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Alex H (abhitt) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale southern appalachians or desert SW
About Me I've been camping since before I could walk and backpacking since 1970. I have lived in many parts of the country except the West coast but hiked there some too.
CityGraham
StateNC
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://40yearsofwalking.wordpress.com/

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Re: Re: texas hiking
slip over to bigbendchat.com and you will get lots of feed back. While mostly focused on the Big Bend they also discuss areas all over the state.

In Gear Lists » new to texas, need help with gear
May 19, 11:09am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Was all this necessary in the gear section?
Whoa Justin, chill! Re-read the thread, all folks having fun and Nick must have too much time between trips. If he was in real pain he would use the Mike Clelland! razor blade and write his notes...

In GEAR » Which Pencil for the JMT?
May 16, 8:42am
Yep
Still using the same 2X6 foot 3 oz. piece since about 2001.

In GEAR » Does anone still use tyvek as a ground cloth?
April 19, 3:12pm
Nice!
beautiful job Brendan. It is good to hear that the lower Escalante (below Scorpion) is not so bad, we beat the hell out of the willows from Scorpion to Moody last fall.

In Post-Trip Reports » Escalante and the Waterpocket Fold
April 18, 12:09pm
open country
I have one 2 quart open country pot (really 1.8 liter), great for up to 4 people. All specs here http://www.traildesigns.com/cookware/open-country-2-quart-hard-anodized-pot 5.9 oz. without p...

In GEAR » Favorite Hard Anodized Al Pots, solo, 2p and 3-4p group?
April 16, 3:33pm
GORP and whiskey
If I wasn't already happily married...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Eating on the Trail
April 01, 3:48pm
Re: Re: I agree on the pillow
+1 to Nelson's style. I use the inflated 2L platy fairly often to fill the bottom of the stuff bag.

In Philosophy & Technique » Sleeping Comfort
March 31, 6:06am
Re: Sleeping Comfort
Pillow is critical, head has to be high enough but without enough padding under my hips and shoulders (side sleeper) the pillow becomes secondary.

In Philosophy & Technique » Sleeping Comfort
March 29, 3:04pm
Re: Eating on the Trail
It does depend on how you cook, or what you cook. If all you do is boil water for FBC or freeze dried like Mtn. House then an alcohol or jet boil might be the best. If you do any one pot meals or...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Eating on the Trail
March 28, 5:06pm
Nick I love your wisdom
As always, your insights are solid. Thank you. Now back to regular programming.

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Anyone ever regret a thru hike??
March 27, 5:34am

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