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judy, judy, judy
I hate to conform to stereotypes, but I LOVE Judy Garland. I have loved her since I was a little boy. Gosh, if my parents could only see it coming. 🙂
Judy's 84th birthday would have been this Saturday, June 10th. Every year, there is some cable network that pays tribute with a Judy marathon. This year, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is the one.
The fun begins at 6:30 AM (Eastern) on Friday, June 9th. TCM will be showing:
6:30 AM – For Me And My Gal
8:30 AM – Meet Me In St. Louis (one of my favorites)
10:30 AM – The Clock
12:00 PM – The Harvey Girls
2:00 PM- – Summer Stock
4:00 PM – In The Good Old Summertime
6:00 PM – The Pirate
I think the world would be a happier place if it were like a Judy Garland movie. And, I also want to mention The Entertainment Beat with Frances Gumm. If you're a fan, then you know that Frances Gumm was Judy's real name. The extremely talented Billyboy impersonates Judy as if she were living in modern day. Judy comments on current music, news, performs live songs, and has celebrity interviews. It's a great podcast!
Which Horror Film Are You?
Dawn Of The Dead
You take pride in being different. You don't follow any trend, you don't follow any path of life – although this isn't the way it has always been. You used to conform for the masses – you were just like everyone else. Whatever your reasons were, you changed, and are now having fun being an individual and standing out above the rest.
Which Horror Movie Are You?
photo fun with the gays.
I feel a little shitty doing this…but if people are going to list their full name, income, place of employment, and complete educational background on MySpace, then I suppose they won't mind me posting their photos on my blog.
These are people I went to school with who are either gay, in the closet, or gay bashers.
This is my girlfriend from grade school… now an out-and-proud lesbian. You would never guess it, would you?
This guy always denied being gay. Well, at least he's out now.
This is an asshole gay basher who used to make me miserable. One day, I decided to punch him in the face. But I missed, and punched him in the ear…which was actually very effective. The ear is very tender.
This is a guy I always wanted to be gay, but wasn't… and isn't.
I don't remember this guy, but he's gay. He actually looks like someone who would be nice to talk to. Yes, he's holding a tampon.
Unfortunately, this thespian has never found his way out of the closet. But he will, eventually. You can't hold it in forever!
This is my cousin, who is gay-friendly, but doesn't know I read her MySpace blog. Isn't she sultry?
6-6-06: Repent your souls, bitches!
Okay, so today is 6-6-06. I saw a segment on the news last night about pregnant mothers who didn't want to have their babies today. So you know there's some lady going into labor, trying her best to keep her legs closed.
In other news, tonight is the premiere of Kathy Griffin's 2nd season on Bravo. I love that hag! And I also love The Simple Life, which started its new season last Sunday. You can say what you want about Paris Hilton, but that show is hilarious. I dare you to watch it without laughing…I dare you!
My favorite quote: "When I have children, I'm going to name them London and China"
News of the Day
Well, it's Monday. We have a whole week ahead of us and it's off to a boring start…
* Gay marriage is once again the hot button political issue. It's nice that Bush takes the time to make sure every minority is discrimated against equally.
* Apparently Britney Spears is taking the first steps to divorcing Kevin Federline. This will be the biggest news is entertainment this week, so you might as well be prepared to hear it 50,000 times in the coming days.
* The residents of Hell, Michigan, are planning a huge celebration for tomorrow, which is 6-6-06.
That's about it. Yep, boring, I know.
The Emancipation of Meme
My twin "brotha from another motha" Mr. Secret did this meme, and I decided to do it too. Feel free to join in!
Best Summer:
The Summer of 2001. It was my first summer with Rodney, and we had such a good time.
Best Car Ever Owned:
Toyota Corolla
Best Cruising Song:
I have a lot of favorites, but Madonna's "Hung Up" does seem to be fun in the car.
Favorite Meal:
Alfredo Pizza
Favorite Season:
Most Proud Accomplishment:
Graduating with a 4.0 GPA in college
Best Christmas Gift:
Rodney and I gave ourselves our dog Petey for Christmas 2005.
Best Embarrassing Moment:
Now why would I share that with you?
Best Slow Dance Song:
I've alwas liked Boyz II Men "I'll Make Love To You". Unfortunately, none of my partners have ever liked that song, therefore I cannot get them to dance with me to that.
Best Night:
February 16, 2006
Best Summer Drink:
Pina Colada
Best Summer Getaway:
Outer Banks, NC
Best Memory of Childhood:
Swimming with my best friend Katie
Best Song to Put on a Mix Tape for the Boy You're Dating:
I can't pick one, but I do like adding classic songs by Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin.
Best Songs to Listen to When Thoroughly Depressed:
I always liked Joey McIntyre's "Stay the Same"
young again
This morning I saw a young boy riding his bike through the neighborhood. In a strange way, I envied him. It's summertime, and the kids are out of school. Sometimes I miss the days of summer.
Do you ever look back to the simple days of childhood? I always loved the summer. Swimming pools and cookie dough ice cream. Granted, I can still swim, and I can buy ice cream anytime I want. But you get my point. It's different when you're a child.
There are no responsibilities, no schedules or deadlines, no bills to pay. My parents always told me to appreciate it while I had it, but of course I took it for granted. That's how humans are. You don't know what you have until it's gone.
It's fun getting caught up in memories. What is your favorite memory of summer?


