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Brian Lewis (brianle) - BPL Forum Member
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skills My impression is that the O.P. is looking for specific skills more than things like "be mentally tough" and the like ... ? As Christine said, one of the specific skills you need is the... |
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Post Thru-Hike - What Was Your Re-entry Experience Like? From talking to a lot of folks, this varies a great deal. Factors include age, financial security (or lack of it), support and understanding from friends and relatives and collegues (or lack of it... |
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PNW spiders, snakes "Spiders and other crawlies maybe, but flying bugs are the real issue." Ditto that. But stay away from the two month window starting roughly mid-June or so and you're golden with ... |
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ways to sleep better Hike hard --- being tired helps a lot! :-) If I'm not sleeping I don't worry about it, I can walk pretty well when short on sleep and then likely I'll sleep well the next night. ... |
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CDT section I hiked the CDT last year, so this is somewhat fresh in my mind still. The Winds are beautiful. Populated, for the CDT, but worth going through. Pretty rocky terrain, don't expect to do hi... |
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What electronic device needs recharging? Smartphone is pretty much the only thing for me to consider in this regard. It's typically my camera and GPS and book reader and ... I did carry a separate GPS last year, but lithium AA bac... |
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mariposa+ vs. circuit Serendipitously, I used a Mariposa+ on the PCT, swapped from that to a Circuit on the AT in 2010. I ordered the Circuit from one trail town, picked it up at another trail town and in the grass nex... |
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zero day gear A credit card and some cash, plus lightweight shorts and t-shirt to wear while my clothes are in the washing machine. Charging cord for my cell phone. I think we have a different idea of *wher... |
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Shoe Life Roger said: "But reality is that finding replacement joggers of a 4E width in Europe is next to impossible. Trust me, I have searched. So I make sure I take reasonably robust-looking jogge... |
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shoe wear "I take a fairly new pair of New Balance joggers to Europe each time, and they alsways last the full 2 months, with some km left at the end." I suggest that the better metric might be ... |
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... |
