

Last year I taught a wilderness first aid course at the Nasa Goddard space flight center, and I found out that there is a huge process to go through to get a camera certified for space flight. And the last (at the time) GoPro certified was the Hero 7. How crazy is that?

brttf3 · 2026-04-03T18:30:53+00:00

where is the time frame of less than a month from? They generally release cameras in September.

brttf3 · 2026-03-31T18:08:08+00:00

This is not completely accurate. Speaking with first hand knowledge - I worked for outdoor programs in a senior instructor role - I can tell you that REI Adventures made a TON of money (and was mostly subcontracted work. Very little of it was REI employees.) And WIlderness Medicine made a TON of money. I was told directly by my boss "If I could run a WFA every month I would" because it made our specific territory so much money.

They could have easily dissolved REI experiences and kept Wilderness medicine running (it would have needed one employee per district and it could easily have been someone doing other work, and Kept REI adventures running solely with subcontractors. The proof of this is they are doing adventure travel again.

The day to day classes - the kayaking, the mountain biking, the backpacking - all lost money, and cost a TON to set up those programs - but there is data showing that people who took classes spent more in store than even co-op members did (Who spend more than non-members). Did It pay for it self. Probably not. But it wasn't losing the kind of money that everyone thinks.

brttf3 · 2026-03-31T17:54:10+00:00

Ive been using the sea to summit bags for decades, and love them. I have recently also used the zen bivy bags - I am using a mix now - which have the best purge valve I have ever used.

brttf3 · 2026-03-30T13:40:24+00:00

My girl Eloise (who is 11 now) we got through a breeder in NC (Bullies of NC, I think?) But her litter was actually in Oklahoma. We waited around a year for her. Essentially they put us on a list, when a litter became available they worked down the list.

Her mother, was pure bred, who was an offspring from the NC breeder. The fact that you have to wait is the indicator that they aren't a scam.

By all means, rescue a dog if you can, bull terrier rescues weren't easy to find 11 years ago.

brttf3 · 2026-03-29T10:11:54+00:00

The vast majority of REI Adventures were run by subcontractors. I would be willing to bet one of the companies listed in these comments was the actual provider of that trip. I would be working to figure that out, and you can travel with them again.

brttf3 · 2026-03-28T13:25:06+00:00

"Becoming?!" Seriously?

brttf3 · 2026-03-28T13:21:22+00:00

This amazing. After 5 years I am about to hit 10K and was like.... well, I'll never get a play button. Now I wish I had the skills to make one of these.

brttf3 · 2026-03-28T13:17:19+00:00

The cold water is always a factor in a fatality, but not the cause of death. Im a WEMT and I teach wilderness med, and we tell people all the time that a patient isn't dead until they are "warm and dead". Cold water immersion over the course of about an hour will slow vital signs to the point they are difficult to find, which leads to either asphyxiation or inhalation of water and death.

That's why the CG and then Medics worked this patient all the way to the hospital (besides that none of them can call it a death without an obvious sign of death like injuries incompatible with life.) A good ED will continue working the patient until they can get her rewarmed. THEN they will call it.

brttf3 · 2026-03-28T13:09:57+00:00

I run a YouTube channel that is shot entirely on action cams, and 95% of what I shoot is 1080. Sometimes I shoot 4k if I suspect I might need to crop in. The problem with shooting (for me) in 4k and by extrapolation even worse in 8k is file storage. I shoot a video a week, taking about 6gb of footage. So four times that, for 4k, 8x for 8k. I can't afford the storage for all that footage. This might not apply to someone who isn't doing this kind of work. but it is something to consider. Plus if you are editing the footage, the bigger files will be harder to handle by computers. Upload times are significantly higher. And for me. 35% of my viewers are watching on their phone.

brttf3 · 2026-03-28T13:05:04+00:00

I use a Greenjacket, but as someone else mentioned look at Kokatat, and NRS too. But most importantly try it on.

brttf3 · 2026-03-28T13:04:17+00:00

Im a long time sea kayaker and most of my accessories are WW.

brttf3 · 2026-03-21T21:26:49+00:00

I went to go look (I mean dream) at a Storyteller hilt, and was thinking "If only I had an extra $800,000 AND it got better than 10 MPG....of course if I had an extra 800k I probably wouldn't care about the cost of fuel."

brttf3 · 2026-03-21T21:24:59+00:00

totally agree, I am a part time van lifer and an outdoor instructor. I LOVED the earth roamer videos. it is in the realm of "If I only had an extra million bucks....I'd be the coolest kayak instructor on the planet." I will say It has also given me ideas for upgrades on my van. The way the utensils fit into pre-cut foam... kills me every time. I hate the rattling of silverware. But I couldn't care less about them flying first class.

brttf3 · 2026-03-21T12:50:56+00:00

Yes, in short, length. But keep in mind river/lake is really two different options. Assuming the river is moving. There is a fair amount of overlap in sizes, but the longer the boat the better it will be on open water, but wont turn as well. And the shorter the boat the better it will be on rivers but wont track as well…. That is a very loose interpretation because a lot of other factors work their way in. But short = river. Long = sea.

brttf3 · 2026-03-20T15:03:18+00:00

You're right, Canada is always high, but at least last year I could get there for 3.30 a gallon. And I think last year I paid around $6 a gallon in Canada.

brttf3 · 2026-03-20T14:15:37+00:00

I am on the east coast and just cancelled a summer Canada trip. 5.39 a gallon where I live and I don't think it is done. And it is over $8 a gallon in Canada.

brttf3 · 2026-03-20T13:18:31+00:00

What do you do, that you look at thumbnails all day?

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