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All Forum Posts by nathan matthews
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+1 on Stratos My girlfriend has been using a Stratos 36 as her backpacking pack (I carry both sleeping bags and disproportionately more volume in addition to higher weight), and she loves it. For her the men'... |
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Drive my car from Red's Meadow to Yosemite I've got a partner joining me for this leg of a Sierra High Route hike, and the easiest way for us to work transportation would be to leave our car in Red's Meadow the weekend of 9/15 and h... |
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Rum runner flasks delaminate as fuel bottles Not sure what you want a little nipper for, but a word of warning about using rum runner flasks as fuel bottles. I've been using a 16oz rum runner flask for this purpose. Apparently they're... |
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Seeking ride to SHR start I'm planning to do an abbreviated version of the Sierra High Route in September, starting from the Courtwright Reservoir east of Fresno. I'm totally inflexible on my start date--I need to ... |
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Maroon Bells - Four Pass Loop Just finished this loop. It's been described before, but here are some quick thoughts: Transportation: I used the Aspen/West Maroon Lake trailhead. I had no trouble driving straight to the ... |
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Four Pass Loop tomorrow I'm planning to head out there tomorrow, driving from Denver, to do the loop in two nights. I had initially planned on adding a summit of Snowmass Mount, but now plan to skip that. Happy to bri... |
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SHR: Tuolumne to Mono Village Not much, but I did Tuolumne Meadows to Mono Village the weekend of 7/14. I'm planning to do much of the rest in September; this was a "sanity check" trip to confirm my pace, routefin... |
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Jackson State Forest - Beware growers I grew up near there. I haven't heard anything specific in the past few years, but it's the one piece of land I know on the Mendocino coast where some (many?) locals are actually afraid to ... |
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1-2 night trip out of Denver I'm going to have a 3 day weekend in Denver in August, and I'm looking to sneak in a one or two night trip. I've never been to Colorado before, so I'm not sure where to start lookin... |
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Re: Re: Trinity: mirror lake to "L" lake Matt-- Thanks. I've been there before, and I'm not worried about my ability to do it without snow, but I'm not sure I need the added layer of difficulty. |
All Reader Reviews by nathan matthews
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MSR Overland Carbon Low rating because I've had horrible luck with the locking mechanism. Bad: I haven't used these poles as much as I'd hoped, but after the first year, I couldn't get one lock on one ... |
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Patagonia MicroPuff Vest others have done a great job describing this vest. my 2 cents are on using the size medium for tall and skinny folks. i'm 6'6" and skinny enough i decided to get the medium--figured the vest would ... |
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Golite Jam still testing the limits of my jam, but have found it to be just the right size, durable to set on rocks w/o too much caution, and comfy enough. i was going to wait on my review until i'd done a longe... |
