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LightHeart Gear is a new web site that I just came across. They manufacture and sell two new ultra-light tents that look very nice in their photos. The tents are hybrid single/double wall tents with bathtub floors and full mosquito netting. The solo is 1#10 oz. ($235.00) and the duo is 2# ($295.00). This is a nice looking web site with a lot of links to other hiking and backpacking sites.
Yeah, we've been discussing this company lately. It doesn't sound like many people here have used or even seen these tents, although one of the members here has interviewed the lady behind Lightheart.http://hikinginfinland.blogspot.com/2010/02/interview-judy-gross-from-lightheart.htmlIf I hadn't gone for the Hexamid, the Lightheart is a shelter I would have seriously considered. I think it would be a great lightweight shelter that provides excellent visibility on mosquito-laded rainfree nights.
Except for the ridge poll, this looks like the reincaarnation of the Wanderlust Nomad tent
It's very similar to the Wanderlust. I had my hands on a Lightheart for a couple days and set it up in my yard. Very fine crafts[wom]manship and some unique bits to set it apart from it's competitors.Lightheart== == == Wanderlust
Edited by sharalds on 02/24/2010 15:21:18 MST.
Sam, Is the shelter quality/usefulness on par with the likes of Tarptent, Six Moon, MLD?
Travis,That's a broad question as each of those manufactures is of varying quality. I've personally never had my hands on a shelter from MLD or Six Moon Designs so can't comment on them. I do own a Tarptent however and would rate the craftsmanship of both Tarptent and Lightheart as being top notch. I did not field test the Lightheart however so can't comment on performance in any way.** edit - I take that back, I have handled three MLD shelters last summer now that I think of it and would rate Ron's abilities very highly for quality. Once again, no field testing knowledge though.
Edited by sharalds on 02/24/2010 15:25:09 MST.
Sam,I am wondering if you have any experience with the Tarptent Moment and would be able to provide comparisons. I personally have narrowed my next shelter down to the Moment or the Lightheart Solo. They seem to have some similarities that might befit a product comparison at BPL. For example:- They are very similar weights.- They both appear to have the fastest, simplest solo tarptent setups on the market.- They both shed wind at the head and tail ends (vs the corners like most tarptents)- They both only require 2 stakes for the basic setup (assuming the Lightheart is in full ventilation mode).- They both offer headroom at the center of the tentThen there are places where the Lightheart appears to have advantages, such as:- The sides would contain stray arms and legs at night, providing a more secure feeling. Also, the floor will remain taught even when wiggling around. In the Moment, by contrast, you run the risk of slipping off your pad and onto the mesh sides, where you can expose your bag to ground moisture, let pooling water enter the floor, or even damage the mesh. The 'floating floor' is also prone to bunching up as you move about.- The side walls will protect your sleeping bag from contacting any part of the awnings, and provides added protection from heavy rain misting.- The fully retractable awnings provide more comfort in warmer weather, especially as an afternoon nap shelter. See this example:It's worth noting that the person in this photo ("Ramble~On" from Whiteblaze) used the Lightheart Solo for 1900 miles of AT and preferred it over his Rainbow and Lunar Duo shelters.I would be interested in these differences:-Which is more wind stable? At first glance this would be the Moment, with the more taut canopy and end struts. But even if the Lightheart awning is more flappy, would the tent itself remain stable, with the head and foot stakes keeping the trekking poles securely erect?- Which will fit the taller guy? (I'm 6'2")A BPL side-by-side video of these two shelters in high winds would be awesome! At this point I'm guessing the Moment is better at shedding winds, but the Lightheart is more comfortable in warmer/daytime weather. Also, the Moment appears to have a larger awning for cooking under, and a more protected entry from rain, but the Ligtheart appears to have more interior width for better interior storage. I'd love to see these tested and compared!
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>I personally have narrowed my next shelter down to the Moment or the LightHeart Solo.I'm at the same place you are. I'm really intrigued by this tent but the lack of real world reviews is making it hard to pull the trigger. I was having a hard time understanding how this tent could be lighter than a TT Moment, but I just noticed that her listed weight excludes stakes (4 required). Of course Henry Shires always includes stakes in his listings so you have an "all in" weight for the Moment of 28oz and the LightHeart Solo should be 28oz with stakes.Lets face it - if LightHeart had her own Franco, sales of this tent would be a heck of a lot higher.Things that I like about the Moment.1) Proven2) Henry Shires3) Wind Stability4) Vestibule5) Apex VentilationThings that I like about the LightHeart1) Windows and View (Wow!!!!)2) Will accommodate an Exped Deluxe pad3) I'm pretty sure I could fit my big Yellow Lab in there (if I kept my gear outside)4) Did I mention the windows?If it was a TT I would buy it without a second thought, but it isn't and I honestly don't know what I'm going to do...
