Agreed. I had never heard of rogaining before. It sounds interesting, and also has some of the funniest terminology I've ever heard for a sport (rogaining, hash house, Snogaine, Pubgaine, Paddlogaine). The hash house is, unfortunately, misleading.

I'm conflicted. One one hand, it's only $2400, and it's a Ute, so that's a win. On the other hand, it looks like shit close up, and it will almost certainly kill you, so I'm taking points off for that. It's also FWD, which is just wrong. However, with a rattle can, some bondo, nicer wheels, and slammed another inch or…

You are absolutely correct. They are not wires, but still seem likely to get snagged on tree branches and the like. I stand by my basic point that the whole thing is over-complicated, and doesn't seem terribly practical in an outdoors situation. Do you really want all of that on your head? I don't.

Short answer: yes. As snapper.fishes noted, this is a common occurrence while camping or backpacking. Also, when you're climbing a decent size mountain, you usually begin the climb before the sun has risen. The earliest I've ever started a climb was at midnight (pico de Orizaba, Mexico).

As a rock climber and camper, I love Petzl headlamps and have owned many over the years, but this one does not impress me much in it's current form.

While KTVU was doing a live report yesterday morning at the entrance to the tunnel, another car tried to enter the tunnel. That's with a news crew and several police cars in the intersection, so I'm assuming it's not terribly obvious.