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THE spectacular success of the new Powell Symphony Hall inaugurated in St. Louis last week is probably going to lead a lot of people to a lot of wrong conclusions. In a kind of architectural Gresham's law, the right thing wrongly interpreted usually has more bad than good results.
February 04, 1968
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The hottest days in Australia will increase in temperature by up to 6 degrees and higher than previously predicted sea-level rises could decimate the Northern Territory's Kakadu wetlands, according to an international scientific report to be released on Friday.
The latest findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the science of climate change, on which The Australian Financial Review has been briefed, are expected to upgrade the likelihood that man-made activity is causing global warming to 95 per cent.
It is now "unequivocal" Earth has warmed since the start of the 20th century by 0.89 degrees. In contrast, in 2001 the probability of this being the case was only 66 per cent.
The release of the report is set to intensify domestic political debate about the future of the carbon price scheme and the credibility of the Abbott government's Direct Action policy in reducing emissions. A summary will be released in Stockholm around 7pm Australian eastern standard time on Friday.
To keep temperature increases below 2 degrees, the report finds global greenhouse gas emissions will need to be cut by 10 per cent a year.
But there is less confidence than the last report in 2007 that global drought or hurricane activity has increased. The new report also reduces the minimum possible temperature increase from 2 degrees to 1.5 degrees if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations double.
Importantly, the report responds to the slowing of temperature increases over the past decade. The slowing has been seized upon by critics of the IPCC as evidence man-made climate change is not occurring.
The IPCC says the slowdown is partly explained by an increase in aerosols – fine atmospheric particles – and the storage of heat in lower levels of the ocean has slowed surface warming.
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Local actor: 'I haven't been back to California'
Many New Mexico actors feel blindsided by the $45 million cap on film incentives that passed in the $5 billion state budget bill, Wednesday, after many thought $60 million was a reasonable compromise.
"By bringing it down to $60 million, the industry lowered (incentives) eight percent more than last year,†Book of Eli actress Lora Martinez-Cunningham, said. "We were railroaded. I couldn't believe what happened.â€
Rep. Dennis Kintigh, R-Roswell, who voted for the cap, said that he had never been in favor of the film incentives program, but believes that some New Mexicans have benefi ted from it.
"There's no doubt that some individuals have benefited from it,†he said."The problem is, at what cost? It's one industry that's privileged not to share any kind of (fiscal) pain.â€
Martinez-Cunningham said discussions that took [auth] place behind closed doors led industry leaders to believe that $60 million would be the cap amount.
"We were happy. …They were happy we were happy. It was a done deal. We compromised,†she said.
Martinez-Cunningham said Rep. Dennis Roch's, R-Texico, proposal to lower incentives to $40 million during session was a surprise.
"A float like that would limit us detrimentally,â€she said.
"I'm glad that we have the 25 percent put in place from the film incentives,†Jo Edna Boldin, C.S.A., casting director said. "I'm not too happy about the cap. It's just upsetting to me that it's been so pointed toward the film incentives to being the answer to balance the budget. It has gotten a little emotional on both sides and it doesn't quite seem fair that we're being singled out.â€
Johnnie Hector, of Roswell, whose film credits include Brothers, No Country For Old Men and The Keeper, is among the thousands of New Mexico actors who see the benefits of working in the state.
"I studied in California and I grew up here in Roswell,†he said. "When the incentive bill hit New Mexico, about five years ago, I had no need to go back to California. It was a blessing. The films that are here are top-notch. The opportunity is amazing for New Mexico actors.â€
Hector believes that legislators need to be more informed about the trickle-down effect of film incentives.
"I wish they'd look into it and realize that there are over 10,000 kids going to college that are actually in media arts, who are in the film industry.â€
According to Martinez- Cunningham, some incentive dollars that make it to Roswell end up on the Eastern New Mexico University- Roswell campus in the media arts program, led by individuals like Alan Trevor.
"We pour money into these programs, because we're educating students for jobs when they graduate,†Martinez-Cunningham said. "And it's not a job, it's a career. If we take away this industry, we're creating more unemployed people. It diminishes returns.â€
As an actor, Hector values the quality of New Mexico films, which he believes have more of a realistic and environmental feel, considering they've been shot outside of the studio, and most important, away from Hollywood.
"They're using actual natural environment,†he said. "They're using the woods, the streets, the country. When you watch a New Mexico film, you can tell that there's more depth to it — a unique feel.â€
Hector's colleagues in the state are echoing his sentiment on the importance of New Mexico film incentives and the uniqueness of films shot in New Mexico. Martinez- Cunningham, owner of Albuquerque's Actor's Studio, and casting director Jo Edna Boldin, C.S.A., are among the many who believe that film incentive dollars are stretched in more ways than one.
"Film companies bring so much money into this New Mexico market,†Boldin said.
Both are worried about the misconception that dollars are given back to Hollywood, when in fact, they stay in New Mexico, contributing to schools, tourism and businesses that focus on film, not to mention the thousands of jobs that are created from television and movie projects.
"It's the New Mexicans that make their living that we're fighting for,†Boldin said. "Not Hollywood. The 10,000 of us who depend on those projects coming in — that's what we're fighting for, is keeping alive and employed people, who live here in New Mexico and their children.â€
"It is a misconception born of misinformation and manipulation,†Martinez- Cunningham said.
Josh Berry, like Hector, a Roswell citizen, moved to the area with his wife Ari, specifically for the film incentive program. Because of the program, he said that he has no need to venture back to Tinseltown.