It looks to me like the fly/awning is a separate piece and not actually part of the main shelter body. Is that true?
I am in the same boat. I have a tarptent double rainbow and I love the quality. Moment looks good but I like the fact that the lightheart solo is a double wall shelter.
I believe the awning is part of the main body that is rolled up at the apex of the tent. It's all one piece I think.
> I believe the awning is part of the main body that is rolled up at the apex of the tent. It's all one piece I think.You are correct - it is 100% integrated into the main body, it looks like it is attached at the ridge-line.
I like the design of the Lightheart Solo, but, since I am NOT a trekking pole user, the Moment looks to be a better choice for me, at 28.5 ounces including center pole. Not that I NEED a tent, but, well, you know...
Not that setting up a shelter is rocket science, but it looks to me like the Moment has the edge as far as ease of setup goes.
Yes and no. it is true that the Lightheart requires four stakes for the full canopy setup, and you have to set your poles the right lenght and get then in the connector tube. On the other hand, if there are mosquitos out, the the Lightheart poles can be assembled and adjusted while inside the mesh. Tarpents are no doubt fast to setup, but you do still have to unravel the pole, guide it through the sleeve, fit it into the grommets, go around to to the other grommet and erect the tent, all while outside. There are times in Oregon where the mosquitos are so bad they swarm you within seconds of stopping. One of my backpacking pet peeves is fiddling with a tent with mosquitos crawling all over me. With the lightheart, it's unravel, 2 stakes, then jump inside, zip up, and erect the poles in comfort.On the other hand, if you are in a downpour the Moment will probably be easier to set up and get in and out of without getting the entry wet. Once again it looks like the Lightheart has the edge for warm, muggy weather, and the Moment has the edge in stormworthiness.The problem with the Moment is that I'm not sure I'll be truly happy; if it is a beautiful night, I will wish I had the Lightheart, but if a storm rolls in, I'll wish I had the Scarp!
Edited by jcarter1 on 04/18/2010 00:10:18 MDT.
I'm in the process of wrapping up the review of the Lightheart Solo.I see you all comparing it to the Moment, which is reasonable, even though the design strategy of the two tents is very different. The bottom line is that both of these are mild weather solo tents. So the comparisons should include all of the usual players from SMD, TT, GG, etc.Here are a few highlights from my time with the Lightheart Solo.1. It's really, really, roomy inside. The headroom thing (not having headroom except the center peak area) is probably way overrated, and it's not an issue in this.2. Condensation resistance is nil on the inner tent, obviously, so your stuff isn't going to get as wet as it will in the "hybrid" and "single wall" shelters. The only risk of your stuff getting wet is when you sleep through a clear, cold, still night, forming condensation on the inside of the fly, and then high winds come up in the morning to bang it off and send it spraying through the mesh. Compare this scenario with the Moment and you'll see the benefits of the double wall design of the Lightheart.3. The views. Oh my goodness. The views!4. Setup is painless, easy, and fast in high winds.5. The tent is stable enough in really foul weather but none of these tents really have meaningful structure so worrying about how they do when the weather turns south is probably not terribly warranted.6. I never really had an issue with the size of the Lightheart vestibule. My shoes and cooking gear and water bladder(s) went out there, the rest of the stuff I bring inside with me anyways, because I use my pack for padding and I like my gear inside so it doesn't blow around at night.7. The *unique* advantage of the Moment is thus, probably not set up time, wind stability, weight with a pole, etc., but rather that you have the ability to open the vestibule a little when it's raining, and you really can't do that in the Lightheart. Otherwise, the Lightheart seems to offer quite a number of practical advantages over the Moment in terms of condensation management, views, and living space.8. Did I mention the views? Mmmmmm....I'm wrapping up the review this month and will get it to Addie soon for publication. I'll stamp "EXPEDITE" on it :)
Thank you so much Ryan for taking the time to write this mini-review!
