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Goats! Well, not actual goats. North American mountain goats are more closely related to Chamois and Ibex. |
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Re: Tents not Tarps and Other Concerns Can any tent survive a real flash flood situation? When I was young and impecunious (back in the late Carter and early Reagan years) I depended on tarps for outdoor adventures. I would borrow a... |
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Re: Wrist Thermometers I usually ""wear" my Suunto instrument on a loop through the shoulder strap of my pack. That makes the thermometer a little more accurate. There are also two other benefits: the gadget is less l... |
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Re: Re: Clothing for Desert Hiking > I have tended toward darker colors, despite the theoretical reflective action of light colors. Native desert dwellers seem to agree. ... except for Bedouins and Berbers in the Sahara Desert wh... |
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Re: Best June/July Backpacking For early season hikes in Washington, there are really two strategies: go low or go east. The eastern slopes of the cascades typically melt out a couple of weeks earlier than the western slopes. ... |
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Re: What is winehiking? This takes me back to a trip in the early 90's. Sitting around camp as the stars came out, up on a huge flat boulder with two large boxes of two-buck chuck. We were having a long and sometimes ... |
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Re: Convertible pants I can think of two that you can buy offhand... Either the Integral Designs Pertex Pants (representative link): http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/appareldetail.cfm/ID5110 Or the Montan... |
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Re: Re: Re: Miguel's Towel Of course this is about entertainment. Almost everyone here is talking about playing outside. This is about toys for grownups, but not in the usual `adult toys' sense. I'll throw in my own two... |
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Re: Solar Power is Great There are a lot of perverse incentives in utilities. Where I live, part-time (e.g. vacation) homes outnumber full-time homes by almost three to one. One of the interesting problems that this ha... |
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Re: Solar Power Is Great! I live on the other side of the Okanogan River from Curlew. That is real deliverance country over there. Right now it is snowing lightly here and -1C. Probably warmer and drier there. |
All Reader Reviews by David Bonn
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Western Mountaineering Summer Coupler I think the big killer for me and my so was that it was made of cotton. It needs to be made of some very light synthetic instead. Once again, a great idea with poor execution. |
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Patagonia R1 Balaclava One other thing that I think is good is that the stretchy fabric is relatively thin -- this means that if you are exercising you can still wear the hat in quite cold weather, and if it is wicked cold ... |
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Superfeet Performance Green Thirty bucks is a lot of money for an insole. But it is way cheaper than knee surgery. I've been using them religiously for four years in everything but rock climbing shoes and backcountry ski boots... |
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Patagonia Micro Puff Pullover Lightweight, simple, doubles as a pillow. This pullover is a wonderful evolution of the original puffball pullover. |
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GoLite Phantom Jacket Awesome light jacket. Enormous pit zips help ventilation a lot. High pockets let you stash gloves and trail mix where you can get them without taking your pack off. A little heavier than some more ... |
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Patagonia Dragonfly pullover I don't go anywhere without this pullover. For everything from groomed cross-country ski tours to weeklong climbing trips to long-distance backpacks. This is probably the most useful item of clothin... |
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Patagonia Specter Jacket Wonderfully light. Waterproof. Reasonably breathable. More expensive than my first car (and more waterproof too). The big pockets help venting a bit, but it doesn't (in my opinion) vent particul... |
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ULA Equipment P-1 I've used my P-1 since March, with several trips up to two weeks (with resupply) and trips as long as seven days without a resupply. I like the side pockets a lot. I'd like them better (and give t... |
