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Re: Does anyone use an Arc Alpinist in winter? Unless you sleep cold you should be toasty to 10F provide your feet and legs have something over them. I am a moderately warm sleeper. I have been comfortable down to 10F using a ghost blanket, t... |
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Re: Winter Camping Newbie I would suggest looking at the icebox post trip wrap-up on this site, and look at the winter forum and winter gear lists. I notice several things missing off the top of my head. That list doesn&... |
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Clearing Out Gear Closet GoLite Dawn Pack Mountain Smith Ghost Pack (L) Deuter Fox 30 Backpack Snowpeak Titanium Bowl & Sierra Cup Sierra Designs Lighting Tent LuxuryLite TrailStix3 Selling on Ebay http://sear... |
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Re: Ursack Hybrid Off List Accord to the SIBBG (updated a couple of weeks ago) the BearVaults are still on the approved list except for Rae Lakes area: http://www.sierrawildbear.gov/foodstorage/approvedcontainers.htm T... |
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Re: Re: Re: Miserable Environment: The Worst Conditions? Like others I would suggest the northern sections of the AT in the spring: plenty of rain, mud and you might even get some bugs. It been years since I have spent significant time on the smoky's... |
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Re: Clothing Layers for 10 - 25 degrees If your temps 10-25F include windchill, then: **Active: Cloudveil Six Shadows Beanie Rab Vapour Rise Jacket [hood down, top of zipper open] Featherweight PowerDry LS-Tee w/ Zip (or nothing,... |
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Re: Full Zip, No Hood Windshirt? The Featherlite Velo is nice. You won't go wrong with it. You might also want to look at the JetStream Jacket: http://www.montane.co.uk/productdetails.php?productid=43&rid=7 Primary ... |
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Re: Re: Drying Clothing with Body Heat in Propre Raingear I don't think it was just the moisture getting warmer. Before I put the jacket on my hand would get damp as I ran it across the back of the shirt. After the break with the dropstopper jacket ... |
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Drying Clothing with Body Heat in Propre Raingear Has anyone noticed that in some conditions clothing might dry more quickly under propore rain gear like dropstopper than in the open air? I am wondering whether I am crazy, or if this might be the... |
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Re: Tarp/Bivy advice needed. Going with just a 5x8 tarp would be a gamble... but the odds are decent that you won't get night time rain on the JMT in August. Of course, it can happen. There is a nice article about using ... |
All Reader Reviews by Mark Verber
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Sealskinz Ultra Grip Black Glove I tried these for part of a season and gave up. My fingers often felt cold and damp. Deterity isn't as good as I would have expected given the modest thickness of these gloves. I hated them. |
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Santa Cruz Down Works UL Down Balaclava What to say. It's light. It's warm. It's reasonably priced compared to equiv. warm options. I mostly use this for sleeping with my quilt. |
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Playpus 2L Big Zip I find that I am more consistent in drinking when I use a hydration system. The BigZip is lighter than most other hydration systems, while still having a large opening which makes filling it easier. T... |
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Gossamer Gear Gorilla A perfect size pack for most of my trips and handles my standard 15-25 lbs comfortably. The use of light weight stays and a foam sit pad provides excellent carry comfort. I mostly like the extra wide ... |
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Patagonia R1 Hoody With all the talk of this item, I can't believe that there are no reviews of this item. This is arguably the best base, or light mid layer for high aerobic winter sports. Made from PowerDry grid, ... |
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Trail Designs Caldera Stove I am using the UL Caldera Cone with a MLD 850 pot. I use both alchohol and esbits, though I am using esbits more than I expect to. There are more fuel efficient / lighter stoves like the Ion. The... |
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MLD 850ml Ti Mug The MLD 850 rocks for simple solo cooking in the pot! The pot practically hold around 800ml which is plenty of room for anything I make for myself on a solo trip. There is room to boil water and to co... |
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ZebraLight H51 This is the best headlamp I have used for backpacking... ever. It's light 1.2oz (3.5oz with battery and headband) headlamp that runs on a single AA batteries. It has 6 light levels from with go... |
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iTP A3 EOS Upgrade Edition This is one of the best flashlight values: $20 for a high efficiency AAA flashlight with good regulation and a nice range of brightness settings (in lumens: 1.5 for 50h, 18 for 4h 80 for 55min). Thi... |
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Zebralight H50 5/5 for camp lighting 3/5 trail hiking 2/5 if you really need to use it for challenging night time navigation The headlight is small, energy efficient, has good regulation, and a nice set of brig... |
