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Re: Snowing again About 400 miles west or west-northwest of Stephen depending on where he is in central MI. 16 hours ago we had about an inch on the ground. Forecast to continue another 12 hours (but at less t... |
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Chasing Ice I just got back from a screening of Chasing Ice. I would have preferred to see more footage of retreating glaciers and less about the trial and tribulations experienced getting the footage but w... |
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Re: Anyone for Minnesota during December? Silly me for thinking my December life was wide open. The dust hasn't settled since I started this thread and the rest of the month looks worse. But at least I stirred up a short list of ... |
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Re: Equipment to breath warm air at night. John Abela of HikeLighter.com was loving some face mask thing I believe this is what that was Same company has other products that are not full balaclava ... find them suggested at the bottom... |
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Re: Spooning as hypothermia first aid I take a short (16 hour) "wilderness first aid" refresher course at least once every three years (BSA rules for backcountry outings) and also occasionally attend winter camping lectures b... |
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Re: Aluminum sheet Roger, Regarding your aluminum scraper ... yes shovels are heavier but after using a scraper tool without a handle (SnowClaw) I'm sticking with a shovel. But I'm wondering about the c... |
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Re: how breathable a wind shell is Thanks for the fantastic post, Richard. Yet another example of "there is no single best ______ for ______". Far too few product evaluations acknowledge the variability between indiv... |
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Re: 40% Neoair X-THERM at Eddie Bauer and "everything" includes First Ascent too. good selection of sizes and colors on the couple things I checked. |
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Anyone for Minnesota during December? Looking for cold hardy backpackers for a weekend in December. I can do 12/8-9, 12/15-16 or 12/29-30. Could also add Friday to those weekends if there's interest. |
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Re: Sugru? Where can I find Sugru? Just order some! I did not find brick&mortar retail outlets (doesn't mean there aren't any) Can be ordered from (also through) Amazon.com but after figu... |
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TarpTent My entry into the world of tarping was with Hernry's orginal squall. Later that year the Cloudburst was introduced. I contacted him about an idea of converting my squall to use an arched front p... |
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Thru-Hiker.com 1) good products 2) friendly and useful help before ans after sale 3) great customer service I'd rate Thru-Hiker a 6 if that was an option |
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Minibull Designs Pocket Puck Hector, I had similar experience .... but only the first time I lit it. Since then I've been giving the pocket puck about 15-30 seconds more warmup time and it has always stayed lit. There is a... |