Thanks for the great review! I have just a few questions:1. How will it do for someone who's 6'2" and has a 77" NeoAir?2. Can you be more specific about its performance in bad weather?3. Can you offer any comparisons with the Big Agnes Copper Spur UL1 or UL2?Thanks in advance for your reply.Greg
Greg -- 1. The big NeoAir fits in fine, which means so will you. You'll probably want to tuck the foot end of your long size bag/pad as far down into the foot end corner of the tent as you can so you sleep with a little more headroom. Unique about the fat pads is that they lift your bag up a few inches higher than thin pads so "effective" space is reduced a little and the foot of the bag will rub against the mesh. Not a big deal. It's a bigger deal at the head end, when you don't want the mesh against your face - that's why you'd tuck your bed as far down towards the foot as you can.2. Bad weather performance. It works fine in heavy rain and the high winds a backpacker is likely to experience between Memorial Day and Labor Day in the mountains of the West. I'm not sure what else to say. All of these little tents, and most tarps of any size, do just fine. Weather performance in 3-season conditions really isn't a problem for any shelter. Add snow and it's another story, and the Lightheart isn't ideal. Too much mesh, you get a lot of wind blown spindrift in there. It's the price to pay for ventilation and views. This isn't a winter shelter.3. Nope, except that it's a pound lighter and has way better views :)
I made a video of setting up the LightHeart Gear Solo Tent last week, which I just uploaded =) It is a very nice shelter, as Ryan said - it is huge and the views are spectacular. I reckon once the Finnish Royal Airforce (aka Millions of Mosquitos) come around, this will be an excellent shelter to gain some mosquito free space to eat, relax and sleep.You can see the video here.
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The system divides teachers into six teams of 15 to 17 teachers overseen by an administrator, a certified lead evaluator of teachers. Administrators would visit classrooms every other week during a 15-minute unannounced classroom walk through, and that day, or within 24 hours, the teacher and administrator would sit down together for a few minutes to discuss findings.
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SECURITY GETS AN AIRINGAviation groups gave the House
Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection an
earful about the ways general aviation security could be enhanced
without crippling the industry at a hearing on Wednesday. NBAA member
Martha King and GAMA Chair Mark Van Tine both told the committee that
applying airline-style security protocols to general aviation will
cripple the industry and not enhance security. "What general aviation
operators seek, and America needs, are measures that do not represent a
needless sacrifice in liberty without benefit to society," King told the
committee. Van Tine said the recently proposed Large Aircraft Security
Program missed the mark on several fronts. "The general aviation
community does not oppose enhancing security," said Van Tine. "However,
we believe that the notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) was
unnecessarily burdensome and did not reflect an adequate understanding
of general aviation operations." More...
ATTENDANCE SPIKES THIS SUMMERThe Arlington Fly-In held last
weekend in Washington state reported a 14-percent jump in attendance over last
year, and it is just the latest big show to report strong numbers. "What
can I say, it was great -- a phenomenal turnout this year," said Barb
Tolbert, executive director for the Arlington event. "We are still
verifying the number of aircraft -- at times the registrations even
overloaded our system -- but it looks to be well ahead of last year."
Other shows around the country are showing similarly strong numbers,
according to the International Council of Air Shows. Many are
reporting all-time record attendance. "Every week, we hear from more
shows who have been challenged to deal with overflowing crowds and also
from performers who have never seen such large crowds at specific
venues," said John Cudahy, ICAS president. "At this point, we're
thinking we'll have an overall increase approaching 20 percent compared
to last year." The recent Rhode Island Air National Guard airshow in
North Kingstown, R.I., featuring the Blue Angels, Canada's Snowbirds,
Sean Tucker and Mike Goulian, drew over 70,000 people. "This was our
largest show in the 18-year history of the event," said Col. Larry
Gallogly, one of the show organizers. "We used every parking spot
available to us and put more spectators on the ramp than we ever have
before." More...
FAA FUNDING BILL DRAWS SUPPORT, CONCERNThe Senate Commerce
Committee this week introduced a bill that would provide funding for the
FAA for the next two years without imposing user fees, and would enable
the agency to move forward with plans for the NextGen air traffic
control system. The Alliance for Aviation Across America, which
represents a slew of GA advocacy groups, released a statement on
Wednesday commending the effort. "We look forward to now working with
the Senate to pass this legislation, which provides the necessary
funding for [NextGen], while protecting the small towns and rural
communities that rely on general aviation." AOPA President Craig Fuller
also applauded the effort, but added that he is concerned about the
short two-year time frame. "AOPA believes that a longer-term funding
package based firmly on existing, proven funding mechanisms offers the
best assurance of achieving modernization swiftly and efficiently,"
Fuller wrote in a "special message to members" posted on the AOPA Web site. "Because full
modernization is unlikely to be completed within two years, the need to
seek funding could delay or derail modernization efforts midstream,
ultimately raising the price tag for completing needed improvements. At
the same time, leaving open the possibility of creating and implementing
new funding mechanisms, as proposed by budget officials within the
Administration, could destabilize funding just when a steady source of
revenue is needed most," Fuller said. More...
