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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Victorinox Executive Knife Review
| This is my favorite swiss army knife / every day carry knife. And one of the best knives that I have owned. It is well made (obviouusly) because it is a real Victorinox brand knife. The tools in the Victorinox Executive Knife include; screwdriver, scissors, orange peeler with scraper, nailfile, large blade, small blade, key ring, tweezers, toothpick, nail cleaner |
Victorinox Executive Knife Review http://www.keyringbuyersguide.com/Articles.php?action=detail&g=content1223006181&pid=1232 |
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Outdoor Edge Knives
We take a look at the hunting / skinning / butchering knives from Outdoor Edge.
This is the second half of our review
This was filmed at
2009 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Phoenix, Arizona
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Steiner 10x50 Police and Predator 10x50 Binoculars
Steiner 10x50 Police and Predator 10x50 Binoculars
http://www.binocularbuyersguide.net/Articles.php?action=detail&g=content1239670280These are both 10x50 but the police model are standard prisms while the Predator uses roof prisms to keep the overall unit slim and compact. These two binoculars work well. The Predator would be easier to use and carry, but the lower price of the Police model makes it a great option too
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Escape the heat at Mount Lemmon campgrounds
Posted by College Publication at Wednesday, May 06, 2009
By Katie Cunningham
The spring semester will soon end and Tucson will clear out as snowbirds and university students leave town. That can only mean one thing: summer is almost upon us.
If you would like to join the exodus without traveling far, escape the heat by camping on Mount Lemmon.
Start your Mount Lemmon journey on the Catalina Highway in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson. The scenic drive passes many varied and beautiful campsites located within the Coronado National Forest.
Temperatures drop as you climb the 9,000-foot mountain, and the terrain changes from desert to pine forest. The elevation levels provide many choices for camping experiences, and Mount Lemmon has more than 1,100 miles of trails to explore.
Wherever your Mount Lemmon adventure leaves you, the campsites provide space for cars, tents and recreational vehicles. All of the campgrounds have restrooms.
Coronado National Forest is bear and mountain lion territory, so campers should take care to secure their food.
Rose Canyon is the first major campsite you’ll pass during your drive. The campground has a seven-acre lake nearby and takes reservations if you want to secure a spot.
The next campground along the route is Spencer Canyon. It is a little more secluded, so does not take reservations.
Both Rose Canyon and Spencer Canyon cost $18 per night for up to 10 people in two vehicles. No fire permit is necessary at either site.
Other Mount Lemmon campgrounds cost $10 per night for up to 10 people in two vehicles.
Get out of the heat and don’t think about school… it’s summer time. Relax during your camping trip on Mount Lemmon.
FYI
Mount Lemmon campsites
Web site: www.recreation.gov
Phone: 576-1477
http://aztecpress.blogspot.com/2009/05/escape-heat-at-mount-lemmon-campgrounds.html
Posting locations of abandoned mines
In the past two years, two Arizonans have died from falls into unmarked abandoned mines. But if the detailed locations of the known abandoned mines are posted online will that protect people or will it serve as a guide for thrill seekers and result in more injuries and deaths?
This is Mine Safety Awareness Week in Arizona, and State Mine Inspector Joe Hart made the case to the state legislature about the need for more funding to identify and close abandoned mines.
Legislators gave little likelihood of that, given the state's financial situation.
Joe cautioned that while his office has an internal list of 10,000 abandoned mines, there are no resources to create a digital online listing or detailed map. The current map is too small to be useful.
For a list of abandoned mines to be useful to the public, the locations have to be detailed enough that anyone heading out to hike or offroad, could examine their planned routes to spot potential problems. But does that then create attractions for those who deliberately want to explore these old mines and end up trapped or hurt? My experience is that there are more problems from people who seek to go into mines than those who do so accidentally.
In general, I'm an advocate of providing the information and letting people make their own decisions. Give responsible recreationists information that can save their lives. The ones who misuse it may be our entries for the Darwin Awards.
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2009/04/posting-locations-of-abandoned-mines.html
This is Mine Safety Awareness Week in Arizona, and State Mine Inspector Joe Hart made the case to the state legislature about the need for more funding to identify and close abandoned mines.
Legislators gave little likelihood of that, given the state's financial situation.
Joe cautioned that while his office has an internal list of 10,000 abandoned mines, there are no resources to create a digital online listing or detailed map. The current map is too small to be useful.
For a list of abandoned mines to be useful to the public, the locations have to be detailed enough that anyone heading out to hike or offroad, could examine their planned routes to spot potential problems. But does that then create attractions for those who deliberately want to explore these old mines and end up trapped or hurt? My experience is that there are more problems from people who seek to go into mines than those who do so accidentally.
In general, I'm an advocate of providing the information and letting people make their own decisions. Give responsible recreationists information that can save their lives. The ones who misuse it may be our entries for the Darwin Awards.
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2009/04/posting-locations-of-abandoned-mines.html
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tucson Mountain Chaos
Tucson Mountain Chaos is a formal geologic name, describing one of the more confusing, complex, and controversial areas in southern Arizona. The Arizona Geological Society field trip today revealed that there are huge gaps in our understanding of this unit and the adjacent units that make up the rugged mountains on the west side of Tucson. [right, gray limestone blocks in Chaos above Trails End Wash. An excavated pit just below and to the right reveals a block (?) of 1.7 bya Pinal Schist]
There is no consensus even on the usage of the term "Chaos." What's the origin of thousands of feet of Cretaceous tuffs? Did they fill a caldera? Did flows outside the caldera pile up against local topographic barriers? Are the rhyolite peaks blocks in the Chaos, or later intrusions? Is the Chaos the result of ancient landslides? What is the green volcanic-looking material surrounding so many units? There are questions about every unit and every contact between units. [left, Bob Powell and Bob Hildebrand examine one of the multiple lithologies exposed in the Tucson Mtn Chaos]
Field trip leader Doug Shakel fostered discussion and debate at each stop. One of the more interesting ideas came from economic geologist Jim Briscoe who noted that the West Silverbell block appears to be laterally offset from the main Silverbell area by 2-3 miles. He postulated that the Tucson Mountain caldera could be the 'missing half' of the Silverbell caldera.
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2009/04/tucson-mountain-chaos.html
There is no consensus even on the usage of the term "Chaos." What's the origin of thousands of feet of Cretaceous tuffs? Did they fill a caldera? Did flows outside the caldera pile up against local topographic barriers? Are the rhyolite peaks blocks in the Chaos, or later intrusions? Is the Chaos the result of ancient landslides? What is the green volcanic-looking material surrounding so many units? There are questions about every unit and every contact between units. [left, Bob Powell and Bob Hildebrand examine one of the multiple lithologies exposed in the Tucson Mtn Chaos]
Field trip leader Doug Shakel fostered discussion and debate at each stop. One of the more interesting ideas came from economic geologist Jim Briscoe who noted that the West Silverbell block appears to be laterally offset from the main Silverbell area by 2-3 miles. He postulated that the Tucson Mountain caldera could be the 'missing half' of the Silverbell caldera.
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2009/04/tucson-mountain-chaos.html
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