ipernity: K. Urs Gruetter's photos

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14 Feb 2023

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14 Feb 2023

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14 Feb 2023

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Les Pradières

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14 Feb 2023

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14 Feb 2023

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Tête de Ran

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sleeping in a VW van

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15 May 2022

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copper blast-tube and nozzle to plug the tip of the cone

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15 May 2022

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0.5mm dia nozzle

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15 May 2022

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Cone, plugged with the blast-tube

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05 Mar 2022

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my old "Caribou mountaineering" bag - initially bought in 1984 to haul around heavy law books at UofM

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after more than 30 years, the coating started to peel off and dust everything with debris. Washing did not solve the problem.

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05 Mar 2022

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detail of the coating peeling off. All the zippers, straps and handles still were in excellent condition, so I decided to take the bag apart with a seam ripper and salvage everything but the fabric for a successor bag

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03 Apr 2022

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The finished successor. The "Caribou"-tag credits the long-gone Caribou enterprise for an outstandingly sturdy and long-lasting design.

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03 Apr 2022

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As I wanted to carry around a large thermos, a 1.5l water bottle and whatever else we need for day-trips, I sew in two fabric tube to hold the bottles upright (or to be folded flat against the side) and keep them from rattling about and battering our apples or stove-set

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old fashioned 1l-Nissan bottle and 1.5l PET waterbottle in respective sleeves, plus a toaks 1.6l cooking pot with frying pan lid (containing a soto windmaster stove and a 3oz butane/propane canister)