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Re: 99 Rules for Fail-safe camping
Reply #50 - Dec 26th, 2006 at 12:58pm
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Jan - Patrick McManus, who wrote for Outdoor Life, published a story that described that rule about about great gadgets nobody ever invented included inventing an alarm system that would go off when a hunter or fisherman was "comtemplating whether to cross a peeled sapling over a sixty-foot deep river gorge or possibly to make a running leap to land on a moss-covered rock in the middle of some rapids, the life preserveer would activate automatically and shout through two stereo loudspeakers set at full volume, "DON'T TRY IT, YOU FOOL, DON'T TRY IT!""  Smiley Cheesy Grin Smiley

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Reply #51 - Dec 26th, 2006 at 3:38pm
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There's been a few times I could of used that jacket. Wink
  
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Reply #52 - Dec 26th, 2006 at 7:53pm
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Failure to wear that jacket caused me a broken finger and a cracked finger on one time and a broken rib and a cracked rib on another.

Is there a way to get the darn thing implanted?

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Reply #53 - Dec 26th, 2006 at 11:59pm
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Be careful, three strikes your out.   Sad
  
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Reply #54 - Jan 7th, 2007 at 7:46pm
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....leave the hatchets and axes at home

....wear long sleeve shirts on travel days; apply bug spray and roll down sleeves before landing at portages

....Crazy Creek chairs are great to float in lake after long, hot travel days

....a small, closed cell foam pad can be strapped to the canoe seat for duration of trip, highly recommended
  
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Re: 99 Rules for Fail-safe camping
Reply #55 - Jan 7th, 2007 at 10:25pm
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....a small, closed cell foam pad can be strapped to the canoe seat for duration of trip, highly recommended


Had to laugh upon reading this.  If you ever seen IC tripp'n, you'll see she has a foam pad laid out to support the length of her body as she pretty much lays back traveling in style.  Upon meeting her yah might think...what the....  Although, after further examination, you'll find she is a step ahead of the average camper per most concerns.

The axe?  Naw...don't agree with yah about leaving it at home, BTravlin, yet I do understand your thinking.  I like a small axe, also learned from IC, used with care.

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....wear long sleeve shirts on travel days; apply bug spray and roll down sleeves before landing at portages

The bug dope..great idea in theory, though I must be a saddist.

Crazy Creek Chairs float?  Hmmn, interesting thought.

Now where did I put my fingers... oh yeah, still attached, knock on wood.

k
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Reply #56 - Jan 7th, 2007 at 10:39pm
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just an observation....i think this is one of the best threads ever on QJ.   Jan
  
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Reply #57 - Jan 8th, 2007 at 2:32am
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92...so far...Great job QJ'ers!  Keep them coming...especially like #87.    Smiley
  
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Reply #58 - Jan 8th, 2007 at 7:25pm
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Ooops!!! Major ommission on my part.

Don't forget to strap PFD to bottom of Crazy Creeks first, they don't float well enough to hold you up on their own. With the PFD, however, they make a nice waterlounger!
  
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Re: 99 Rules for Fail-safe camping
Reply #59 - Jan 10th, 2007 at 4:37am
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#93.  Always have your jug in sight or on your person.   Wink
  
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