"Every single producer I've talked to on every single set has told me the reason that they were in New Mexico was directly because of the incentive package,†Berry said. "My wife has gotten five or six jobs with the Screen Actors Guild union that she could not get before.â€
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Home › Forums › General Forums › Philosophy & Technique › Tarp/Bivy advice needed.
Jan 14, 2007 at 7:23 pm #1221231
I'm relatively new to using tarps as shelter (I've spent a total of about twelve nights under them now) and everything has worked out fine so far…because I've never encountered any "real" weather with one yet. Call it good luck, but not even a small shower, even at well above treeline (13'000+).
So i'm planning to solo the JMT this August and want to take the tarp (a small 1-man Oware Cat 1.1)…but I'm not sure I 100% trust the weather protection of it yet. I don't own a bivy: So the question is, do I REALLY need to buy or make one? Honestly, I'd rather not spend the money if I don't have to- I have enough gear. Think I could get by with a space blanket or a plastic sheet to protect my bag from spray if it's really coming down? I know breathability could be an issue, but in my experience wet "breathables" don't breathe anyway. Or should I suck it up and shell out the $$$?
I can't decide…your advice is appreciated.Jan 14, 2007 at 7:38 pm #1374380
James PittsMember
@jjpittsLocale: Midwest US
What dates in August will you be on the JMT, if you don't mind my asking?
I say a good bivy is worth it. You'll get a lot of service after the JMT as well. It's a very versatile piece of gear.Jan 14, 2007 at 8:14 pm #1374387
As of right now, I'm looking at heading out somewhere in the last week of July/first week of August. I want to go from south to north, probably entering through Kearsarge Pass/Onion Valley and cutting off about 30/40 miles: 1. I've been in the Whitney zone and on the summit recently- I want to avoid the crouds and I don't feel I need to repeat it right now. 2. Trying to get a permit at the Whitney end is a fiasco I don't want to deal with.Jan 14, 2007 at 8:22 pm #1374389
you dont have to shell out tons of cash to get a a bivy that will do the job. I am only 17, so price is important to me. I found the bivies at Tigoat (titaniumgoat.com) for only $50 and they only weigh 8oz for a large. These seem to fit the bill perfectly. Also for half the price of oware you can get an EPIC one. Bivies add warmth and protection as well as the freedom to arrive at camp late, drop your stuff and crawl inside without trying to pitch a tarp.Jan 14, 2007 at 8:39 pm #1374392
Stephen, thanks for the link to Tigoat, I haven't seen their stuff…and it is much cheaper than what I've been looking at. I'll probably go this route.Jan 16, 2007 at 6:07 pm #1374624
no problem. i just got mine in the mail today. Check out my post with pictures on "The G spot" to see more details about the EPIC oneJan 19, 2007 at 6:27 pm #1374940
Thom KendallMember
@kendalltfLocale: IL
Take it from someone who has never used anything but a tarp/bivy. I survived a big thunderstorm (up to 25 mph winds) in a canvas tarp. The big thing is how you stake it or tie it down. I believe there was an article written recentley on the subject by the Backpackinglight staff but I do not remember where. When I use a modern tarp I like to stake it then place pine needles or boughts or something soft inside and along the edges. If I am expecting more unpleasent weather I will use tree limbs to hold the outside edges down. I do not know what the JMT is but if you can place your tarp in an area naturally protected from severe wind. Just my two cents.Jan 19, 2007 at 7:56 pm #1374948
Erin McKittrickBPL Member
@mckittreLocale: Seldovia, Alaska
No advice, but a question for all tarp/bivy users.
What is the reason behind bringing a small tarp and a bivy, instead of just a larger tarp? Or just a bivy? A tarp by itself is way less weight, even if it's large enough to pitch down to the ground to protect from bad weather. My tarp that holds 3 people is still only 16 oz.Jan 19, 2007 at 10:53 pm #1374954
I agree that in most cases it does seem unnecessary, but this is my reasoning. I plan on using a poncho/tarp which I would need for rain protection and a pack cover anyway, therefore using it as a tarp only costs me 2 oz in stakes and guylines. I then us my bivy as my primary shelter and only set up the tarp when raining. The bivy then adds extra warmth, bug protection, and protects my precious down from freak storms. A larger tarp can't be worn as easily. Also, a groundsheet would be needed anyway, and a bivy only weighs a little more.Jan 19, 2007 at 11:01 pm #1374955
RogerBPL Member
@fastwalkerLocale: SW
"What is the reason behind bringing a small tarp and a bivy, instead of just a larger tarp?"
Bozeman Mountain Works VAPR Bivy Sack 6.5 oz
Bozeman Mountain Works Stealth 0PRO 6' x 4'5" x 8'L 7.9 oz
Total 14.4 oz **excluding stakes and tie down line
Gossamer Gear SpinnTwinn 9' x 7' x 9'6"L 8oz.
**excluding stakes and tie down lineJan 20, 2007 at 7:47 am #1374969
Richard MatthewsMember
@foodLocale: Colorado Rockies
Sometimes a big tarp will not fit back in sheltered sites.
A big tarp is harder to pitch taut.
In good weather I don't pitch my poncho and the bivy keeps my sleeping bag dry in case I get suprised.
I love my 8'X10' tarp but it is overkill in moderate weather.
"What is the reason behind bringing a small tarp and a bivy, instead of just a larger tarp? Or just a bivy? A tarp by itself is way less weight, even if it's large enough to pitch down to the ground to protect from bad weather. My tarp that holds 3 people is still only 16 oz."Jan 20, 2007 at 8:16 am #1374976
Great conversation here.