LOST IN IRANIAN TU-154 CRASHThe airliner that crashed and
burned in Iran on Wednesday about 15 minutes after takeoff, killing all
168 on board, was a Russian-built Tupolev 154 operated by Caspian
Airlines, based in Iran. An aviation official said a fire broke out in
an engine, and the crew attempted an emergency landing. The cockpit
voice recorder has not yet been recovered, and news reports said the
crew had not discussed the emergency with air traffic control. At the
crash site, near a farmer's field, the aircraft exploded and burned,
leaving a 30-foot-deep hole in the ground. Sanctions enacted after the
1979 Islamic revolution prevent Iran from buying new aircraft or spare
parts from the U.S., or from the European consortium Airbus if the
aircraft contains U.S. parts. The country's airlines depend on an aging
fleet of Boeing and Airbus jets along with the Tupolevs. The airplane
that crashed was built in 1987. More...
HOLE UNDER INVESTIGATIONThe crew of a Southwest Airlines
737-300 made a safe emergency landing after a hole opened in the
fuselage at about 34,000 feet during a flight from Nashville to
Baltimore on Monday evening. It was not immediately clear what caused
the hole, about one foot square, in the upper fuselage near the vertical
stabilizer. Pictures of a squared-off hole posted online suggest a panel
of some sort that came loose, or perhaps a rupture in the skin that was
contained by reinforcing strips. Passenger Michael Cunningham told NBC's
"Today" show on Tuesday morning there was no panic. "Everybody just
calmly ... figured out what was going on," he said, and donned their
oxygen masks as the cabin depressurized. "After we landed in Charleston
[W. Va.], the pilot came out and looked up through the hole, and
everybody applauded, shook his hand, a couple of people gave him hugs,"
Cunningham said. No injuries were reported. The airplane was about 15
years old. The NTSB is investigating. More...
AGREEMENTCirrus Aircraft said on Tuesday that it will team
up with Aerospace Products International to provide spare parts to
owners of its SR-series piston airplanes. "Cirrus customers will benefit
from API's 24-hour-per-day service [and] one-stop shopping for all
aircraft parts needs," Cirrus said in a statement. The new preferred services agreement
marks a key milestone in Cirrus's initiative to offer customer service
and support through the complete life cycle of the aircraft, the company
said. The program will operate under the brand "Cirrus Parts by API." API will provide
parts for Cirrus authorized service centers and will also handle
customer returns and warranty claims. Brent Wouters, president and CEO
of Cirrus,
said it's all about building customer loyalty and satisfaction. "We
explored all the available technology in the aerospace aftermarket and
support industry and chose what we believe to be the most innovative
solution to servicing our aircraft," Wouters said. "This program goes
beyond anything previously provided to aircraft operators and we are
very pleased to be partnering with API." More...
COLUMBUS -- CESSNA CANCELS EXTRA-LARGE JET PROGRAMWhen
Cessna put the Columbus program on hold in April, hope remained that the
jet, which would have been Cessna's biggest ever, would reappear
sometime in the future. "Don't write the Columbus off your radar
screen," said Lewis Campbell, CEO of Textron, Cessna's parent company,
the time. But last week, Textron said the Columbus project is over.
"Upon additional analysis of the business jet market related to this
product offering, we decided to formally cancel further development of
the Citation Columbus," the company said in a filing with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. Textron will take a $43 million
write-off. The SEC statement says Cessna has spent about $50
million on tooling, facilities and other costs for the Columbus, most of
which cannot be recovered or used for other projects. The 10-passenger,
$27 million jet was expected to start deliveries in 2014.
FLIGHT FOR BELITE ULTRALIGHTThe single-place Belite
ultralight, which evolved from an earlier Kitfox design, flew for the
first time on July 4, the company said this week. Although the company
had announced
a "first flight" a couple of weeks ago, that initial effort was
described as only a "test hop" down the runway, with more extensive
flight testing to come soon. Now the airplane has been through a real
90-minute test flight, with a tryout of the aircraft's handling
characteristics, and several touch-and-goes. James Wiebe,
who designed the airplane and launched the Wichita-based Belite Aircraft
Co. to develop and market it, was the pilot. "Flying the Belite for
the first time was, for me, an extremely memorable event," he said. "I
have never flown in an airplane I built or on which I have designed
critical structures before, so this definitely ranks among my most
thrilling flying experiences." He said the airplane cruised at about 54
mph. "Once it was airborne, the airplane handled well. ... It
practically hovers before touchdown and can be stopped within a very
short distance," he said. More...
