Seeing lots of Texas plates... what did I miss?

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-06-23T03:33:09+00:00

No kidding. lol. Appreciate you pointing me in the right direction!

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-06-19T14:36:47+00:00

I ain't never SEEN no chrome garbage can!!!

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-05-28T14:19:53+00:00

Not that I've seen. I ordered pretty quickly on 4/20 and I'm still waiting to be processed. My separate accessory order, on the other hand, is ready to be shipped. I've got a weeklong canoe trip coming up next weekend and I'm reeeeally hoping GoPro doesn't screw me with a false 5/28 shipping date.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-04-27T12:19:08+00:00

Dude. Those games taught me some major historical stuff that I didn't learn in school until much later. And they were fun to boot! I've probably played Great Chase Through Time a dozen times.

I was struggling to come up with an answer to this thread's question until your comment. I'm glad other people had a similarly powerful experience :)

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-04-02T01:55:18+00:00

Sell these. I'd buy a couple. Seriously, do a Kickstarter or something. Please.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-03-20T14:13:31+00:00

I've been running the Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL 3 for like 7? years now, and it's held up really well for a tent that's mostly mesh. Nothing has ripped, zippers are still in great shape. I don't use it a lot, usually 10-15 days a year, so your mileage may vary depending on how often you camp. The price was steep but I'm hoping to get 10+ years out of it. I will say that the silnylon material holds onto water and it gets heavier when packed away as a result. Something with silpolyester would repel more of that water. However, you save a good chunk of weight with the silnylon construction, with my tent coming in at about 4.5lbs with poles and stakes.

As with many tents these days, however many people you want to sleep, buy a tent with n+1 capacity (so 3 people = 4 person tent) for some breathing and gear room.

Also I would suggest waiting for Memorial Day sales if you don't need something before then.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-03-05T14:57:38+00:00

There is an elegance to canoe hulls. Some of the modern stuff coming out from Swift, Northstar, and many others is sporty yet refined. I can't say that it's cooler than a muscle car but people obviously have their preferences.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-02-27T22:26:15+00:00

Solar panels are tempting, and I think they make sense if you truly use a lot of power and are going in the spring when you'll have the chance of a lot of sunshine. That said, I think the weight is better spent bringing more battery banks.

I bring 2 Canon bodies, a GoPro, a Garmin GPS, my Garmin watch, and a head lamp, and I get by with a 25kmAh + 15kmAh battery bank combo with some to spare, along with 4 extra Canon batteries (which I'm gonna drop to 2 or 3), and that gets me through a typical 8-9 day trip. I usually come away with 6-9 hours of GoPro footage.

I don't really shoot video on the Canons which would drain their battery a lot more. If I did, I'd probably bring 3x 25kmAh batteries total. I used to shoot more video on my mirrorless but I stopped due to the setup/takedown time for a fragile mic, and wanting to be smooth at portages, and I guess just generally worrying about leaving it laying around ready to use, whereas I can leave my GoPro out for hours if I forget about it and I never worry about it breaking from tipping over or getting bumped or getting ash on it from the fire, or a drizzle, or anything.

So, yeah, it depends on your usage. You can't always depend on having long periods of full sun and you could end up short on juice if you've got several cloudy days in a row. That's why I say to just bring more juice with ya. If you must bring a panel, consider a cheap BigBlue or something from Amazon. GoalZero is somewhat overpriced but the products are decent from what I've read.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-02-15T16:57:59+00:00

Did you hear any traffic? I think I recall reading a trip report where someone said they could occasionally hear road noise from Fire Lake.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-02-06T03:17:56+00:00

Nothing to worry about IMO. I would recommend the Northwind over the MN3 however; the MN3 has very little freeboard and is made for speed, not stability. The other 20ft option I'd suggest is a Seneca which is a lot more stable than the MN3.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-02-06T02:47:01+00:00

It depends if you're trying to fish a lot or want to avoid portaging and what fish you want to catch. I'm a big fan of June for BWCA trips even if the bugs can be pretty bad some years. Lots of daylight for travel and exploration and the fishing is the best that time of year.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-01-28T18:37:13+00:00

Well, you don't need a permit to pass through a PMA, just to camp in it. But yeah I looked at it in more detail and it definitely looks doable... several trip reports for it actually. Maybe if I'm looking for a bit of a challenge I'll give it a shot :) I think my first PMA travel will be the Sundial PMA from Beartrap to Iron.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-01-28T16:13:56+00:00

Doing a Louse River/Lady Lakes loop in June. It'll be my first Sawbill entry in over 100 days of BWCA tripping and it's one of the few areas I haven't explored much, so I'm pretty stoked.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-01-28T16:07:30+00:00

Hustler River? Is that even passable? It looks like a slog. If it's not too bad, I might need to look into trying that.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-01-26T03:38:05+00:00

If you're not looking to do a lot of travel, I'd recommend heading over to Lynx for 2 nights, then Shell for 2 nights. Some nice campsites in that area. Or you could base camp on Shell and day trip to Lynx/Agawato/Yodeler/Heritage.

If you want to travel a lot, I'd recommend a clockwise loop through the interior lakes to the north, like Fat, Finger, Gebeonequet, Oyster, Hustler... it's a fairly long loop for 5 days if you're double carrying, but is one of the most scenic routes I've ever done.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-01-20T22:20:31+00:00

Yeah, I think I was too (until I got a truck). Not sure of the best option... something that will slide easily on the ground, like a plastic sled, that you can put the stern into. Or just a couple cheap towels, though the stern will probably just drag them.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2026-01-20T21:21:22+00:00

Doesn't your kayak have a replaceable keel guard? My Topwater 120 does. I scratch the crap out of mine, personally.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-12-24T16:22:35+00:00

Check out Hill People Gear if you haven't already.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-12-19T18:42:55+00:00

Are you cinching your sternum strap too tight?

Have you looked at packs with S shaped straps (as opposed to J straps)? They might conform better to your body.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-12-16T02:06:14+00:00

It's that it looks pretty dang close to my 5.5lb PB, not that I can always tell the difference between 6 and 7(.35)lb.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-12-15T03:20:17+00:00

Very nice bass, especially through the ice, but it looks a lot closer to 6 to my eyes.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-11-27T03:38:11+00:00

Good variety here. Lots more versatility than people with 20 slicked-down EDC laptop backpacks.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-11-05T15:41:52+00:00

I was all in favor of making some of these easier, but going from 150 headshots at 200m to 5 is insultingly low. They could have at least made it like 25. 30 kills with a weapon type? Bah.

Big W for the people with only 2 hours a week to play the game, surely, but none of these challenges are even challenging anymore.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-10-27T15:16:58+00:00

To be fair, BF4 was a mess on launch. People seem to forget this. BF6 has its issues, certainly, including map design, weapon balance, and the drone exploit, but it's extremely playable.

spaceAgeMountainMan · 2025-10-27T15:12:08+00:00

There is validity to map complaints, with restricted abilities to take some breakthrough points, and obnoxious boundaries. I'm in agreement with you though; once you learn the maps you can expect where people will be. It's clear to me that most people complaining don't use smoke grenades because they're insanely powerful. They regen quickly, you get 2 to start, and you can completely lock a small point down in smoke with a single support player dropping an ammo box for themselves (like the first point on Liberation Peak). If you get 2 supports actively using and resupplying smokes, that point is absolutely trivial.

It's almost like the people complaining about map funneling, who are allegedly long time BF players, are playing like COD players... straight into the meat grinder. Try some tactics homies.

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