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Back to Mosquito Creek

Posted by Ken Campbell December 21, 2012 0 Comment 1390 views

I’m in Aberdeen at the moment, a short pit stop before heading out to Oil City, the southern end of the coast trail in Olympic National Park. I’m going to try to get up to Mosquito Creek to take a look at the dock section that has come ashore there. It will be something of […]

Voice from the past

Posted by Ken Campbell December 20, 2012 0 Comment 1361 views

Earlier this week, the film clip referenced below was uploaded onto my Facebook wall. I’ve watched it a half-dozen times already. It was just a couple weeks ago that I wrote something about the Monkey Wrench Gang… since then I’ve been thumbing through some books of Abbey’s essays. Ed died in 1989. I feel like […]

To the bar

Posted by Ken Campbell December 20, 2012 1 Comment 1940 views

It all started about 15 years ago, on a guide training paddle out around Cape Flattery. There were about a dozen of us paddling from Hobuck Beach to Neah Bay, just a day trip, and we’d stopped for lunch at the little pocket beach right at the corner of the cape. Most of us had […]

$Shameless commerce, Part 3$

Shameless commerce, Part 3

Posted by Ken Campbell December 18, 2012 0 Comment 1236 views

After pushing countless logs out from under the house yesterday in efforts to protect our pipes from drift missiles, it turns out that today is going to be a plumbing day anyway. I managed to save the pipes (I think), but further up the line, something completely took out our reservoir and primary pump, which […]

Wind and water

Posted by Ken Campbell December 17, 2012 0 Comment 1388 views

King tides? Global climate change? Everybody in Seattle flushing at the same time? Hard to say. Probably a combination of the first two… there sure is a lot of water down here this morning though and a lot of wind pushing it around. I’ve got a couple more hours of grunt work pushing the lumber […]

Soggy

Posted by Ken Campbell December 16, 2012 0 Comment 1326 views

After the shootings in Connecticut on Friday, I have had a hard time focusing. I can’t understand the mind of a killer who could do such a thing. I don’t understand the tireless efforts of those who insist it was his mental health, or his upbringing, or that society is somehow to blame, but can’t […]

The Thermette

Posted by Ken Campbell December 15, 2012 1 Comment 2927 views

You want to boil water? The Thermette can do that… more water, faster, and without using any fuel. (Fuel from a can or a bottle, that is.) Kindling, little sticks, a match and four or five minutes and, voila! Kiwi gave me one of these years ago and I still have it. I bought the […]

Shameless commerce (Part 2)

Posted by Ken Campbell December 14, 2012 0 Comment 1302 views

Christmas is almost here and I haven’t done any of my shopping yet. If you’re in the same situation, maybe this will help. I have a limited number of Kokatat PFDs that I’d like to sell before the end of the year. ($153.00 retail, now only $129.00) The finest PFDs available anywhere, 20% off, prices […]

Conquerors of the useless

Posted by Ken Campbell December 13, 2012 1 Comment 1880 views

The title of this post is actually a quote from Lionel Teray, a great French climber who was referring to climbers when he said it, climbers as a species… the idea is that, even the successful climbers, the ones who have actually stood on top of something snowy and tall, have only achieved a fleeting […]

Shameless commerce (Part 1)

Posted by Ken Campbell December 12, 2012 0 Comment 1115 views

I have some great deals on paddling stuff… in time for Christmas. Pumps, paddle floats, board wax, Kialoa adjustable SUP paddles, Kokatat PFDs and semi-dry suits, books, charts, 303, leashes, pogies, dry bags… You get the picture. Call 253.691.7941 and we’ll see what we can put together.