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By sageclegg|January 20th, 2015|2015 posts, Current, Gear Review|Comments Off on Feathered Friends Down Bootie Review

Feathered Friends Down Bootie Review
I made a video of my favorite new piece of gear. Check out my Feathered Friends down bootie review.

These Feathered Friends Down Booties were given to me by Adam for my birthday back in November. I recently used the booties on a ski tour & fell in love with their functionality. They have two parts, an interior liner bootie and a protective exterior shell. They weigh about 4oz each (8oz/pr), and the down “sock” inners on their own weigh 4oz. Feathered Friends makes high quality gear in the US, and they really thought about the features on this bootie. These booties are a bit more expensive than your average down bootie, but in contrast with my old booties they are worth every extra penny.
More videos to come!
In 2015 I hope to make a handful more videos to help people learn about backpacking and make their outdoor adventures more fun and successful. Check out my YouTube channel, like Sage Clegg Adventures on Facebook, or subscribe to my blog. Feel free to send me comments or video topic suggestions at info@sageclegg.com.

Snow & Woodsmoke

By sageclegg|January 7th, 2015|2015 posts, Current|Comments Off on Snow & Woodsmoke

Snow & Woodsmoke

2015 started off so normal I didn’t even notice the new year had crept in. Waking on January 1st, 2015 Adam and I had big ambitions… to get the heck out of town & properly ring in the new year on a ski trip. Instead a whole day whizzed by in the chaos of small errands and the tying of lose ends. We decided to step away from the endless home life business and re-start 2015 in the backcountry. It was time to head out into the Cascades on our skis & breath in a bit of woodsmoke tinged mountain air.

After a nice Friday night of car camping in a parking lot, we stuffed our sleeping bags, packed our packs, stuck skins on our skis, & struck out onto a snow covered trail. Our plan was to ski to the furthest of two shelters for Saturday night & loop in to the closer shelter for Sunday night. The route can be found on the Oakridge Oregon TrailMap by Adventure Maps.

We found ourselves on the frozen shores of Waldo Lake after hours of skiing through snow coated forest.

Settling in to the South Waldo Shelter for the night we fired up the wood stove, cooked some dinner, & snacked on christmas cookies, hot cocoa, and bourbon.

I had forgotten how refreshing it can be to spend 12 hours in a sleeping bag, & how challenging it is to get out of that bag in the chill of the morning. We woke to a gray sleety drizzle, & were thankful to be in a wooden shelter rather than our little tent. The three sided shelter with it’s sleeping platform and hooks for hanging packs reminded me […]