ANNOUNCES MORE FINANCING FOR LSA PROJECTIcon Aircraft announced last week that it has
successfully closed another round of equity financing to support the
development of the Icon A5 amphibious LSA. The new cash will take the
project through the rest of its flight-test program and will also
finance engineering and manufacturing studies, the company said. Icon
CEO Kirk Hawkins said the company already has orders for more than 400
copies of the airplane, totaling more than $40 million in sales. Icon
also announced that it is pushing out its production start date by nine
months, with first customer deliveries now scheduled to begin in the
third quarter of 2011. This change was due to the crisis in the global
capital markets beginning last fall, the company said. "While the
changes in the capital markets did affect our production start date, the
current economic climate has minimal impact on Icon overall," Hawkins
said, noting that the backlog of sales should carry the company forward
into a new economic cycle. The prototype has been flying since last
summer, but its first public demo flight is scheduled for EAA AirVenture
later this month. More...
RELEASES APOLLO 11 COCKPIT TAPES TO MARK ANNIVERSARYPilots
are generally curious about what it's like to fly other aircraft --
airline pilots dream about aerobatics, military aviators wonder about
Boeing cockpits, and piston drivers might imagine trying out gliders or
DC-3s or jetpacks. But there was one cockpit that only one crew ever got
to experience -- the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle. This week, in honor
of the 40th anniversary of that first trip to the moon, NASA is releasing online the cockpit tapes of the
conversations between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they descended
to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. All of the Apollo spacecraft
included onboard voice recorders, and transcripts of those recordings
were publicly released years ago. But only recently were the recordings
from Apollo 11 digitized so they could be posted on the NASA Web site.
Some of the clips, such as the lunar landing and lunar takeoff, are
mainly noise, and the voices can be hard to understand, but it's still
interesting to hear conversations that were recorded 40 years ago on the
moon. More...
THE FLY ...Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is guest speaker at
today's Atlanta Aero Club meeting...Need a place to stay in
Oshkosh? Dorm rooms have opened up...FAA is accepting ATC
applications through July 17...Aircraft designer Homer Kolb died on
Sunday...Arizona Aircraft Expo will host three events for GA
buyers...A House proposal would increase subsidies for rural air
service. More...
OF THE WEEK: YOUR TRADE SHOW PLANS FOR 2009Last week, we
asked which air
shows were on your schedule for 2009. This week, we want to shift
away from the just-for-fun trips and look at the business and trade
shows on your calendar.Plus: See which air shows were
most popular with your fellow AVweb readers in last week's poll.
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If you've heard something 200,000 pilots might want to know about, tell
us. Submit news tips via email to email@example.com. What have you
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EMPLOYEESBy now, most everyone has seen Dave Carroll's video
for "United Breaks Guitars" and empathized with the plight of the
passenger who can't get any satisfaction from the major airlines. Now
may be a good time to extend some of that empathy to "kind Ms. Irlweg"
and the rest of United's policy-enforcing employees, Russ Niles says in
the latest installment of our AVweb Insider blog.
INSIDER BLOG: AIRPLANES AND GLOBAL WARMINGYou knew we would
have to talk about this sooner or later. Like most of us, Paul
Bertorelli concedes he hasn't the first clue about rationalizing
airplane ownership with climate change but that didn't stop him
from sharing his thought on the AVweb Insider blog. Log in and
add your own opinion to the mix. More...
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AirVenture Oshkosh! All you have to do is click the image at right
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Deadline for
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VIDEO: ASPEN EFIS IN THE DIAMOND DA20The DA20 is a terrific instrument and
basic trainer, and now it has the option of a glass panel with the Aspen
EFIS system. AVweb's Paul Bertorelli recently checked out the
system with test pilot Rob Johnson. More...
Classic Cockpits DVDs
Rick Searle Productions takes you behind the stick of some of the
world's most incredible classic airplanes the Douglas DC-3, the
PBY Catalina, the de Havilland Vampire, and the Avro Lancaster in
a series of Classic Cockpits DVDs.
Click here to watch the video
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reader Marcelaine Lewis has this week's top FBO, Duffy's Aircraft at Marshfield (Wis.) Municipal
Airport (KMFI). Marcelaine writes:
If you're well enough to fly, yet sick enough to need to go to
the Marshfield Clinic, Duffy and Jeff Gaier will greet you on the ramp
with a smile, homemade chocolate chip cookies, and "hometown
hospitality." If your clinic appointment is short, they will even let
you use the courtesy car. (And if you have to spend the night, within a
short walking distance is the Clearwaters Hotel, owned by another
aviation enthusiast.)
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OF THE WEEK: AVWEB'S FLYING PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASELes Smith of Mukilteo, Washington took a
warm glow from the Arlington Fly-In, captured it on film, and turned it
into a warm glow in our hearts this week. How could we not name
this shot our "Picture of the Week" and send Les a gorgeous
new AVweb cap? More...
