Archive for the ‘Gear’ Category

Ready to Ship - Final BEV Buildup Photos

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

We are pulling out to put the rig on the ship to Chile in a couple of days. I am still working down the last items on the endless "to do" list. Today I discovered that the spare main circuit board for our refrigerator we've been carrying around for the last ...

My Eyes

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

The Decision These are my eyes.   They’ve served me pretty well over the years, and my wife says she likes them, but they finally got to the point where they needed some help.

Marriage Saver Headsets

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

We discovered these when we were planning to travel by sailboat.  We carry a set with us now. If you do anything with your spouse that involves moving, coordinating, loading, deploying, etc. anything mechanical or in a high noise or seperated-by-distance environment, you need a set of these. Marriage saver headsets: http://www.cruisingsolutions.com/headsets.asp Mariner 500 ...

Killer trail tree/brush saw

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

My riding buddy from Telluride, Tom Thomas, has one of these attached to his handlebars. He’s also got a killer backpack frame made up that carries a short bar Stihl chainsaw, but he says this handsaw is more useful. Tom told me that after decades of trying everything out there the CO ...