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smartphone app Just on the off chance that you're also carrying a smartphone, the weight delta for my voice recorder is zero; there are free apps for this (at least Android, I would assume other too). |
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tough to hit all the criteria I suspect that the reason this got no feedback is that it's a bit tough to hit all the requested items together. The southern-most 700 miles or so are about all I'd be inclined to try in t... |
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Or Kearsarge pass To be clear, sounds like you're going SOBO (south). I think there's nothing like what you're hoping for, short of throwing a lot of money at the problem or having some very good and... |
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factoring in the wind "If I was going to be sitting out strong winds on exposed plains without any wind break, ..." I bought a new tent for the CDT, driven initially by the same concern, but ultimately I co... |
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using shelters how much? This time of year on my AT thru I was at about mile 450, so not exactly equivalent but similar --- I wonder how much you plan to sleep in shelters going forward? And whether on balance people are ... |
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+1 to Scott S "I used Aqua Mira for the entire PCT and would absolutely do so again." Me too. I brought a gravity filter for the first 700 miles, thinking that water sources in dryer areas would ... |
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okay to bring a spoon? Tuna right out of the foil packet. Crackers or some sort of bread item for a starch. Those two make a meal I can eat quite often. Rehydrate powdered Idahoan brand potatos in a ziplock. Put it... |
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re: GoLite Shoes? I used Golites for two thru-hikes, as they have --- or at least had --- a wide toe box. For the CDT last year I looked for a new model of Golite that would work and found that pretty much all th... |
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+1 on Paul's answers PCT thru-hikers typically go through in June. There certainly are some JMT hikers; generally you can tell these apart as more JMT'ers walk south while all the thru-hikers are going north, but ... |
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me too, summerlite and ultralite WM was backlogged for quite a while, so I suspect a lot of us got back our bags around the same time. I sent in both a Summerlite and an Ultralite to be restuffed, and yes, overstuffed. DItto fo... |
All Reader Reviews by Brian Lewis
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Ursack Minor The "Ursack Minor" is quite distinct from the traditional Ursack, in that it's not meant to be bear proof (or "resistant" or whatever). Instead, Ursack says it's "for... |
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Golite Force I use Golite shoes because the toe-box is shaped a lot more like the front of an actual human foot. More specifically, most trail runners or other shoes give me problems due to bunionettes (little to... |
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Montbell Thermawrap jacket For 3-season backpacking, my thermawrap jacket is my sole insulation layer, coupled in some limited cases with a thermawrap vest. It's just a fantastic piece of clothing in terms of both weight ... |
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Montbell Thermawrap Vest I have a size medium Thermawrap jacket and a size large Thermawrap vest; I probably should have reversed those to be able to layer the vest under the jacket rather than over, but it actually works fin... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air Like Dylan Carlson, I also used a Neo-Air (size regular for me) on a thru-hike. My thru-hike was of the Appalachian Trail, starting in late February (2010), so a lot of snow and cold weather in the f... |
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REI REI Peak UL Compact Hiking Poles I too had something over 3000 miles on my pair --- the majority of that thru-hiking the PCT in 2008 plus a variety of much shorter trips. I started my AT thru-hike with them (early in 2010), but just... |
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Memory-Map Navigator This is actually a comparison of two product alternatives for putting topographic software on a Windows Mobile platform smartphone with a true GPS. The 4/5 rating is for one of those, Memory-Map Navi... |
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Golite Versa Force Let me start by saying that my rating of '4' is tentative until I've done more miles in these. But as I found nothing useful in searching for reviews of currently-available Golite footwe... |
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ULA Axis Crampon I'm hoping to thru-hike the PCT next year, and one of many equipment issues for me was the question of whether to use crampons or not in the Sierras. I also do day hikes in "shoulder" s... |
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Western Mountaineering SummerLite I agree --- the summerlite is excellent. I frankly don't trust any individual evaluation of a sleeping bag temperature rating (32F in this case); so many things affect this, including not only th... |
