Keep your group out of the bugs
Bug A Mid
Adjustable Pole height
Teach lessons, Debrief, Play music, Dine.
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Oware bug shelter for a group.
Filed under NetTarp, Oware Backpacking Gear, oware tarps, pyramid tarp
Scout High Adventure Camp Tarp Photos
Montana High Adventure.
Montana Tarp Photo
Filed under backpacking tarps, Customer Quotes and Photos, flattarp, oware tarps, Scouts
Touring skins for skinny skis from old Telemark skins
Ever get the wax completely wrong when XC skiing? Or have to deal with breakable crust when touring?
Taking a beginner out and want them to have success on not so perfect snow or grooming?
I have a pair of old climbing skins from back when telemark skis were long and thin. By slitting them in
half and putting on new glue I have now two pair of skinny skins that will fit classic or skate skis.
After cutting I used a heat gun and a paint scraper to get the old glue off. Then put on new glue. Then I folded the front over 3 inches and insert a square ring of the right size to fit the ski tip (a loop of strong cord could also work in a pinch). The glue should hold it, but for extra safety a few stitches of thread made a nice backup.
Make some touring skins
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Filed under Do It Yourself, Tips for the Backcountry
How to replace a zipper slider
Usually the first part of a zipper to wear out is the slider. The metal wears away over time and no longer pushes the zipper teeth together. Replacing the slider is often a simple matter and takes only a blade or seam ripper and a needle and thread. If you have an Oware product with a worn out slider, contact me and I will send you a new slider for free. Here is a couple of videos on replacing a slider on a bug bivy.
Zip slider replacement a part 2
Bought old set of old school climbing pro
Interesting combination of Chouinard 1st 2nd and 3rd Gen Hexcentrics, some unnamed hexes, some Camp/Chouinard Excentrics and a few Eiger Hexes. Add these to my 80’s Hexes and Stoppers and I will be ready for “No Cams Climbing Day” (Once I replace the slings).
Old hexs.
Filed under Tips for the Backcountry
Dry Falls, Sun Lakes State Park, WA
At one time, the grandest waterfalls in the world. 400 foot high, 3.5 miles long.
We thought there was rain falling on our tent in the night. It was flower petals.
A great place to camp and hike in the Spring.
Dry Falls and Sun Lakes WA
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Filed under Oware Backpacking Gear
LInk to making mini containers from bottle and jar caps.
“What? You don’t save the plastic lids from bottles & jars? What were you thinking? Check the recycling. Now. How else to carry a few vitamins, or cough drops or whatever, without a whole lot of bulk or the risk that the tinfoil will open in your pocket?”
Filed under Do It Yourself, Tips for the Backcountry
