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If it's not a Napoleon or a Parrott rifle I'm gonna be kind of disappointed.
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I have exactly one gun in my collection, a Glock 19 that I bought the day after Charlottesville and lives in my safe and doesn’t get out to the range often enough. Ideally I’d love to own a featureless rifle like the SCR, an M1A, and a 1911, but I can’t justify spending that cash when I’ve got my wedding coming up this year. Oh, and also buying a new mountain bike, maybe some new glass for my camera, etc. Lando could always use a backpacking dog bed, too. Being all growed up means you don’t put away your toys, they just get more expensive. First bikepacking trip of the season begins tomorrow, roughly 130 miles from my door back to it a few days later. Will take tons of pics and post them if they’re awesome.
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Apr 12, 2019 04:50
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Something to go with the watch you just bought?
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Apr 12, 2019 04:53
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holocaust bloopers posted:
My mom lives about 10 miles east of Banff, been there plenty of times over the years. I'm not sure what you're doing there but my general advice is to not go there unless it's late or early in the tourist season. I didn't know we had this thread. I could have ranted about my bullshit summer hikes up Utah's lesser known mountains like Mt Beulah or the forgotten favorites like The Cathedral. I mean look at this lovely ridge  Like 5 hours just to get that far and meet this tower  From across the valley it looks like nothing  On the opposite side valley it's still something not too threatening  Mt Beulah is in my top two of roughest hikes I've ever done. Over 100 mountains summitted so it's a special occasion to be that high on the list.
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Apr 12, 2019 05:15
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McNally posted:It's definitely not a musket. THREAD DELIVERS LeadSled posted:If it's not a Napoleon or a Parrott rifle I'm gonna be kind of disappointed. I was just reading about Parrott rifles yesterday, and I have to agree.
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Apr 12, 2019 05:54
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Apr 12, 2019 20:01
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congrats dude! nice pickup
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Apr 12, 2019 22:41
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McNally posted:
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Apr 12, 2019 22:45
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Hotel Kpro posted:My mom lives about 10 miles east of Banff, been there plenty of times over the years. I'm not sure what you're doing there but my general advice is to not go there unless it's late or early in the tourist season. These are great! Post some more. I'm not familiar with the mountains in Utah since if I'm going there, I'm going to hike in desert terrain. Have plenty of mountains here in CO.
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Apr 12, 2019 23:07
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McNally posted:
i see a musket
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Apr 13, 2019 02:22
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It's a rifled musket, and therefore a rifle
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Apr 13, 2019 08:16
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It is a rifle and not a musket. A musket has a longer barrel.
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Apr 14, 2019 00:15
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Went to Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado last week. Watched the spring surge come in Medano Creek
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Apr 19, 2019 18:39
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Looks beautiful. What are some national parks that fly under the radar? I feel like most everyone knows Zion, Yellowstone, and Yosemite.
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Apr 19, 2019 18:59
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Biscayne, but it’s ~95% water so you aren’t getting far without a boat  Others down here: Big Cypress Everglades Dry Tortugas (off of Key West)
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Apr 19, 2019 19:05
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holocaust bloopers posted:Looks beautiful. What are some national parks that fly under the radar? I feel like most everyone knows Zion, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. North Cascades, Capitol Reef and Black Canyon are pretty under the radar by comparison to the big ones
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Apr 19, 2019 19:07
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North Cascades is in my list for sure. Everglades no because snakes terrify me.
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Apr 19, 2019 19:17
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Riding an airboat through the swamps is definitely a cool experience, but I can also see the rationale behind “if boat sinks, I’m alligator food”. There’s an abandoned nuclear missile silo near the Everglades visitor center that they run tours to, and those kinds of things always draw my attention. There’s a handful around the country you can actually go scuba diving in, if you look around. I know of at least 2, one in TX and one in southern WA.
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Apr 19, 2019 19:24
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I did an airboat tour through the Everglades as a kid and that's about the closest I'd want to get to gators again. Don't think I was really aware of how bad it would be to fall in the water.
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holocaust bloopers posted:North Cascades is in my list for sure. didnt pythons eat like everything that was there so now they're eating gators
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Apr 19, 2019 19:54
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:didnt pythons eat like everything that was there so now they're eating gators One ate a gator, then split itself open because the gator was too big for it to digest. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/photo-in-the-news-python-bursts-after-eating-gator-update/ I remember seeing this when it originally happened, and I’m sad to think that it was 13 years ago 
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Apr 19, 2019 21:36
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It's like a visual metaphor about the local populace in buffet restaurants in the South
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Apr 19, 2019 21:38
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holocaust bloopers posted:Looks beautiful. What are some national parks that fly under the radar? I feel like most everyone knows Zion, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. All the ones in the midwest. Indiana Dunes, Isle Royale up in michican, and Cuyahoga in ohio.
