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re Michael, I think you missed the point. You don't want to waste body heat by heating the air mattress. That is why it much warmer to have the foamy above. In sub-zero environments having the ... |
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Foamy on top for sleeping on snow Darin, On Denali I played it safe and used a full length 1/2" closed cell. On other winter trips I have been content with a 1/4". I have some 1/4" foam that I got randomly as pack... |
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Air Matress I would like to try the Big Agnes Air mattress. In recent years I have used a similar product made by POE and sold by Alpacka Raft. It is 2/3 length 2.5 inch thick air mattress that weighs 12 ounc... |
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Alcohol vs. Cannister Stove vs. White Gas Roman, If you need to boil two gallons a day, for 30 days, forget alcohol or cartridges and go with a white gas stove. It would be difficult to boil that much water with an alcohol stove and thi... |
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Western Wyoming Wilderness Inventory I am currently working as the Wildlands Organizer for the Wyoming Wilderness Association (wildwyo.org). My big project for this year is to organize an inventory over 1.5 million acres of roadless a... |
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Re: Beginner The Karvers are very user friendly for beginners. They have skin inlays so you wont slide backwards as much. Additionally they are short so they are great for bushwhacking. They are great for may a... |
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Re: ????? “.,.,but that overshoe-screwed-to-the-ski setup will rip out at the first good tumble”. I used the same screws you use to attach a binding. It would take a lot of force for them to fail. More l... |
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Stephen and his Pinnicle Pack Yes- it is the same Stephen Koch of the Seven Summit Snowboard Quest. And it is a Go-Light Pinnacle Pack. For the last few years I have used a Gust for packrafting. We then line the Go-Light packs ... |
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Attached Firstlight vestibule I have been considering the same thing. It seems silly to have a vestibule that weighs nearly as much as the tent itself. Stitching on the vestibule may create leeks. The seams will need a good dos... |
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re:Dyneema I agree with Allison. If you want light weight Durability go with packs constructed of Dyneema. I have had a GoLite Gust past for three years and it has held up great. And I am hard on gear. GoLit... |
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Golite Gust According to the folks at Go-Light The Pinnacle Pack was designed to replace the Gust (now discontinued). It is essentially the same “grocery bag” design with a few extra well spent ounces. Notable ad... |
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Golite Pinnacle Pack According to the folks at Go-Light The Pinnacle Pack was designed to replace the Gust (now discontinued). It is essentially the same “grocery bag” design with a few extra well spent ounces. Notable ad... |