In my experience, the tarp worked fine by itself MOST of the time. The bivy is critical when rain is blowing sideways or when you get spindrift. I use a quilt and the bivy also cuts the breezes and makes the system much warmer. A big tarp will minimize these problems but not as well as the small tarp/bivy combo. And you don't get the warmth.
Once when going with just my poncho-tarp, I got into cold, windblown rain conditions- I was wet and cold despite ground level pitching and was really wishing for my bivy. I'd highly recommend the combination, especially when using a quilt or overbag.
Exceptions come with fully enclosed tarp shelters such as the Gossamer Gear Spinshelter or the Six Moon Designs Gatewood Cape. I've never used the Gatewood Cape but I know others that love it. The Spinshelter is a great shelter- I survived a pretty crazy night in that shelter. Problem with these is they're more expensive.
That said, if you're staying low and know the weather is going to be fine, leaving the bivy at home is pretty reasonable.
Other cool tarp companies to check out:
Mountain Laurel Designs
Best of luck with your tarp hunting!
DougJan 20, 2007 at 2:49 pm #1375009
Jason ShafferMember
@pa_jayLocale: on the move....
Hi Craig,
You might consider making your own bivy too, or getting someone to do it for you: a very simple 2-dimensional one, w/ a DWR nylon top, silnylon floor, and a drawcord opening would be quite effective.
Erin: "What is the reason behind bringing a small tarp and a bivy, instead of just a larger tarp?"
One of BPL's earlier articles, "Advanced Tarp Camping Techniques for Inclement Conditions", is a good read on this topic:
One point not yet mentioned: A smaller tarp is especially more stable in high winds. The smaller the surface area, the less force its fabric, seams, and stakes must withstand to shed wind. My current setup is a BMW Stealth 0 Nano (quite small) w/ a Vapr bivy, and this effect has been noticable. I really enjoy the fast setup of smaller tarps too. Kept in my pack's kangaroo pocket, I can be sitting under a tightly pitched tarp before a buddy has his tent unpacked. Even pitching my 10×10 tarp seems like is a chore in comparison, and since something that big is usually pitched flush to the ground on 3 sides, I really miss the sights and sounds alot.
Of course, this has been a process for sure: I've downsized my tarps over the last six years or so, as my confidence has grown. But sleeping under a small tarp is now one of the highlights of backpacking for me.Jan 20, 2007 at 5:08 pm #1375014
Frank RamosMember
Big tarps have big footprints and are extremely unstable in high wind situations unless you stake all sides to the ground, which means zero headroom unless you have a pyramid style tarps. Also, staking all sides to the ground causes bad condensation regardless of the tarp shape.
A small tarp (such as oware 1.1 or 1.5) combined with a waterproof bivy is a good solution for cold conditions. My camping season runs from April through September, meaning much of the time is in the heat of summer, when a waterproof bivy is way too warm. So the solution I came up with is to use a Oware 1.5 tarp with an added back panel, to keep rain from blowing in from the rear, plus a raincoat or poncho hanging from an added loop on the underside of the ridgeseam, to keep rain from blowing in the front, with a home-made netting bug-bivy underneath. (http://www.geocities.com/frhiking/sewing_bugbivy.htm)
Assuming I pitch the tarp with the sides and back about 3" from the ground, there is still plenty of airflow due to the gap between the raincoat and the sides of the tarp. Yet I am still well protected from rain spray even under stormy conditions. This is because the loop for the raincoat is about 6" back from the front of the tarp so that the tarp overhangs the raincoat at the front, thus providing protection from diagonally blowing rain. Diagonally blowing rain can still enter between the raincoat and the tarp, but it will hit the sides of the tarp rather than hitting me.
I don't much care for the doors on the Spinshelter or the Integral designs Silshelter since these are something of a nuisance to close. By contrast, I can secure my raincoat/front door in place by simply putting a few water bottles or other heavy items on top of the lower part. It is also possible to tie the lower corners of the raincoat/poncho to the corner tarp stakes, in case a strong wind starts blowing against the front of the tarp, though I have never bothered with this in the field.
I have no experience with using a tarp/bivy in heavy snow with considerable spindrift. I'd probably use a tent if I expected these sorts of conditions.
I will probably be replacing my Oware 1.5 tarp with a slightly smaller hand-made tarp for next hiking season, since I find the Oware 1.5 is a bit too wide, especially in the foot area. There were a number of occasions this past hiking season when I was trying to camp in spots hidden away in the bushes, and the large size of my tarp was a problem. Otherwise, though, I can highly the Oware tarps.Jan 20, 2007 at 6:51 pm #1375024
RogerBPL Member
@fastwalkerLocale: SW
Sure size matters but so does experience and confidence.
Here is an exert from the Bozeman Mountain Works Stealth 1 PRO 7' x 9', item description:
"The experienced ultralighter who is competent in handling ultralight gear can successfully use a Stealth PRO tarp in very high winds, and learn to pitch it very taut"
Does a larger tarp offer more surface area over a smaller tarp… of course.
Does the larger tarp take a little more finesse to set up… maybe a little.
I'm sure we can all agree that we are all looking for the most weather protection for the least amount of weight. That's why I stopped carrying a bivy and small tarp combination.
