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Reply #80 - Dec 10th, 2010 at 5:20am
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How about a clip-on compass attached to bill of your cap. That way, when you look to see where you are, you can also see where you will be...
  
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Reply #81 - Dec 10th, 2010 at 6:21am
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What about a simple compass ... say a bicycle handlebar compass to attach to the thwart.  Just don't ring the bell!   Grin

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Reply #82 - Dec 10th, 2010 at 1:39pm
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Come on guys this is serious business here. Stop monkeying around!
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Reply #83 - Dec 10th, 2010 at 7:06pm
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Shocked Oops, sorry MT, we should have realized that a simple, low tech solution, not requiring a gazillion batteries would not meet your lofty standards. We are just not used to such high caliber folk around here.  Kiss

I also failed to consider that the bill of your cap has already been dedicated to one of those clip-on LED lights. DD's suggestion has merit. The bicycle bell could double as a bear alarm.
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Reply #84 - Dec 10th, 2010 at 10:15pm
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Old Salt wrote on Dec 10th, 2010 at 7:06pm:
DD's suggestion has merit. The bicycle bell could double as a bear alarm.

Also handy for announcing your arrival/departure at portages!  ALL ABOARD!!! Grin

I WOULD have suggested a smaller one, but they quit using a small compass as one of the prizes in Cracker Jack boxes!   Roll Eyes

On a more serious note ... Doesn't your GPS have a compass function/screen? (Mine does.)   Smiley

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Reply #85 - Dec 11th, 2010 at 12:03am
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You guys got it down. I try and be funny but I think I just come across as annoying.  Tongue

BTW, who told you I have one of those fancy clip on lights anyway? It's powered by a small prop on top of my hat Roll Eyes.  If we were running together I can assure you I would have a bicycle bell thanks to your special brand of encouragement and it would go off every time I pulled into camp. Two can play the game you know Wink.


My primary navigation is going to be map and compass. GPS is going to be backup. I plan on turing it on semi frequently for brief periods just to get used to working with everything in concert. I would like to come off this trip skilled with these three tools.  
  
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Reply #86 - Dec 11th, 2010 at 12:43am
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I am very fortunate to have been able to get a second opinion on my damaged knee. I was able to make both appointments within 7 days of calling. Don't tell me single payer government run health care would be better! I didn't wait months or even years to see a specialist and I was able to call the shots. It's absolutely crystal clear in my mind now what a fiasco single payer would  be but I digress.

The meniscus is tore all the way through and what's done is done. Unlike the other doc this guy said he said he would be doing a dis-service to even think about repairing it as there is no way it would take and I would just end up back for another surgery. He suggested I could live with it as it's not causing any potential for arthritis or he could go in and "clip" the 10% that's tore away and smooth it down and do any scoping if need be. In and out the same day and back to walking normal in a week.

It is also my understanding that the integrity of the knee is not compromised so I should be good to go. I am kicking around having it done. No promise I would be able to do some running or kickboxing but it might be worth a shot.

I was never thinking of backing out but this certainly puts my mind at ease a bit.



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Reply #87 - Dec 11th, 2010 at 12:53am
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My thwart is flat wood and below the gunnels so I put it on top of the thwart.  On my magic I have a 5 inch piece of ¼ ply wood fastened under the thwart which I call my dash. I have a place for pliers , those things you hold northern mouths open and my compass  + space for a couple of lures and my fish detector fastens to the bottom of it. If you have round thwart see if redrock still has the clip on compass.  They look like a plastic finger ring with a split in the bottom.  Or google  compass ring or wrist compass.
Good luck  with that knee.
  
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Reply #88 - Dec 11th, 2010 at 3:17am
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MasterGadgeteer, annoyed? No. Amused? yes.

As for the knee, you are fortunate it is not causing too many problems. I had my meniscus scoped enough times that I don't have any in my right knee. That lead to my partial knee replacement because bone on bone is painful. Now I have artificial cartilage that will outlast me. My Mayo ortho doc told me that getting it scoped would lessen the pain, which it did. Go for it.

I would also consider wearing a compression knee sleave to help support & stabilize knee while portaging. You never know when you might slip...
  
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Reply #89 - Dec 11th, 2010 at 9:14pm
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Well, I just got in the last month my gps, Canadian Topo's for it and Martin's waypoints all loaded up. It looks pretty cool... I expect to try his Minjim route and possibly the trip up to Larus from Royd with a side trip into Irvine. It would then be fun to compare notes with Martin, Jimbo and others who ventured this way. I'll try and depend on compass and paper topo's too. But the GPS will come in handy I'm sure to keep me on track and marking points of interest... Kind of like what MT is planning on doing.
  
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