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Giardia Here's a meta-analytic study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10737847 Conclusion: "the evidence for an association between drinking backcountry water and acquiring giardiasis is ... |
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TGO Challenge clothing list questions John, I've hiked the Challenge 13 times with a wide variety of gear. During those hikes I've had blizzards, heavy rain, stormforce winds, frosts and hot sunshine! Your clothing list looks g... |
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Cameras Hi Roger, >> I think there's plenty of room in between these two positions. >You would complicate things! :-) Sorry! :-) >> And of course there's the Leica M9. >F... |
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Stove Fireballs Hartley, in my experience any of the multi-fuel stoves can produce a fireball during priming. I wouldn't prime any of them under cover. I haven't found the X-GK any worse than the others. I... |
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One All Around Camera, Light and Professional: Does it exist? The nearest to this would be a lightweight DSLR with a zoom lens. I use a Canon 450D with the 18-55 kit lens and, occasionally, 11-18 and 55-250 lenses. I've had pictures from this camera (and ... |
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Cameras "For many WALKERS, a DSLR will be frustrating because of its size and weight and the probability that it is always in the pack when they want to take a photo." But this doesn't hav... |
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Stoves - Turkey If going for a multi fuel stove the Primus Omnifuel, Optimus Nova and Nova+, MSR Whisperlite Internationale and MSR XGK EX are the best with different and dirty fuels in my experience. Of these the... |
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Polar bears "Chris, are polar bears really that bad up there? I'm surprised they actually required you to bring a gun. " Kuje, not where we were going, which was inland. We only needed one rif... |
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Best Stove for use with Puncture Canister That looks like it. I checked the vauDe site and it's not listed so it looks as though it's been discontinued I'm afraid. |
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Best Stove for use with Puncture Canister Actually, the blue Campingaz C206 puncture canisters are a butane/propane mix and have been for a few years. They are much less expensive than resealable cartridges. I use them with an adaptor for ... |
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