http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2010/08/14/august-14/?src=fromthefield-rss NASA scientists are in the field and write home to tell about it. Fri, 03 May 2013 18:06:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2010/08/14/august-14/comment-page-1/#comment-2943 Alexander Jablanczy Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:40:27 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=1925#comment-2943 I am enjoying immensely this Siberian blog As we were going to visit there with my homonymous father in ’56 but world Hx intervened and instead we ended up in Canada. Almost the same forests. Also my father in law was a guest of the Red Army after WWII. He loved the climate and the people as the POWs gave food to the starving people who were worse off than they.
But all this is an old story and I am writing about the dinghy AKA rubber inflatable boat. It seems the Russians are just as dumb as the Canadians as every truck I have ever had I had to fight to get any canoe carrier on the cap. To me a 4WD is not a four wheel drive unless it has dozens of metal gizmos to which you can attach ropes strings straps on all sides and all corners of the top. What the hell is an all terrain vehicle for if it isnt to carry a canoe a moose a deer a bear a tent a boat logs lumber dead bodies whatever on top.
So you should have rigged up a series of clamps ropes bungee and rubber ties all around the van or truck and carried two boats if necessary as well as a canoe with anchors poles paddles nets etc.
Next time dont leave anything behind but tie it to the roof.
In the same way as I refuse to take a truck without a fifth wheel or a winch or a foglamp. I also carry bear paws and lumber and 2by4s and comealongs and jack alls as well as pickaxe shovels saws axes prybars buckets sand water ropes more ropes so when I get stuck I can have some fun. Also always a canoe sometimes a kayak and a dinghy or a mtn bike.
You gotta be prepared.

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