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New Jersey's crown jewel remains its 130 miles of coastline, spanning from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Our unmatched beaches boast beautiful barrier islands and bays dotted with majestic lighthouses, fishing villages and scenic views.
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For family-friendly beachside fun, it's hard to beat Point Pleasant Beach. The expansive beach is kept crystal clean and the Boardwalk is great for kids (of any age) with dozens of rides along with games of chance, some of the most competitive miniature golf at the beach and Jenkinson's Aquarium.
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Mine is of my wife and one of our dogs near Crabtree Falls in Virginia.
View of Exit Glacier from Marmot Meadows along the Harding Icefield Trail. The trail starts at the Kenai Fjords NP visitor center in the Resurrection Valley near Seward, Alaska. One of the most spectacular hikes I've ever been on.
Well, I don't have one......but not from lack of trying. I kept getting invalid extensions errors and gave up. Sigh.
Mine was taken from the top of Angels Landing in Zion, UT. Great hike BTW!
My avatar is of my son and myself on a 3-day trip to Harriman State Park, NY in 11/06.
I would tell you about mine, but the sporks are after me right now...Michael :)
Edited by DaveT on 11/19/2014 21:38:06 MST.
This pic of me was taken by a Spanish climbing friend on the 'Caminito del Rey', a dilapidated narrow crumbling concrete walkway which runs about 400feet up on the sheer cliffs along the edge of the El Chorro Gorge in Andalucia. I can't remember what scared me more, the rusting supports under the concrete, or the rusting 1/4" wire nailed to the face I was clipped to.
i'll likely change it someday, but that's one of my pups in his down sleep suit and Elton John sunglasses. he's chowing down breakfast on a winter camping trip to Mojave Preserve.
my avatar is a simple self-portrait I took for A Fork in the Trail... not really anything noteworthy
My newest avatar is from a recent trip to the Bear Waller Gap Trail near Carthage, Tennessee. This shot was at the trail's southern terminus at Tater Knob Overlook with views down to Cordell Hull Lake and Cordell Hull Dam.
There's been record amounts of snow in the Cascades this year, my avatar photo was taken near the top of Mount Si on a recent day hike.
1969 Apollo mission to the moon.Stewart Brand started the Whole Earth Catalog, I was getting ready to start high school, and it seemed like the whole world was changing. I remember going outside and looking up at the moon while Neil Armstrong was doing the Ultimate Ultralight Hike :)"Come gather 'round peopleWherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou'll be drenched to the bone.If your time to youIs worth savin'Then you better start swimmin'Or you'll sink like a stoneFor the times they are a-changin'.Come writers and criticsWho prophesize with your penAnd keep your eyes wideThe chance won't come againAnd don't speak too soonFor the wheel's still in spinAnd there's no tellin' whoThat it's namin'.For the loser nowWill be later to winFor the times they are a-changin'.Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'.It'll soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin'.Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road isRapidly agin'.Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor the times they are a-changin'.The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe order isRapidly fadin'.And the first one nowWill later be lastFor the times they are a-changin'."Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin' (but that was 1963)
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Enjoyed reading this whole thread...Thank you all for sharing.It has me changing my own avatar to something a little more meaningful; so my new one is: how it all started for me with my Hike to Heal!On a trail in the Poli Poli area known for its Redwood Grove, here on Maui.
Mine is a photo of the West face of North Palisade at sunset. Taken on a recent trip into the Sierra.
I've since changed my avatar. This was taken last Sept on a trip to Yosemite. Location- S. side of Vogelsang pass above Gallison Lake looking SE over Lewis Creek Canyon towards the Clark Range.
Edited by rswanson on 02/19/2008 11:18:13 MST.
Not exactly lightweight, but this is our family car camping tent, a 19' Sioux style tipi. Very cozy on cold winter nights with a warm fire inside.Wouldn't want to try backpacking with it though!John
Mine is me at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro July, 07.
Just a day hike in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Elive, a complete operating system for your computer that is built on top of Debian GNU/Linux and customized to meet the needs of any user while still offering the eye-candy, with minimal hardware requirements, is now at version 2.1.27 Alpha.
The previous version, 2.1.23, was launched just a few days ago after more than three years of development and included Linux kernel 3.2.0 and the Enlightenment E17 window manager.
While not too many thing have changed in such a short amount of time, it seems that they will not need another three years to bring further improvements to the operating system.
Highlights of Elive 2.1.27 Alpha:
• Multiple improvements in E17 and startup configurations have been implemented;
• A persistence feature where you can save your data in live mode has been implemented into the LiveCD;
• A better list of languages supported is now available, along with their required fonts;
• Elive now supports more languages than before;
• Support for audio cards features including better recognition, improved volumes, mic working by default for applications like skype, has been implemented;
• syslinux is now used to boot the ISO's, which greatly increases the number of computers Elive can boot on;
• The new Wine version 1.5.22 has been added in order to increase support for a wider range of Windows applications.
