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I’m exploring ways to keep it going and making it more resilient. But what I did was a huge step. We are now on the latest OS, and dumped a bunch of old stuff that wasn’t used for the site, all the underlying components got upgraded. we just need to keep it simple. I will keep it going.

You’re still cranking.

The new Mini3 seems be how Garmin is fighting back. You can send photos and voice notes with it now. So how long till you can do that with a phone? I would wager its in the works already. https://hikingguy.com/hiking-gear/garmin-inreach-mini-2-vs-mini-3-should-you-upgrade/

Highway 2 - pretty screwed how many places are it out? - no way to Stevens Pass. Can’t get to Leavenworth that way. 410 - down to one lane, sure to hose access to Crystal what else

Emily M, Jonathan P, thank you both for your generous support! I'm not sure of your either user name here, but DM me. Jonathan, I have a hunch on you but want to be sure. Also Rolf and Philip, thank you for both your continued to support of the site! That money really helps...we will have extra cost this month as I had to spin up some extra servers in the recovery effort. And I can't in my right mind bill our site sponsor for this month.

I think we lost just a few posts as I had to restore from a backup to start the journey to recover the site. It wasn't much, that still does bum me a little and I'm sorry. But the site is back and I'm really happy. I was so stressed.

We are not dead! That was extremely trying. The server totally crashed in a terrible way right in the middle of a super intense week at work for me and I was taxed mentally to the max figuring this out. Luckily I have a couple really good friends, ex-coworkers...but they are friends to give me moral support and confidence to do everything I did which was rebuild everything on modern software. So the site is in a MUCH better place than it was pre-crash. I still have a bunch of maintainance to do, but the site is back up and going. Thank you for sticking around. We WILL keep this place alive dammit.

WE FIXED IT!

I wish! Always wanted to go.

New Zealand?

https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/hikers-marijuana-prosectuion/ by the what is prosectuion? Clearly the writer of the article was high.

Monkey shrieks and grunts and take! Take! Take!!!!!!

I would love to hear all of that stuff. I grew up out there, born in Forks till first grade, then Quilcene from first grade to half way through high school, then PA for the rest of high school and junior college. Via scouts I hiked all over the Olympics. i love those pictures! Reminds me of the pictures of my early scouting days, nobody in Quil had any money and you could see it on the clothes on our back and the gear we had. That was early 80s. tell us about the truckers!

Huge shout out to these guy....the @AAI continues to keep the lights on here. I'm so greatful that they recognize what this site means. Please do pitch business their way, support them because they support us. They have a great gearshop with great selected equipment too, btw. Thank you Jason, we really do appreciate you and your folks!

Thanks Dave I would love to hear more from you, anything you can share about your time in the Olympics!

Yes. Bring it. Man so different from my last time there. Now all the good free camping is just up the road where I used to go 4x4ing in my Honda Accord to find firewood. And the “campground “ is closed (not sure if shutdown related).

That is an awesome picture

Meet me here to fight or listen to Counting Crows. Hurry up! Bring licker. Round here!!!

It’s a bit more fiddlly than the inreach (I have a Mini2). Others thing about the mini2 is it has insane battery life, versus a phone (unless you go airplane mode, etc). I also wonder how much longer the satellite messaging will be free…I’m betting it will at some point cost extra. that said if I already had not paid for the garmin I probably wouldn’t at this point. And I’m probably not getting good value for my money given how many times a year I am truly out of cell service. But for now I still pay for the Garmin service. it won’t be long till there won’t be such a thing as “off the grid” or “out of cell service “ … the death of that freedom

Thank god I procured 3 of the memberships.

That third pic fromn the bottom.....thank you for sharing as usual!

Wait….rat has a fing blog??

On a road trip in Idaho and Montana and came across this hat in a thrift store in a little town in Montana when I stopped in to get some steak knifes. Got this and three steak knifes for $2. Thank you Steve and RIP.