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Re: Tahoe-Yosemite trail gearlist Aaaaahhhh yes, old maps and guide books ... the source of untold amounts of trouble. (in this contect "trouble" can be a synonym for "memorable experience") Sounds like a great trip, although 2... |
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Re: Fiddling with alcohol stoves Geez Dale, that was a lot like reading from the first chapter of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman. Glad you didn't burn the house down. Brought back memories of the time a friend and I (age 8 ... |
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Re: Glacier Park. Which Season? I haven't been there but a coworker who takes all his annual vacation in Glacier's backcountry (every year) leaves home (MN) on Labor Day and returns during the last week of September. His main ob... |
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Re: keeping guylines untangled What a simple, elegant, and ingenious solution Ditto that. Folks sharing their own little gems of genius is what makes forums like this so great. Thanks Vick. |
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Re: Beginner DIY-er: Considerations of Feasability, Cost Ian, Welcome to the slippery slope called MYOG. Life is more interesting here ... but "other folks" don't seem to understand. I think the following is a pretty complete summary of the "to MY... |
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Camels (don't read if you hate puns) OK, you've been warned .... In fact, I hadn't even realised there were camels in the wild in Australia until your post, let alone camels that prefer tarps!!!! you should have known, after all... |
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Re: ideas - pack frames a common vocabulary always has merit (unless the objective is to kill a lot of time not making progress) |
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Re: sleeping in one of those Tinny at minibulldesigns reports that he's been OK down to 45-50F in the Thermolite Bivy from adventure medical kits. Mind you that he's a northerner (Maine). YMMV |
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$25 sleeping bag limited field test I've managed to get 4 nights in this $25 sleeping bag all with the unzipped bag drapped over me like a quilt, on a std thermarest pad in a TarpTent Cloudburst. night 1 * forecast was for ... |
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Re: lightening the load TarpTent Cloudburst 2 would be lighter than your tent and have room for gear too. I'm perfectly happy with one in peak bug season here in MN and WI. Hard to imagine being nimble on a bike while... |
All Reader Reviews by Jim Colten
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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... |