Some background on my decision: I pack all four seasons mostly in the southwest, I'm sure the weather can be more volatile in other parts of the country but the "relatively larger" 9' x 7' x 9'6"L 8 oz. tarp has served me well through wind driven rain, snow and sweltering heat.
Ps I still own a "relatively small" 7' x 5' x 8"L 5.8oz. tarp and a 6.5 oz. Bivy.
My 2cents, your mileage may differJan 20, 2007 at 7:08 pm #1375027
Sheldon McElhineyBPL Member
@mcelhineyscLocale: Pacific Northwest
I have to agree with Doug, the versatility of a small tarp, WPB bivy and a sleeping quilt can't be beat. The various combinations allow condensation control, moisture management and thermal regulation through 3+ seasons better than anything else I've ever tried.Jan 20, 2007 at 7:39 pm #1375036
James PittsMember
@jjpittsLocale: Midwest US
Sometimes I pack just the tarp. Sometimes I pack just the bivy. Generally I pack both. Sometimes I pack neither! For me it just depends on the type of weather I am expecting. I guess my point is that I can control the weight of the setup by adding/removing components of this modular system to meet my needs. I love the versatility.Jan 21, 2007 at 12:05 am #1375049
Erin McKittrickBPL Member
@mckittreLocale: Seldovia, Alaska
Now I'm wondering why people who go for the tarp/bivy system don't just bring the bivy and leave the tarp at home? Seems like that'd be the most flexible/convenient.
I guess I don't find my 8×10 tarp to have the problems others describe. There's no condensation unless I were to lay against the sides (and if there's enough wind to need a really low pitch, condensation is less of a problem). I've not used it much in snow, but in all sorts of rain and wind (including 5 straight days of howling wind this summer). I do choose naturally more sheltered sites when it's windy. I don't find it a problem to tuck into these sheltered sites – if the wind's a consistent direction even a bush or a boulder on the tundra works fine.
I guess the biggest advantage a plain tarp has is scalability. I have used my 16oz tarp to sleep 3 people for a month. This ends up with only 5.33 oz/person, and if had something more high-tech than a sheet of silnylon it'd be even lighter. Bivys and tarps for all would have been many times heavier.
Does everyone else really always hike alone?
-ErinJan 21, 2007 at 12:50 am #1375051
Good points Erin. I do use a tarp primarily by myself and typically use a Tarptent when hiking with a partner (or a mountaineering tent for those situations).
Regarding the bivy-only approach, the tarp/bivy combination offers some key advantages. By allowing a bivy with a waterproof bottom and a water resistant/breathable top, you have much more breathability to eleminate condensation in your bag. A Quantum top is more breathable than eVENT (and far beyond Gore Tex) and is also much lighter.
But you're totally correct that given reasonable conditions and with a reasonable sleeping system, the tarp-only is the lightest option, particulary when multiple people use the tarp.
The tarp/bivy combination is brilliant when a solo hiker is pushing the limits, such as using the tarp above the treeline or in colder or more windy conditions. It also allows me to use a really light quilt without loss of heat due to breezes or rolling over. Taken as a full overnight and raingear system (bag, bivy, and poncho/tarp), it's the lightest solution I've found that can handle most conditions.
Personally, I use a BMW poncho/tarp, a BMW Vapr bivy, and a Nunatak Ghost Arc bag for most 2-3 season backpacking, layering different clothing as needed (or leaving the bivy at home when things are warm and mild).
Great conversation-
DougJan 21, 2007 at 12:53 am #1375052
Like James, I also have taken only the Vapr bivy. This is only when the chance of rain is miniscule. If conditions change, I know I can flip the bivy upside down or find some natural shelter. But with the Vapr, I have to be pretty certain that I'm set for weather. With a full waterproof bivy it's a different story (but I no longer have one of those…)Jan 21, 2007 at 2:18 am #1375055
D TBPL Member
@dealtoyoLocale: Mt Hood
>>Does everyone else really always hike alone?
For me, yes (at least most of the time).
My system is: poncho tarp (Golite or, Gatewood Cape), Vapr bivy, and Arc Ghost (colder conditions Arc Alpinist). Since my tarp is also my rain gear, I don't consider it to be extra weight. Most of the time rain gear is a must have in Oregon. The only extra weight is the bivy (7 oz). Very close to your 5.33 oz per person weight, Erin.
I have to agree with Doug, this is the most versitile system that I have ever used. No matter if it's hot, wet, dry, cold, or any were in between, this system just can't be beat. You can adjust on the fly: tarp only, bivy only, sleeping bag only, bivy and bag, tarp and bag, tarp and bivy, all three, or none at all. That's alot of options for very little weight.
>>Like James, I also have taken only the Vapr bivy. This is only when the chance of rain is miniscule. If conditions change, I know I can flip the bivy upside down or find some natural shelter.
Doug, great tip on turning the bivy upside down I never thought of that. Not to mention that your one brave man to go with only the Vapr bivy as your sole sleep protection from the elements.Jan 21, 2007 at 8:31 am #1375074
Hi Duane-
Important to note that when I've taken the Vapr bivy only, it's been one night and zero chance of rain. Not a common occurance at all.
Do you find you need the bivy with the Gatewood cape? How do you like the cape? That shelter has always intrigued me…
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Doug, the Gatewood was just purchased, and I have not had the chance to use it yet (or seam seal it for that matter). I have set it up and played around with it. So far I love it. My intent is to use it for winter weather (sunny, dry, and very little wind). During three season outings I will use it when the forecast calls for heavy sustained rain (much better protection vs. a poncho tarp).
