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re: Cuben durability I bought a Lightheart solo for the CDT this year, and got the main body (integral fly) in cuben, but the floor in sil-nylon --- for two reasons. Durability, and cost savings. For me, these came t... |
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Re: Still waterproof? "My experience with failure has been solely due to abrasion from my clothes and my pack and not something DWR would help much with, so it sounds like it's at least a step up from that!&quo... |
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Still waterproof? "Brian, this is great durability beta on the OR Helium! And it's still waterproof after all that pack wear? Awesome." It's waterproof insofar as I've used the spendy "... |
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Looks good Apologies as I've not read all the replies in this thread, so perhaps duplicate comments. Overall I quite like your logic and plan. I agree with the idea of using gear you already own insof... |
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OR Helium Mike Moore already mentioned the OR Helium, and I'll say that my experience this year matches what he said. What I can add is something about the durability of this jacket --- I've been qu... |
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tent bag I'll dig out and photograph this if you really want me to, but just a "word picture" for now: the cuben stuff sack for my (cuben upper, silnylon floor) lightheart designs solo tent is... |
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book options? In my area (WA state), I've found a couple of books that I like. "Trekking Washington" offers a number of longer distance hikes. "Best Loop Hikes in Washington" does offer... |
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Dry at night is enough "The sleeves go on my feet at night as a multiuse item to replace the booties and save weight. Additional thoughts?" I'm with the consensus here, it's surprising but true for m... |
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agree on the dri-ducks I did use a dri-ducks jacket in early season for a while on the AT; despite blowdowns I didn't shred it, but the zipper stopped working along the way, so I ultimately bought a new jacket in tow... |
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A lot of great advice here I started the AT NOBO in late Feb last year (2010), and most or all of the advice I've seen here thus far really seems right on to me. Well, I could quibble with the tent. I started with a ... |
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... |