The developers of Elive also asked for the community's help in testing the operating system and in providing feedback based on their experience.
"We appreciate your feedbacks about the overall speed/lightness of the system compared to last stable version of Elive. You can say something in our chat channel directly from the running system. If you detect any lagging in the system please consider different setups like disabling composite (which you can select on the startup of the graphical system) in order to report improvements," stated the official announcement.
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"I think she's cursed by being pretty," my mom was saying, about a friend going through a hard time.
Life is easy for pretty girls, she explains, and when it isn't, men don't take you seriously and women see you as competition. Dad pipes up, "Well, our daughter is pretty, too!" I look at her. "Not as pretty as Chelsea." Thanks, mom.
I'll give her this: if you looked at Chelsea and I side by side, you'd see Chelsea, and you wouldn't notice me. I've decided to start thinking of this as a superpower: Invisible Woman. Never being recognized is a good reason to keep saying inappropriate things in public and generally live up to my unofficial Noble Shit Disturber title.
Chelsea can be my sidekick: dazzle the men while I get my fingers sticky in the Status Quo jar, and no one will be the wiser. Sounds fun, right? Being a girl is so much fun.
Chelsea and I are both slim, white, and middle class.
Prettiness, I argue, is not a fundamental quality. It's a conventional look dictated by culture and the media that has shifted from pale blonde Marilyn Monroe curves to rail-thin Brazilian dark Gisele in just a few decades. Its fluidity keeps it purchase-able: with orthodontics, dermatologists, diets, makeup, tanning salons, even plastic surgery, anyone can be pretty. If you couldn't buy pretty, it wouldn't have much value, would it?
You "feel pretty" the same way you "feel fat": it's mostly an illusion.
Prettiness, then, is partly a choice, and I've been trying to not choose it. My partner calls me "undercover hot" because you don't realize how bone-able I am until you get to know me well enough to start recognizing me at parties or have the chance to look under my men's size raincoat that I use to hide my body from impending sexual assault.
It wasn't always this way.
When I was younger, I wore short skirts and, always, heels. I wouldn't leave the house without makeup. I worked as a cocktail waitress and flicked my hips around the bar, creating magnetic energy that caused coins to stick to my ass. I am pretty sure that job was at the low end of the sex-work continuum. I wasn't invisible then.
I was also working on my Masters in Literature at McGill, where I was submitting papers under a gender-neutral name, and being accepted with emails addressed Dear Mr. Peters. When a professor wanted to work closely with me on a project, my boyfriend at the time said, "I'd want to work one-on-one too, if I had a student who looked like you."
When I started performing poetry in the competitive form called slam poetry, I started hearing things from men and women like, "I'm coming to terms with how I feel about you using your sexuality to get points on stage" and "Of course you won the slam, you were probably the prettiest one there."
The second time I was sexually harassed at work, I was working at a yoga studio.
After refusing to have sex with the manager, he ignored me, and I was fired for dubious reasons two weeks later. I landed in a fancy wine bar where the managers insisted that when the old mafia guys came in and put their hands on me, that I resist yelling "keep your damn hands to yourself!"
I felt much safer at the bar where an aspect of Hot Cocktail Waitress's superpowers were the bouncers who would kick anyone out who dared to touch me. It's weird that the job where I felt safest in my sexuality was also the job where I was pretty sure I was on the sex work continuum. Being a girl is fun.
Perhaps I shouldn't be so hard on prettiness.
It's not that it hasn't taken me places: "pretty" women get to be cocktail waitresses, which is definitely more lucrative than the "male" job at the bar, which is bussing tables. Certain of my male bosses really liked me (a little too much). Men come to my yoga classes after sending me late-night messages that read, "Ur hot. It makes me wanna do yoga."
It's just that I don't like being treated that way. So I started actively downplaying my femininity and sexuality in the hopes that someone might hear the words coming out of my no-longer-lipsticked mouth. I let my hair go natural, and I am proud of the gray hairs sprouting (I own a small business. I EARNED those gray hairs).
My superpowers have been downgraded (or upgraded?) to Invisible Woman.
It's only sort of working. After all, as my partner reminded me while trying to convince me go ahead and be "overcover hot" again, sooner or later I'll age, and I won't have the chance to be pretty anymore. He took it right back when he saw my eyes turn black, but the point stands.
In the end, neither Hot Cocktail Waitress nor Invisible Woman feel very powerful. Both of us will get old and lose our sexual attractiveness, which is the only power we've ever been told we have.
