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Yup! The grizzlies are there for his entertainment!

Not sure of this, but we might need to check with both the city and prov gov as there might be permit needed for liability reasons, etc. As this will take place on city property and/or in a prov park...

No! But you can under dry! LoL

x 2 Depending on the type of gear (bamboo for example) it may not be appropriate to donate to an org like PHWs, but they and other orgs can always use cash!!.

The business referenced earlier in this post does (pretty sure none of the shops, sponsors or otherwise do) - maybe it's just a seasonal business... Also I think Sport's Rent, rents as well, I know they rent float tubes...

Rob, I don't think it's too much work at all (though I'm sure there was a hint of sarcasm within your post). What we do is anytime we make a "dryable" meal for a regular dinner at home, we just make more (double the recipe) and portion out the excess and then dry it (or put it in the freezer and dry it later)...

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MEC also has kevlar & waterproof laces as well!

THEICEMAN (Matt) and his wife organized the last one I participated in 3 or 4 maybe 5 years ago (1st time I met Rick, Max, L2K, Murray, Cheeler, Bcubed, Cdone, Dune and a few others). Did a really good job too! Got a lot of sponsorship (interesting that most if not all was from non sponsoring shops and organizations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Had great draw prizes (won myself a $400 Bauer reel) and food from Spoumbos! Pictures are up on here somewhere!! Held it out at Policemen's flats b/c of some provincial park regs, if I remember correctly... And the bbq at FCP. Quite a few went from Glenmore down, 22x up and down, and both sides of Policemen's Flats!

Super easy to dry food in a conventional oven. We did that for a few years before getting a dehydrator... Just spread out whatever you are drying as thin as possible on a cookie sheet (may need to use some parchment paper or a silicon mat so things don't stick especially liquid, i.e. spaghetti sauce - it's a pain in the ass scraping plus you may lose some of the food). Set your oven at it's absolutely lowest setting and leave the door open about 3" - 4" - also works a bit better if you use a small fan to blow into the oven (I used a table fan on a chair), unless you have a convection oven. Most things take about 8 - 10 hours to dry. The one draw back is the entire house smells like whatever you are drying! LoL. We can use the dehydrator in the garage... A couple of suggestions... If you are drying any kind of meat (not ground) make sure to slice it as thin as possible! It will rehydrate much faster on the other end. Also, bring an extra empty 1 litre wide mouth Nalgene with you as you can put the dried food in there the morning before the evening meal and put some boiling water aprox 1" above the level of the food (if you can check it at some point during the day to add more water if necessary - might not be possible depending on how easy it is to access your food as it will be hung) - but be careful not to add too much water as it will ruin your food. You may need to experiment a little until you get it worked out.

My wife and I dehydrate all our own! Ezzy Peezy - bought a used dehydrator off of MEC gear swap site for $20!! Have a bunch of great recipes Moroccan stew, veggie chile, thai green curry. All the stuff you buy has way too much salt and is super expensive! Have learned a few things over the years about prep. to make things easier when rehydrating, so if you have any specific questions, ask away!

Nice one Rob! Classic!

Very cool story Gary! Were you up at Corral Creek/Hidden Lake area? Or further up towards Skoki? I've seen wolverine tracks but never a sighting? Thanks for sharing! P

You know what they say about opinions and assholes Darrin?!

I guess I don't know my own strength Brent! LoL

Yeah I have found that the spongy part of the pad "for application of the line goo" doesn't last all that long...

I have the textured and it's pretty much the same as the regular GPX but much louder - not sure if it's annoying to me yet or not... Only reason I bought it is I got a deal on it!

You know it Rob!!

Jason, If you cut the amount of elk/deer hair you need, pinch it between your fingers and then flick it a few times (like you are flicking a mosquito off your skin) that will dislodge all the under fur. Then you can put it in your stacker...

Could easily do this yourself by winding the backing onto something like a piece of cardboard then wind it back up in the direction you need (may want to have someone add a little bit of tension while winding).

Bear spray, bear bangers and a friend I can out run!!

So I best explain the above post... Deb and I were at the Folkfest with Rick and his wife and decided to leave at the start of the Avett Bros set, and have never lived it down since!! And Rick reminds me every time he sees me! LoL

Don't say it!! I know, I know!!

Yes you dare! They are elusive! Only a few on here have acutally caught one!! A few more have seen them! They do exist!! Jury is still out on whether they eat the brains of those who do catch them...

Plumeja, Are you looking at hiking to a mtn lake to "camp"? Or just day trips? There are some specific regulations/restrictions that you would have to consider if you are interested in "camping", depending on what experience you are looking for... P