>>Do you find you need the bivy with the Gatewood cape?
Winter weather- Boosts sleeping bag temp rating and blocks snow drift and wind.
Three season with rain- Keeps me dry from wet ground and running water on top of the ground.
Bug protection in summer- From my experience, mosquintoes tend to collect in the peak of enclosed shelters.
For more normal weather conditions, I'll stick to my poncho tarp (light rain, showers, or dry conditions). Just in case anyone is wondering why I would carry a tarp in dry conditions, it gives me shade. Nice to have when it's 90 degrees out.
>>Important to note that when I've taken the Vapr bivy only, it's been one night and zero chance of rain. Not a common occurance at all.
Sounds like typical PNW weather to me.
PS, The Gatewood Cape might be a good choice of shelters for sustained winds.Jan 22, 2007 at 2:38 am #1375204
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Just in case this proves useful to anyone, skeeters, like most insects, have two (for our purposes) ingrained behaviors that make it sometimes relatively easy to get them out of a shelter (or out of your ear if one crawls in).
Skeeters are negatively geotactic (they move away from the source of gravity, viz. the earth) and positively phototactic (they move towards light).
Hence, if possible, open a high vent, and from the outside shine a light through the opening. Give a little shake of the tent fabric and they generally fly UP and out towards the LIGHT.
This approach, from firsthand experience, with myself, wife, children, friends, also works well when a lil' bugger crawls into your ear. Just bend & turn your head with the inhabited ear skward and shine a light in it. This is often sufficient to coax the lil' bugger, who is contemplating taking up residence, out.Jan 22, 2007 at 8:54 am #1375222
Ron MoakMember
I'll step in get for a moment to share a few thoughts.
I realize that many will continue to use a bivy with the Cape, though I tried to design it eliminate the need. Personally I think a sleeping bag or quilt with a good water resistant shell makes a better solution. Fortunately with Epic, Pertex and numerous micro-weaves with DWR shells available today, that's not too difficult. That should be more than sufficient to deal with whatever minimal spray or condensation collects on the shell.
Bivies can provide some enhanced bug protection. However, I find that when I'm in need of bug protection is so warm that a confining bivy only compounds the problem. When it's warm or hot as in late spring early summer, I need better venting to help regulate nighttime temperatures. This is something I've found difficult to accomplish with enclosed bivy sacks.
Another thing I've discovered over the years, is that I seldom need both bug and rain protection simultaneously. Generally speaking, when I'm having bug problems it's not raining and when it's raining bugs have gone elsewhere. Granted that's not true everywhere. I generally pack to deal with each problem independently instead of looking for a unified solution.
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Only a week before the resolution against Syria, the UN celebrated its 60th summit in New York, where Secretary General Kofi Annan counseled that the UN must address the new security demands posed by terrorism to ensure that the organization will "remain relevant to the world" in the 21st century. Member states unanimously agreed for the first time to condemn terrorism "in all its forms and manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever, and for whatever purposes"a distinct political victory that cannot be overemphasized. They failed, however, to agree on a definition of terrorism, due to disagreements over whether "freedom fighters" should be included or "state terrorism" excluded. But despite the bickering, common in an organization often mocked for its recurrent deadlocks, the United Nations is making progress in agreeing to take action on difficult security issues.
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The 9/11 attacks forced UN member states to realize that they must cooperate over security issues that were once considered the exclusive domain of individual nation-statessince a breach of security in one state poses an increased risk to all. In the years after the Cold War, the US had filled the security vacuum as the guarantor of world security, but al-Qaeda represents a new threat, which, as Moisés Naím, editor of Foreign Policy, argues in his new book, Illicit, takes advantage of the advances in technology, communications, and liberalization during the 1990s, a development that requires more than one strong arm to protect many weak states. These transnational threats often call for cooperation between states that may lack a history of bilateral negotiations and have seemingly dissimilar foreign interests. In this respect, the UN is well-suited to filling in the gaps.
Shortly after the attacks, with uncharacteristic alacrity, the Security Council unanimously passed several counterterrorism resolutions, and a record number of member states signed on to three existing counterterrorism treaties which had previously been held up. The most sweeping resolution passed was Security Council Resolution 1373, which, among other things, required states to undergo periodic assessments of their national security programs and their vulnerability to terrorist attacks, and to submit a list of needed improvements. The resolution also established the UN's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), which is charged with monitoring the ability of member states to evaluate their counterterrorism capacities; the committee also assists states in implementing UNCR 1373, and recommends sanctions or other enforcement measures needed to combat terrorism.
Member states submitted the first round of reports unanimously, leading the first CTC chairman, British Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, to remark, "Counter-terrorism has now gone global, with the UN at the center." The CTC, though not without its inefficienciesit overlaps with other UN agencieshas become a clearinghouse for international security expertise, where donor states and NGOs can be linked up with developing nations that lack the resources to close the gaps in their domestic defenses. And the CTC is continuing to expand: after adding an Executive-Directorate, it undertook fact-finding missions in Morocco and Kenya this year, and plans for more.
Even after the flurry of post-9/11 responses to terrorism, the UN has continued to pass resolutions aimed at inducing states to bolster their domestic security and cooperate on matters of prosecuting and terrorism-related activities. New UN policies regulate the freezing of financial assets of terrorist suspects, tighten border controls, and oversee the transport of arms. In addition, UN bodies that sit beyond the control of the Security Council, including the UN aviation, maritime, drug and crime prevention offices, are also reevaluating their strategies, with a new focus on terrorist-related activities.
