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Category: Photo

BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Transceiver

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/05/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Photo Tagged with avalanche, BCA, smart phone, Tracker 3, transceiver
BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Transceiver
Compared to a Tracker 2

I got a first look at the BCA Tracker 3 Avalanche Beacon last week.

Hello there

By Michael Coyle Posted on 22/04/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Photo Tagged with helicopter, photo
Hello there
Well hello there.

Snowflakes that look like small, alien devices

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/03/2013 Posted in Photo Tagged with photo, snow
Snowflakes that look like small, alien devices
Electron Microscope image of a snowflake

Snowflakes look like tiny machines made in factories under high magnification.

Snow GIFs

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/02/2013 Posted in Photo, Short Posts Tagged with picture, snow
Snow GIFs
Morning Snow (Martin Heck) from http://headlikeanorange.tumblr.com

Since I can’t be skiing today, I find these animated GIFs of snow to be calming, both from Head Like an Orange.

The Cheese Knife

By Michael Coyle Posted on 04/02/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Photo Tagged with food, gear
The Cheese Knife
My cheese/utility knife from 1995

Some memories of a a trip I took a long time ago and a particularly useful knife

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