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Blatz	07/02/2024 06:44PM   Pioneer Hybrid Pack.I've owned a #4 pack, Thwart Bag, and a tarp but pictures
OneMatch	07/02/2024 11:18PM   I have so much, that this post would look like a mosaic.
RoundRiver	07/02/2024 10:25PM   Pioneer pack (green) Simple 30 liter barrel pack 16x10 1.9 tarp (green) with ridgeline sack 14x10 1.9 tarp (yellow) with ridgeline sack 12x10 1.9 tarp (green) with ridgeline sack Special stakes 1 pole for tarp set-up 4 small stuff sacks I use for organizing food (red, green, blue, yellow)
Lightfoot	07/02/2024 11:53PM   Pioneer pack by canoe on Ensign Lake. Rain Tarp at West Pike.
jillpine	07/03/2024 10:13AM   I'm packing for a two week solo in Wabakimi next week. Packing my packs, my canoe cover, my tarp - all of it CCS. It took on a whole new level of significance last night. Prayers for you, Dan. And gratitude for your persistent belief in me.
johndku	07/10/2024 02:36PM   We've got 2 Pioneer Packs for the kids and a Traditional 4 for dad. Very happy with them. Condolences to the Cook Family.
Jackfish	07/03/2024 10:23AM   Best photo I could find of a CCS Tundra Tarp. Two Pioneer packs in the canoe for eight days across Quetico. Van full of CCS packs, headed to Quetico. No photo of my rucksack, utensil roll, map case and seat cushions. Dan also made us a custom-sized tarp that we mostly use as a wind block. As important as this gear has been to us, it's worth more to us now.
wifishncanoe	07/03/2024 10:37AM   Lean 2, three portage packs, barrel pack, 10x14 tarp. Dan has kept us dry and comfortable on many trips. And the packs can carry everything we need and then some. Thank you Dan for making some of the best gear out there for trips.
clrose	07/03/2024 10:44AM   My wife and kids on Wisconsin River
ducks	07/03/2024 03:25PM   We have 1 red Guide, 1 blue Pioneer, 2 pink Rucksacks, 1 red Wanderer, plus 3 toiletry bags that Dan gifted each of my kids when he heard that the packs for them were presents.
LesliesDad	07/03/2024 09:48PM   Knife Lake - Camping in comfort with a CCS Tarp.
RoundRiver	07/03/2024 10:13PM   OneMatch: "I have so much, that this post would look like a mosaic." Excellent Jerry
ForestDuff	07/03/2024 08:35PM   When I ordered my first Explorer Pack, grey was still the default color for the sides and bottom, I requested a custom black to replace the grey for my red pack. When I received it, I emailed Dan to thank him and said......"Now that is a sharp looking pack!" Shortly afterwards by coincidence black became the default color. :) When I ordered my canoe cover, once again I wanted something red and black, I gave Dan leeway to design something for my sense of flair/uniqueness "Surprise me." Of course I dug it, as a GIS/Map guy, it reminded me of a compass needle. Cooke Custom Sewing......as an outdoorsman, how can one not take advantage of the "Custom" part? When I built my toboggan 15 years or so ago, I asked Dan to sew up some permanent straps for the sled, I wanted something that could handle the plastic Action Packer boxes that I planned on using, yet be long enough to handle bigger loads and awkward wood run loads. Well.......gotta have a tarp pic in a CCS thread. The last time that Dan and I crossed paths, I was on 35 in the north metro and headed up for an Oct solo trip. This was at least a half dozen years ago. As I was approaching a truck in the right lane to pass, I could tell from the stickers on the back of the truck that it was probably Dan. As I slowly passed, canoe on top, we looked at each other and exchanged smiles and head nods. The smile lasted on my face for a few miles because I was thinking...."Is there truly any better good omen than that for my trip?" RIP Dan, this rock could use a lot more Dan Cooke's. But there was the one and only Dan Cooke.
schweady	07/04/2024 10:32AM   First time set up of our 1.1 oz 10x14 First outing with our Pioneer packs. The Duluth Pack has also since been retired for a third Pioneer. :)
halvorsonchristopher	07/02/2024 11:37PM   Same and happy about that fact!
Pinetree	07/06/2024 08:40PM   I see there going to keep making CCS gear.
timatkn	07/04/2024 12:44AM
MN_Lindsey	07/14/2024 05:48PM   Custom made hiking pack Dan and Karen helped design and make for me. I have more, but this one is the most special since they took the time in their home to hear what I wanted, and him and Karen would go back and forth about components that would make a great pack for what I wanted.
tonecoughlin	07/15/2024 11:38AM   I have 3 CCS tarps. Make my own ridgelines with zero hardware (video coming soon) out of 7/64" Amsteel dyneema rope. Same thing with bear hangs.
walllee	07/04/2024 11:08AM   One of many…