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All Forum Posts by Jim Colten
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Re: 3- Season Wonderland and Superior Hiking trail gear list help How long to thru hike? How fast are you? IIRC, someone did it in 5 days and change last year ... that's five forty mile days. It's certainly not a mountain trail. To start with, there's n... |
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Re: Anybody know about this down jacket? Hmmmm ... 550 fill power 85/15 down/feather mix ... might be worth the $52 but certainly no steal |
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Re: 3- Season Wonderland and Superior Hiking trail gear list help do you think you could tell me a bit more about why you're not particularly fond of the trail? Sigh .... yet another failed attempt to kid around in text ... when will I learn. SHT is a great... |
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Re: 3- Season Wonderland and Superior Hiking trail gear list help Well I must say I have mixed emotions about the SHT getting mentioned on an international forum. All youse guys out there, be advised that on good days, the SHT is a third rate trail at best. Tha... |
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Re: Single Guy Line Once all the frost is out of the soil here I'll be trying the single line approach .... that's 5-8 weeks away. My interpretation of this statement is that tensioning each guypoint from 2 directi... |
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re: tarp guying Paul, I think the discussion has muddled the causes and effects. You are correct that it's the number of number of attachement points that determines the number of panels and that the one gu... |
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Re: Long Hike Diet Additionally I am a fan of homemade 'powerbars' using whole foods that are nutrient dense. Using ingredients like oats, butter, nuts, dried fruits, protein powder, honey, etc. Care to share some... |
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Re: Diet for High Mileage Long Hikes Might be worth talking to Squeaky ... finished the triple crown in more or less 230 days. I think his trek average daily mileage was about 35 with plenty 40's |
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Re: Ultralight Store? Midwest Mountaineering in Mpls, MN carries a fair amount of UL gear. The owner has been a UL evangelist for several years. |
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Liquid Bleach .... not in my pack! Sorry to hear about your "educational experience" with liquid bleach. Our Target store sells one pound bags of powdered chlorine "shock tratment" for swimming pools. A little bit of that powder... |
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... |
