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INDONESIA | Tue, 6 Oct 2009 | By ocsurfer | Views [97] | Comments [1]
I've been wrapping up my summer as a hotel manager and over the past few weeks I have slowly been acquiring a plethora of survival/backpacking gear. After reading Neil Strauss's most recent book, Emergency, I have a new perspective on surviving ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, surfing, indonesia, bali, ultralight, packing, travel, adventure, gear, journey
CANADA | Sun, 15 Jul 2007 | By margaret | Views [121]
The day has come to run down the laptop battery and go for a ride. First I test re-charging time plugged into the wall. The big battery needs about 2 hours to go from 20% charge to full charge. Running it down again, I load and wire my backpack and ... Read more >
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CANADA | Fri, 6 Jul 2007 | By margaret | Views [104]
As I am still somewhat wary of electricity, I elect to test my system by charging my cell phone, rather than the laptop. If anything goes wrong it would be the excuse I need to cancel my cell phone service. I put the inverter in a fanny pack and the ... Read more >
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CANADA | Thu, 5 Jul 2007 | By margaret | Views [127]
I have had the idea that if I could re-charge the laptop battery while riding, I could ride, camp and work on the thesis. I have had the components for a while but finally wire them together. I figure I will use the wires for the license plate light, ... Read more >
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CANADA | Mon, 28 May 2007 | By margaret | Views [78]
I buy a wonderful adventure watch. It has the usual time and alarm functions, but also barometric pressure, altitude, logs for both, and a compass. There is a small bubble level. The watch is mostly black but there is a choice of colours for the bezel.... Read more >
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CANADA | Tue, 1 May 2007 | By margaret | Views [116]
Acquisition day! I have traded the Firestorm for a Suzuki DR650SE dual sport bike with 23,427 km. The safety is already done. Tomorrow, insurance and paperwork. Let the adventures begin! I am already having fanatasies of riding to Tierra del ... Read more >
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