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Followup Just following up: I have reviewed what Addie put together from this forum. A lot of fantastic feedback, and special kudos to Tony for helping drive this discussion. We have opened up threads... |
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Spectra Hmmm...that looks like the uncoated stuff which would be a disaster for a pack. It has to have the coating in order to be workable, so the fabric is stabilized, and water-resistant. |
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Sewing Pure Spectra Luke, Home sewing machines have a really hard time with pure spectra. The needles are too thin (they break a lot) and anything more than 2 layers is problematic. The real issue is the thread.... |
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Gear Carried vs. Worn Miguel, great comment, and I agree. Reformatting our gear lists is on my radar. For clothes, I usually think of them in terms of three buckets: - warm weather trekking clothes (trekking shirt... |
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Backpacking Checklist (Gear List): 3-Season, 3-Day Companion forum thread to: Backpacking Checklist (Gear List): 3-Season, 3-Day Revised and updated for 2011. |
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Re: DURABILITY Tyvek 1443 is a brilliant fabric for rain pants. It's very breathable, and way more durable than you think. I hacked together a pair and bushwhacked in them pretty hard. I was totally impres... |
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Cottage vs. Corp From above: "I feel little need to purchase much of anything from a faceless corp owned by people who quite possibly have never been camping outside a USFS fee and paved campground, if at all.... |
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New posts since last visit Not anymore. |
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H2No - Surprising H2No is not a technology. It's simply Patagonia's "standard" for "something" that is 100% waterproof, and breathable. Within the H2No classification, Patagonia use... |
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3.5 seasons? I have to wonder what 3.5 seasons means. I would not classify any tent from Tarptent, SMD, Zpacks, or Gossamer Gear as a 3.5 season tent. 3.5 seasons implies cold temperatures and snow and th... |
All Reader Reviews by Ryan Jordan
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Jolt Gum You guys are rookies. Look at the times at which you are posting. I consumed four pieces of Jolt two hours ago and look at me, still going strong at 2 am. There is a weird flavor to it, but I ca... |
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Mike Clelland! GOO Energy Gel I've used Mike's, and made my own per his recipe. It's nasty. The color, I mean. Like a pukey green. But then again, that may very well provide some of its social appeal when hiking or skiing in... |
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) OK, I'm partial. I grew up in Seattle. For a kid who dreamed about the wilds endlessly, my Dad taking my family from our home in the burbs to Capitol Hill was a real treat for me. I have fond me... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher If you love to WALK and you haven't read this book then you are (1) not only missing out on a rite of passage that qualifies you to even claim that you're a backpacker, (2) but also ignoring what may ... |
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Black Diamond Winter Bivy I have a few Epic bivies, one from Oware, one from BD (Lightsabre) and one from Bibler (this one, the Winter Bivy). They are both great in the summer, especially in rainy weather, where the Epic treat... |
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ULA Equipment I've known Brian Frankle for a few years. Recently, Brian made backpacks for us for the Arctic 1000 expedition. He was very attentive to our feedback, delivered on time, made adjustments as needed, an... |
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Six Moon Designs Essence Welllll, I must say, I think PJ did a fine review above, but if you're looking for additional reading insight, I don't think I can follow up. I feel like the local coffee shop guitar player with a bad... |
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ULA Equipment Relay I love the Relay. It's my favorite pack for multi-day mountain running because it's so small (tucks into the lumbar) and shaped so well (hourglass) for running. Improvements could be made by adding... |
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Montrail Vitesse This is my go-to shoe for all of my longer unsupported/no resupply treks where I absolutely cannot have a shoe fail en route. I've worn through about six pair of Vitesse now, all of them had more t... |
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Inov8 Mudclaw O'330 Far and away my absolute favorite light shoe for what the Brit's call "fell running" but what I might call "tundra" trekking. It's great in soft ground (tundra, mud) but abysmal on trails and slickroc... |
