近距离内射合集

Adventure equals danger, and danger sometimes ends with injuries and shattered gear 鈥� at least on my expeditions.

Fingernails were cracked and repaired with duct tape and bandages, as was essential gear during a recent spring shoulder season sprint to California鈥檚 Sequoia and Joshua Tree national parks made possible by last-minute reservations through the Campsite Tonight app. 

A shoulder season is the time between seasons when parks are just opening and closing, weather is unpredictable, crowds are sparser and all facilities are not yet open.

To us, it is the perfect time to travel. Clothing and gear must meet the needs for both seasons. This time of year that meant hauling jackets and winter trapper hats as well as sun hats, shorts and short sleeves.

As you fill your rig with the gear, the likelihood of breaking items at least doubles as things are stuffed into every nook and cranny. Life was even worse since our tool roll with overlanding essentials is currently stuck in Abilene, Texas, but that, my friends, is a sad story for another time.

The chance for a gear disaster multiplied as our last-minute reservations had us packing up gear and moving nearly every morning, even within the same campground.

Here are some of the things that didn鈥檛 fare well during the latest journey:

• The cable to our rear-facing camera was severed when opening and closing the backdoor, making it unusable for part of the trip. Using a kitchen knife and duct tape, I repaired it during a stopover in Van Nuys, California, so the camera worked during our escape from the Los Angeles metroplex.

• The junction box on our Jackery portable solar panel, which powers our Jackery power station for charging phones and cameras, ripped out of the back of the panel when it fell off the roof of our van during a windstorm in Mojave Valley National Preserve 鈥� a midway point between the Grand Canyon and the giant trees of Sequoia. Luckily, the power station can be charged while driving using our cigarette lighter DC cords.

• The metal leg on our small Dakine portable table snapped when forced into place. I reviewed this table, and it was well-loved and useful but could not stand up to the hard use of two dogs, six-plus campers and multiple trips. Its breaking point came when I tried to force it back into shape after a camper (maybe me) put too much weight (sat) on it while trying to get it to snap into place.

• When we pulled the poles for the years-old Big Five-purchased $35 tent out of its trusty storage bag, the strings had disintegrated, making it nearly impossible to pop up. The poles were fine when put up nearly two years ago after a trip to Alaska.

  Luckily, being in a non-national park campground at the time, I was able to string the tent between trees using twine and cord. This provided a spot to sleep 鈥淎lone鈥�-style 鈥� having built improvised shelter rather than climbing into the top bunk of our camper van.

This trip was made in our smaller Recon Camper Van due to the sad story referred to earlier. I once had a conversation with the founder of Recon Camper Vans about my skill at pushing gear past its limits after breaking the solar fan and table on my upfit Nissan NV 200 that he had sold me. 

Whenever Stephen Schank of Recon borrows a piece of equipment or any sporting good, he said he would agree to a set price with the owner in case the gear became damaged because some of us just have the propensity to push limits.

Be safe out there and use your equipment as it is designed rather than pushing it too far, and always remember your duct tape and twine to keep it together until home.

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