Among the most important recent resolutions is UNSCR 1540, passed in April 2004, which requires states to forbid non-state actors from acquiring weapons and related materials of mass destruction. Significant in several respects, 1540 combines separate bans on chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons into one blanket prohibition on WMDs, streamlining existing law. It also overcomes gaps in earlier nonproliferation regimes by covering all UN member states. Unlike existing multilateral arms agreements, UNSCR 1540 is an edict, passed only by the Security Council but mandatory for all. Finally, according to the British think tank Chatham House, 1540 is only the second legislative resolution passed by the Security Council since 1945. In ordering states to develop domestic monitoring tools for the production, movement, and sale of WMDs within their borders, the UNSC has charged states with criminalizing security violations by international standards, maintaining domestic agencies to monitor illegal activities, and effectively enforcing those laws.
In March of 2005, on the anniversary of the Madrid bombings, the UN held its Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security. There, Annan presented a proposal for a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy. The plan is summed up by "5 Ds": denouncing terrorism, defending human rights, discouraging state support for terrorists, denying terrorists access to money and arms, and developing state security capabilities. His outline was informed by the report of a High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Changes that had been commissioned to identify new security threats falling within the UN mandate. The report was designed as an explicit alternative to the the "American war on global terror," according to the panel's research director, Stephen Stedman, and stressed diplomatic and humanitarian approaches to terrorism.
Yet the report still recommends bold, concrete measures, including an explicit affirmation that only the United Nations can authorize and use preemptive force. Other recommendations were to create a trust fund to help states build counter-terrorism security capabilities; developing more robust global cooperation in policing and intelligence worka politically divisive point; and establishing a standing rapid-deployment UN police force, conceived of as an essential enforcement component for the UN at its inception. Another suggestion was to create a list of automatically-imposed sanctions on states or actors that violate UN resolutions. Though Annan did not include all these ideas in his proposal, Javier Rupérez, the executive director of the CTC, says that "they still remain part of the ongoing discussion."
But whatever comprehensive counterterrorism proposal the General Assembly eventually puts forward, it is unlikely to include a mechanism for automatically imposing sanctions on states that violate UN resolutions, due to disagreement over the humanitarian effect of sanctions and their proper use. To make sanctions more viable, the UN is currently developing "smart sanctions," which are intended to focus on political targets while minimizing harm to civilians.
The question of enforcement remains critical for evaluating the effectiveness of UN resolutions. Both critics and supporters often point out that the UN currently has few means of backing up its decrees. UNSCR 1540, the resolution on WMDs, was created under the controversial Chapter 7 of the UN charter, which gives the organization the right to use force in order to make states comply, though doing so would require a separateand presumably contentiousvote by the Security Council.
To the extent that the force of a UN resolution extends only so far as the interest of member states allows, then, the tenor of discussion within the organization is a telling indicator of how likely states are to implement international conventions. In the case of terrorism, UN officials and specialists note that talk of terrorism has grown within the General Assembly. As Russian ambassador, A.G. Doulian told the Kigali New Times, "the problem of terrorism came to the forefront" at the September 2005 summit. Furthermore, as was made clear in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, states don't always need the whip of UN enforcement to agree to counterterrorist initiativessometimes the threat of terrorist attacks is enough.
"As far as terrorism is concerned," says David Birenbaum, a former UN Ambassador for the United States, "there is recognition on the part of most countries that they're potentially victims. Nobody can stand aside." And so far even the United States, the organization's largest contributor, has been keen on working through the UN. President Bush, often assumed to be antagonistic to international cooperation, has shown interest in further empowering the UNSC, and last year pressed for a Global Peace Operations Initiative that would create a standing rapid-deployment force for the UN, funded and trained by volunteer states, including the U.S. In 2004, a bipartisan House committee concluded in a report entitled "American Interests and UN Reform" that the United Nations, and the legitimacy it confers, was essential to U.S. interests and power.
In fact the UN has gone so far in developing a counter-terrorism strategy, however ad hoc, that many within the organization are concerned that terrorism is detracting from the UN's traditional functionsdeveloping global norms and condemning those actors who stray from them. The UN's chief contribution to global security has always come from encouraging the diplomatic resolution of conflict and making unprecedented headway in shaping the normative perspective of states to include humanitarian concerns. Up until now, the UN has achieved its most notable successes by acting as a forum for tackling "soft security issues," such as poverty, human rights abuses, and epidemic disease, and some UN representatives worry that the growing focus on counter-terrorism and other "hard issues" will divert attention from this traditional mission.
At the very least, the UN's involvement in counterterrorism could taint the organization's hard-earned legitimacy by creating the perception that it is aligned too closely with US interests. "Some in the UN community, in fact, seem to view counter-terrorism as more of a threat to the UN than terrorism itself," writes Edward Luck, director of the United Nations Studies Program at Columbia, in his new book, Multilateralism under Challenge.
But even if member states eventually decide to limit the UN's counterterrorism role to acting as a global norm-maker and debate-shaper, at this point in time no other organization is prepared to step in and implement a robust international counterterrorism security regime. At the moment, says the CTC's executive director Javier Rupérez, "The UN is really the only forum where countries can come together, negotiate and adopt treaties and resolutions that hold everyone accountable." Moreover, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, many countries have been unwilling to let the United States play the part of "global policeman of last resort."
