Men's magazines

Why is it that mainstream men's magazines are full of adverts for things to do with "shemales"?
The advertisers must know what thier doing, right? So shemales appeal to the regular readers of men's mags?

the main tents I'm considering

Tonight I'd like to talk about tents. Currently I own two, a 7 by 7 dome that me and my kids take packing, we share the weight and all sleep in the same tent. And a wenzel hike and bike solo tent that we've never used before. I'm afraid neither tent is really adequate for the pct hike I've got planned, so ive been researching new ultra lights. It's a really important decision. It's one of the heaviest pieces of equipment I'll be carrying, and if inadequate it could make parts of my trip very uncomfortable. While I'll be packing in August or September u never know what might happen. My kids would enjoy telling u all about the time I decided to leave the rain fly at home because we were expecting good weather for the whole trip and instead we were rained out. The tent for the pct trip also needs to be durable enough to make it through a solid month of nightly use. These four tents below are the main ones I'm considering.

light heart solo: 1.75lb $245

The most expensive but nice and tall and pretty darn light, tho not the lightest.

tarptent contrail: 1.5lb $200

I love that this only weighs 1.5lb. That's awesome, but at $200 a little spendy.

eureka solotaire: 2.5lb $80

The cheapest choice, not too big, not free standing but only 2.5lb, pretty light for the price.

eureka backcountry: 4lb $130

The heaviest choice but free standing and not too expensive.

my new jetboil stove for my pct trip :)

some of my old busses

a nice campmobile

a couple of cool type II's

Hi. My name is Brian, welcome to my blog!
I would like to use this forum to share my thoughts about life and stuff. Also about my upcoming thru hike of the Oregon section of the PCT and the planning/equipping stage which is going on now. This is my first blog and will probably grow with me as I learn more about it and practice sharing. I really hope you enjoy it.

about my PCT plans:
I'm overweight, out of shape and forty eight! So I'm not doing the whole pct, and I don't feel bad about it. I'm doing good just doing the or. Section. The or. Section is about 450 miles and since I'm only planning on doing 15 miles a day, it should take about a month. I have been backpacking since my early twenties so I have plenty of experience, but I've never done a trip like this, so long and with resupply points.
I'm currently doing several things to prepare: I'm doing long hikes with lots of grade and am going to increase the distance and frequency as I go along. I'm also improving my gear with an eye towards lowering my pack weight. Thirdly I'm studying the trail and guides to learn more about it.
In my next post maybe I'll talk about some of the gear I'll be using.

a few things i like

just posting pics of a few things that i like, this is my Suzuki Vstrom.

this is my dog, hiking.

my kids, backpacking