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smoke- I can rent Tiny Elvis out if you want, shipping won't be much as he only weighs 13 lbs


just got back from a 10 mile snowshoe loop (w/ an overnight)- got cold last night I'm hear to tell you

Tiny Elvis doesn't look as happy as he normally does in that pic. Has that "I"m freezing my ass off, let's go!" look.

As good as last week was for me, this week sucked. Caught the plague Sunday and just starting to feel close to normal today. Back at in next week.

yeah it got down to -2 last night up high, he wasn't an overly happy camper

So Elvis is the secret?

tiny Elvis is a trooper for sure

what a pathetic clown. Its really a shame you come on here and try and ruin this thread

Got home late so a quick hour:

Rower: 15minutes

Weights: Back 40minutes

Hiked our 7-mile logging road loop late today. Beautiful day to be in the woods. Approx. 1500' elevation gain.

Mike- that's cold. Does Tiny E tolerate being covered up? One of our dogs does, the other does not and freezes all night. You using a bag I take it? Getting ready to order my quilt...

definitely!




it's a "quasi" bag- Feathered Friends Flicker- center full zip, hoodless- so you can open it like a quilt or zip it fully like a bag; it's only rated to 20 degrees so I added a 50 degree Apex quilt over the top- still pushing it for below 0 though

yeah he burrows in a like a tick

Cyn tells me I should get an Enlightened Equipment Enigma... or a Catabatic... I'd rather research boat gear so I'll probably just go with one of those, haha... I'll probably go 20 degree. I have an amazing Marmot down bag (with Goretex shell) from way back that is rated way down there and works great; the quilt is more a summer/ JMT thing. But I'm psyched to give a quilt a spin. I've used that Marmot as a quilt, as much as that's possible anyway, and I love the freedom to sprawl a bit, compared to being squozed like a sausage in a casing in a mummy bag.

I've owned both; more spendy, but I think Katabatic is a better quilt- 15 or 20 degrees should be just about right for the JMT

6 miles on the trails with Tiny E; crazy weather for us- got to 55 degrees today!!!!

gym this morning

squats 5/5/5+ @ 65/75/85 of 1RM
bench 5/5/5+ @ 65/75/85 of 1RM
pullups 3x10
dips 3x30
core

Had a short weather window between the wind and rain so we snuck a 3.5 mile hike up a ridge behind "Burp Hollow" (yes that's real)..... a good huff, ~ 1000 ft vertical gain. We have each now found a tick biting us as an added bonus.

4 miles on another gorgeous evening- temps in the mid 40's, feels like spring

4 miles on the trails with Tiny E- a fresh 2" of snow on the trails, so much for the spring weather

Did a walk with the pack on Sunday, and lower body in the gym yesterday.

Elliptical: 10 minute warm-up
Weights: legs 45 minutes
Stair master is back: 20 minutes
Treadmill: 15 minute cool down

Upper body today. Gotta get in shape for fly fishing in Scotland.

Cool!!!! Bring a Lass. No a Lass, not Lassie.