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By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch
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The most famous recent case of executive assassination was Osama bin Laden, murdered after he was apprehended by 79 Navy seals, defenseless, accompanied only by his wife, his body reportedly dumped at sea without autopsy. Whatever one thinks of him, he was a suspect and nothing more than that. Even the FBI agreed.
Celebration in this case was overwhelming, but there were a few questions raised about the bland rejection of the principle of presumption of innocence, particularly when trial was hardly impossible. These were met with harsh condemnations. The most interesting was by a respected left-liberal political commentator, Matthew Yglesias, who explained that "one of the main functions of the international institutional order is precisely to legitimate the use of deadly military force by western powers," so it is "amazingly naïve" to suggest that the U.S. should obey international law or other conditions that we righteously demand of the weak.
Only tactical objections can be raised to aggression, assassination, cyberwar, or other actions that the Holy State undertakes in the service of mankind. If the traditional victims see matters somewhat differently, that merely reveals their moral and intellectual backwardness. And the occasional Western critic who fails to comprehend these fundamental truths can be dismissed as "silly," Yglesias explains—incidentally, referring specifically to me, and I cheerfully confess my guilt.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. The Project was condemned for providing "material assistance" to the guerrilla organization PKK, which has fought for Kurdish rights in Turkey for many years and is listed as a terrorist group by the state executive. The "material assistance" was legal advice. The wording of the ruling would appear to apply quite broadly, for example, to discussions and research inquiry, even advice to the PKK to keep to nonviolent means. Again, there was a marginal fringe of criticism, but even those accepted the legitimacy of the state terrorist list—arbitrary decisions by the executive, with no recourse.
The record of the terrorist list is of some interest. For example, in 1988 the Reagan administration declared Nelson Mandela's African National Congress to be one of the world's "more notorious terrorist groups," so that Reagan could continue his support for the Apartheid regime and its murderous depredations in South Africa and in neighboring countries, as part of his "war on terror." Twenty years later Mandela was finally removed from the terrorist list, and can now travel to the U.S. without a special waiver.
Another interesting case is Saddam Hussein, removed from the terrorist list in 1982 so that the Reagan administration could provide him with support for his invasion of Iran. The support continued well after the war ended. In 1989, President Bush I even invited Iraqi nuclear engineers to the U.S. for advanced training in weapons production—more information that must be kept from the eyes of the "ignorant and meddlesome outsiders."
One of the ugliest examples of the use of the terrorist list has to do with the tortured people of Somalia. Immediately after September 11th, the United States closed down the Somali charitable network Al-Barakaat on grounds that it was financing terror. This achievement was hailed one of the great successes of the "war on terror." In contrast, Washington's withdrawal of its charges as without merit a year later aroused little notice.
Al-Barakaat was responsible for about half the $500 million in remittances to Somalia, "more than it earns from any other economic sector and 10 times the amount of foreign aid [Somalia] receives" a U.N. review determined. The charity also ran major businesses in Somalia, all destroyed. The leading academic scholar of Bush's "financial war on terror," Ibrahim Warde, concludes that apart from devastating the economy, this frivolous attack on a very fragile society "may have played a role in the rise… of Islamic fundamentalists," another familiar consequence of the "war on terror."
The very idea that the state should have the authority to make such judgments is a serious offense against the Charter of Liberties, as is the fact that it is considered uncontentious. If the Charter's fall from grace continues on the path of the past few years, the future of rights and liberties looks dim.
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A few final words on the fate of the Charter of the Forest. Its goal was to protect the source of sustenance for the population, the commons, from external power—in the early days, royalty; over the years, enclosures and other forms of privatization by predatory corporations and the state authorities who cooperate with them, have only accelerated and are properly rewarded. The damage is very broad.
If we listen to voices from the South today we can learn that "the conversion of public goods into private property through the privatization of our otherwise commonly held natural environment is one way neoliberal institutions remove the fragile threads that hold African nations together. Politics today has been reduced to a lucrative venture where one looks out mainly for returns on investment rather than on what one can contribute to rebuild highly degraded environments, communities, and a nation. This is one of the benefits that structural adjustment programmes inflicted on the continent—the enthronement of corruption." I'm quoting Nigerian poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends of the Earth International, in his searing expose of the ravaging of Africa's wealth, To Cook a Continent, the latest phase of the Western torture of Africa.
Torture that has always been planned at the highest level, it should be recognized. At the end of World War II, the U.S. held a position of unprecedented global power. Not surprisingly, careful and sophisticated plans were developed about how to organize the world. Each region was assigned its "function" by State Department planners, headed by the distinguished diplomat George Kennan. He determined that the U.S. had no special interest in Africa, so it should be handed over to Europe to "exploit"—his word—for its reconstruction. In the light of history, one might have imagined a different relation between Europe and Africa, but there is no indication that that was ever considered.
More recently, the U.S. has recognized that it, too, must join the game of exploiting Africa, along with new entries like China, which is busily at work compiling one of the worst records in destruction of the environment and oppression of the hapless victims.
It should be unnecessary to dwell on the extreme dangers posed by one central element of the predatory obsessions that are producing calamities all over the world: the reliance on fossil fuels, which courts global disaster, perhaps in the not-too-distant future. Details may be debated, but there is little serious doubt that the problems are serious, if not awesome, and that the longer we delay in addressing them, the more awful will be the legacy left to generations to come. There are some efforts to face reality, but they are far too minimal. The recent Rio+20 Conference opened with meager aspirations and derisory outcomes.
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