furtive

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bio	website	furtivecode.com
	location	Banff, Canada
	age	37
visits	member for	1 year, 3 months
	seen	May 13 at 17:03
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I live and breath in Banff National Park in the Canadian rockies, where I hike, camp, ski (downhill, x-country, touring), snowshoe, scramble and play.

I've camped in the winter in -40c, I've travelled across glaciers and mountain passes both solo and in groups, I enjoy solo camping in the backcountry, and I spent seven years in the military.

My favourite moments are being in the middle of nowhere, with nobody around me, in the middle of the night under a sheet of stars, listening to nothing other than the ringing in my ears.

Chris Lamothe on the Wapta Traverse, in Banff, Alberta

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Feb 5	comment	How to get started skiing? What I meant to say was that an artificial hill should not be considered necessary as a stepping stone towards skiing on an actual ski hill.
Feb 5	comment	How to get started skiing? Or you could just use a real ski hill.
Feb 5	comment	Should I get trekking poles for snowshoeing, or stick with ski poles? If you're in the mountains then trekking poles offer a huge advantage in that they can be adjusted for uphill/dowhnill portions of the trail, otherwise ski poles are usually just fine.
Feb 5	comment	Should I get trekking poles for snowshoeing, or stick with ski poles? Oddly enough I have aluminium ski poles that I've bent by falling on them, but my carbon trekking poles have never bent.
Feb 5	comment	What to look for in a quality tarp? Pro-tip: pre-attach a minimum number of ropes or bungies to your tarp and you'll save time when you need it and not realize you forgot the rope or bungies.
Feb 4	comment	Does Fjällräven produce serious outdoors gear, or is it just trendy? Their down parka seems serious and legit, not sure about the rest of the stuff.
Feb 4	comment	What are some ways/devices that I can use to charge my batteries in the wilderness? pro-tip: lithium AA/AAA batteries weigh about 35% less than regular alkaline batteries, and usually last longer. Some headlamps warn against using lithium.
Feb 4	comment	How to get started skiing? And don't buy skis and boots until you've rented and tried it a few times.
Feb 3	comment	What precautions should I take when hiking among herds of elk? I should mention most contact incidents with both elk and bears in Banff are a result of either the use of a bicycle or the person jogging/skiing with headphones on.
Feb 2	comment	What can I do about those obnoxious biting flies? Ex-military here, in our regiment we'd rank Skin-so-Soft as 2nd place to the old Muskol that had 100% DEET, and citronella a distant 3rd place.