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Apr 19, 2019 22:50
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Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois is supposed to be beautiful too
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Apr 19, 2019 23:17
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holocaust bloopers posted:Looks beautiful. What are some national parks that fly under the radar? I feel like most everyone knows Zion, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. The Rat posted:North Cascades, Capitol Reef and Black Canyon are pretty under the radar by comparison to the big ones you can't actually access much of Black Canyon NP from the campground I'm talking about because it's on the wrong side of the canyon, but the NP campground in Crawford, CO is probably the best car-camping spot in CO
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Apr 19, 2019 23:18
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poo poo there's still plenty of view points on the North rim, and way more routes down to the bottom with better accessibility permit-wise compared to the South rim. That's if you're crazy/stupid enough to go down to the bottom, of course. I did the SOB draw and long draw routes both in the same day and my god my legs were smoked for a week after  But I agree, very easy car camping on the North rim. Never tried it on the South rim.
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Apr 19, 2019 23:22
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Icon Of Sin posted:Riding an airboat through the swamps is definitely a cool experience, but I can also see the rationale behind “if boat sinks, I’m alligator food”. There’s an abandoned nuclear missile silo near the Everglades visitor center that they run tours to, and those kinds of things always draw my attention. There’s a handful around the country you can actually go scuba diving in, if you look around. I know of at least 2, one in TX and one in southern WA. You can go to the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson without getting wet or near alligators.
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Apr 19, 2019 23:24
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Short local hike today. Felt really rough since 3-gun was yesterday and I was running around all day in full kit. Didn't help that I was shooting my 308, and knocked a target off of its stand at 250y out. After I was done shooting, had to jog out there and back to reset it. Legs are smoked but it feels like a decent weekend.
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Apr 22, 2019 00:26
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The Rat posted:Short local hike today. Felt really rough since 3-gun was yesterday and I was running around all day in full kit. Didn't help that I was shooting my 308, and knocked a target off of its stand at 250y out. After I was done shooting, had to jog out there and back to reset it. Legs are smoked but it feels like a decent weekend. Nice humblebrag. Also that's awesome dude, congrats
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Apr 22, 2019 00:31
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The Rat posted:Short local hike today. Felt really rough since 3-gun was yesterday and I was running around all day in full kit. Didn't help that I was shooting my 308, and knocked a target off of its stand at 250y out. After I was done shooting, had to jog out there and back to reset it. Legs are smoked but it feels like a decent weekend. Nice. You’re using an Olympus system yea?
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Yeah, Olympus EM1 Mk2. Using the hi-res mode off the tripod for the landscape work for the most part. This was with the 12-40 lens, the 7-14 wide angle that I normally prefer is still at Olympus USA being overhauled. Starting to consider carrying the 12-40 with me even when I go back to the 7-14, because sometimes it works better. Just not sure what the best lens case option is for something that's going to spend a lot of time stuffed in my pack and maybe getting rained on. e: also lol UP THE BUM NO BABY it was straight up the worst I've shot at a 3-gun match in years, bad sleep had my fine motor control all gone to poo poo. It showed hard in the scores and standings. The Rat fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Apr 22, 2019 |
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Apr 22, 2019 00:51
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Lena Lake, Olympic National Forest. Clouds rolled in low once I got up to the lake so no good mountain views.    
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That's where I'm going to wander away with nothing but a bottle of whiskey when I've finally had enough.
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Apr 22, 2019 01:16
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Marmot Pass, Olympic National Forest  
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Lake Constance, Olympic National Park  Hardest day "hike" I've ever done. More of a climb than a hike.
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Those are awesome, I'm loving them. Wish I didn't have to scuttle last year's planned trip to the PNW from all the fires  Hoping to get up that way again at some point.
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I should do more hikes on the peninsula. I've only done hoh rainforest and some hot springs, nothing that scenic.
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Are those recent? I haven’t kicked off hiking season yet due to access concerns. Did you summit either of the Buckhorns? Also, gently caress Lake Constance and that trail forfuckingever. Do Lake of the Angels / summit Skokomish for a good time.
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Mustang posted:Lena Lake, Olympic National Forest. Clouds rolled in low once I got up to the lake so no good mountain views.  drat dude! Those are pretty solid.
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Thanks guys!A SOF Marine posted:Are those recent? I haven’t kicked off hiking season yet due to access concerns. Did you summit either of the Buckhorns? Yeah they're recent. All of the trail heads I've been to have been easily accessible, I go out to the Olympics pretty often because its just 1.5-2 hours to get to the trail heads on the eastern side. I didn't summit either of the Buckhorns, by the time I got up to the pass some crazy weather was coming through and wind was blowing pretty hard and I was freezing my rear end off. This summer I plan on climbing as many mountains as I can. Eventually I want to work my way up to the more technical climbs and finally summit Rainier, though that will probably be next summer.
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