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If you pass through Montrose, you've got to check out Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

I'll second the sidekick, but my favorite feature and the one I use everyday is the pocket clip.

My go to headlamp is a Princeton tec(tan one), it's led, takes AAA's, and has a red filter that slides over the light instead of having to cycle through to it. It was the issued headlamp while I was in the military, so it's taken some abuse and still running strong on about 5 years. The petzl...

I was taught to keep your hand open, but this is very similar. You don't need the hole in the middle as you can see the sun reflection on the other (aiming) hand. If you don't have the hole, hold it at eye level and aim at the same fingers.

Any mirror you can hold in one hand is a signal mirror if you know how to use it. If we're talking a true emergency: loss of life or limb, everyone's vehicle has mirrors. I'll see if I can find an illustration to explain it better than I can.

Road sign: Any sign:

Great now I want doughnuts. But on a serious note, what batteries and controllers are y'all using with your panels?

I've been able to listen to the local repeater but I'm not sure how far it is. I've also been able to listen to a couple different dispatches for local public services, you shouldn't have any trouble with 1.5 miles.

The UV5R, I bought one for my buddy too and we've both been pretty happy with them especially since there $26. I know eventually I'll get a portable made by one of the big three manufactures, but for now this radio is great.

I'll say a good head lamp, good battery life and not too bulky that it'll slide off if you're having to look down for an extended amount of time. Anything that can go wrong is gonna be worse in the dark.

I have a hotwheel 4x4 van that I take with. It's not something I can play with but taking pictures of it brings me more enjoyment than it probably should.

Thanks, this thread pushed me over the edge. I've been thinking about getting into ham radio for a couple years, I just ordered a bafong on amazon and am going through an online study guide.

I was just curious, you mentioned using it as a ladder. I was thinking like a moving arm for an awning, but I see it's for less common angles. I think I'll have to draw up a sketch and get with you to figure out measurements. And figure out of this could work for my van.

Here's our pups, both lab mixes about a year apart. They are inseparable.

@Reconnoiter How much weight have y'all put on these? And I'm curious about "No. 17 Adj. Elbow or Tee Assembly" is that pretty much a swing arm?

How'd you attach that to the roof? And about how much was the rack you made?

We made a day trip to Mammoth Cave today for the 100th. It felt really good to get out of the heat for a couple hours while still being "outside". They also had a big poster up you could put happy birthday messages on.

I am a big fan of the 870, I've got a side saddle and light on mine. Anything more then that is overkill.

I'm waiting on the wrangler truck, which I assume will be sharing those new details.

A pet peeve of mine is when companies keep the tourniquet in plastic wrap. In event of massive hemorrhage on yourself or someone else you might already have blood on your hands when is time to take the plastic off. Since it isn't a sterile item anyway it doesn't make sense to me. My rant aside...