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*laughs* I wasn't calling you a two-pole wussy or anything... just never occured to me to use two poles for hiking (and not just skiing)... bro uses a collapsable fiberglas one, I've always just found a suitable tree limb and carried it through, redepositing it at the trail head for the next guy... I should actually get one, I guess - for when my luck runs out.
Where we hike it's a lot of "shield" - rock face that gets slick with moss and wet so I'd probably faceplant with both hands full.
Bren R.
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Thanks for the support folks. The good news is that nobody got seriously hurt as a result of the ice. Over 200,000 without power at it's peak. I understand there are still pockets of a few dozen customers without power here and there. That would make day number 8 for those poor souls. My power was off from Monday night to Friday afternoon. Borrowed a generator from my parents to save our pipes from freezing. Because we live about 2 hours away we thought we could share the generator as it would be unlikely we would both be without power for long. While they were OK in the eastern end of PEI, this did teach us that that might not always be the case so I guess I know my next big purchase... HT room budget dipped into one more time. Here is a few pics from our line crews. They are small but they were taken in low res. I want to add some more of my own tonight. I have some interesting ones of trees bent down over the road to the point they washed (scraped) your car on both sides when you drove between them. Ice Storm Pics Thanks again and Peter, falling down, without getting hurt, did make me feel better. Can I count on you to take a spill every time I need it?
With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.
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I'm not much for snow, but sometimes it's worth it. My wife took this picture in our front yard this morning with her little Canon.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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That ain't Caleeforneeyay.
Can't be.
Michael, what is the elevation where you live?
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Damn, that's pretty. I'm envious.
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For "Caleeforneeyay" it's been pretty cold lately. Nothing like the rest of the country, but cold for us nonetheless. I can't complain, though, it's been clear and sunny out as well.
That is a pretty picture.
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Tom, we are about 4300 feet above sea level. I've spent most my life farther south in Ca. where the temps rarely dropped below 50F, I'm not a big fan of cold weather so it's hard for me to imagine how our brothers to the North can even deal with what they go through in winter.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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The brain gets numb from the cold and we cease to notice winter. LOL
Dave
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