So perhaps my mother was right: Chelsea is cursed. And she's not the only one.
We've all been forced to fight for the kind of beauty we never get to feel in our own skin. Even if we one day could find "pretty enough," we may have found we paid with our right to be heard. And we're all getting old anyway.
So let them keep their "pretty." Give me my gray hairs and crow's feet if they will undo this strangling pressure to look like I have value.
Let me be free to unleash my terrifying sexuality long enough to make children who can grow up in a world where they will not be cursed or blessed by what they look like. Let me be free to stand up with Chelsea and everyone else who feels silenced by their own bodies. Let us be seen as who we are, heard for what we are saying, and let us be speaking.
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"Gendered Imaginings of 'Courage' and 'Compassion'"…and President Thich Nhat Hanh?
Over at Religion Dispatches, writer Ryan Croken offers a really interesting piece about "gendered imaginings of 'courage' and 'compassion'" and the seeming "incompatibility of spiritual intelligence with political viability." There are also some interesting observations in there about the role of monasticism–represented pictorially by the two spiritual titans above (Thomas Merton and His Holiness the Dalai Lama). The author begins his exploration with an interesting hypothetical: a presidential race between the former U.S. President George W. Bush and the Very Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. He writes:
To probe the root causes behind the separation of enlightenment and state, imagine (for a moment) an impossible yet illuminating hypothetical: Thich Nhat Hanh is running for president against, say, George W. Bush. This historic campaign would undoubtedly give rise to many important, superficial issues, but perhaps one question above all others would seize the electoral imagination: is Hanh "tough" enough for the job?
The standard metrics would be employed. Does he eat the flesh of dead animals? Has he recently threatened or condemned a Third World nation? Does he enjoy sports in which strong, sweaty men frequently smash into one another? As soon as the American public learns that Thich Nhat Hanh's favorite pastimes include sitting quietly, smiling, breathing, and drinking tea, Hanh '09, "The Right Man for the Present Moment," would be done for. The gentle monk would be branded a sissy and sent back to his commune in France.
The fearless Zen master may have the courage to set himself on fire to put an end to war; but for this very reason he would be considered weaker than George W. Bush, a man who has earned his masculine credentials through his resolute yearning to send other people to war.
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One Response to ""Gendered Imaginings of 'Courage' and 'Compassion'"…and President Thich Nhat Hanh?"
Very interesting. These two guys, Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh are both on my " Need to learn a lot more about" list. So it's enjoyable to see them in the same photo together.
Also when I woke up this morning I had a half-baked piece in my head about The Bhagavad Gita and how it's been used, paradoxically, as a justification for both war and pacifism. So coming upon your article fit right in.
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Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) in conjunction with other essential emergency services stakeholders have conducted a full-scale emergency simulation exercise at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Dubbed Operation Tswarapoho, the exercise was aimed at testing the airport's readiness to undertake a full scale response to a heist incident.
In preparation for any aircraft disaster, ACSA is legislatively required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to perform a full scale simulation every two years at O.R. Tambo. However, according to O.R. Tambo's Acting General Manager, Kriss Reddy, "In an effort to enhance our capabilities we have made the decision to test our emergency response procedures in tandem with various stakeholders on an annual basis."
Following months of extensive planning, Operation Tswarapoho commenced just before 8pm last night, ending in the early hours of this morning and involved 15 of the key role-players that would typically be tasked with managing such a situation. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department, Ekurhuleni Emergency Services, the South African Police Services, British Airways, Air Traffic Navigation Services, Immigration and the South African Revenue Services worked closely with the various ACSA Departments to effectively diffuse the simulated heist incident.
Spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM), Zweli Dlamini said, "The EMM fully supports any endeavour that that maintains our high standards of service delivery, particularly within the ambit of safety and security," adding that, "because safety is always a priority, an exercise of this stature is essential to maintaining the highest level of readiness on our part."
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The NSDA Board of Directors is a volunteer board that is elected annually by NSDA Members at the AGM in December of each year. Directors may hold multiple terms but must be re-elected annually. The role of each Director is to serve a minimum of a one year term by leading, advising and supporting the activities of the NSDA. Board composition is not limited to the doula profession but rather includes a variety of individuals who are passionate about birth and postpartum support.
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Green Ridge played Smithton at Green Ridge and won 17-2 in 4 innings Thursday night.
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Amber Rhoads had a single and had 2 RBIs.
Katie Swearingin went 1 for 3 with a single and 3 RBIs.
Green Ridge is now 4-1 overall and 2-0 in conference.
Green Ridge plays Lincoln Friday night at Green Ridge at 5.
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