It is cold......

[Jim Bennett]

You take a machete camping ?

There were about 8 of us that trip, and we put it on one of the pulks (sleds). It is a handy tool when deep in the backcountry, just so long as it is easy to get in.

BTW, this was a ways west of the Upper Kananaskis Lake. It was also about 30 years ago.

I do take a small splitting axe with a 2 lb head in the trailer, for splitting firewood.

 

[gabeck]

Oh well .... guess that means we can't ask you to demonstrate wood splitting with a machete then......

 

[Jim Bennett]

I don't even have a machete any more. I know some guys who do use one, or a bit knife, and just tap it through a round with another chunk of wood.

 

[Oregonian-ESC]

You take a machete camping ?

Of course, it also comes in handy during the Zombie Apocalypse!

 

[Brian B-P]

You take a machete camping ?

What else would one do with a machete?

 

[56reader]

As does a screw driver, kitchen knives, and a samurai sword...

 

[Dave Walter]

What else would one do with a machete?

Brian you obviously have not seen this classic film:

 

[Brian B-P]

Brian you obviously have not seen this classic film...

The IMDB link is broken, but I get the idea... There are lots of uses for machetes, but I'm sure I'd find more non-violent ones around a campsite than at home!

 

[alan in alberta]

Have you noticed it is "not" cold.....

We are in a heat wave up here in the great white north..... t shirt weather!

 

[Loren & Cathy]

Have you noticed it is "not" cold.....

We are in a heat wave up here in the great white north..... t shirt weather!

It is very mild here in the Midwest and I have a new unused snow blower sitting in the garage. But our weatherman who is quite accurate on long range forecasts says a huge Arctic air mass is coming down by the fifth of Feb. and will last for 3 weeks. Spring isn't here yet. Robert from Texas is waiting until late March to go get his 19 and I think that is playing it smart. Loren

 

[Jim Bennett]

Have you noticed it is "not" cold.....

We are in a heat wave up here in the great white north..... t shirt weather!

Yeah, it kinda sucks. All the beautiful snow is melting. Things are getting yucky...

Let winter be winter, I say.

 

[vermilye]

While we haven't had anywhere near our normal snowfall (should be 66" by now & we have only had 41") it has been cold. Some more photos of Lake Ontario, the ice is getting higher:

 

[Karen H.]

There's only 56" at the base of Mt. Baker right now...doesn't even compare with the 95 feet of snow that fell on Mt. Baker the winter of '98/'99. That was a record setter.