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SUL Hiking Efficiency - Carrying your water and How to drink it? Ryan wrote a great article called "Hiking Efficiency: A Day in the Life of an Ultrlight Hiker". "Slow Joe" has a question? For a long continuous hike such as an AT Thru-Hike: 1. Where is the... |
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Hat Project Hi Amy, Thanks for the suggestion. I got some stuff called Timtex from Thru-Hiker.com. It looks like it would work well as a stiffener for the hat brim. It however suffers from the "H" word - h... |
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G6 Problem??Really I got my G6 about 3 weeks ago. It is one of the best made pieces of gear I have ever bought. I checked the construction of the pack inside and out. I had to marvel at the craftsmanship. My pack... |
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AT1 pack(G6 inspired) 2.10oz I finished the 10" collar for my SUL pack. I even found a way around the velcro issue. I didn't see how I was going to sew the velcro inside the mesh pocket easy and was tired. I did a cop out a... |
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Tilley Hat Hi Carol, I really love my Tilley hat and making a lighter replacement that I would wear is going to be a large task. I have found a "made in America" company in South Florida that is making what... |
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2oz G6 Clone Hi Paul, Thanks for the nice comment. Amazing, no. Patience, yes. What is amazing is the time it takes me to do something like this pack. You would not want to pay me to do this by the hour. A... |
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SUL G6 Clone for an AT Thru-Hike I have a G6 pack that weighs 3.44oz. I like it a lot, however for an AT Thru-Hike I made a few changes. I changed the size a small bit making it 6.5" wide vs the 5" wide G6. I added mesh pocket... |
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Testing gear by dragging. From my 28 years as an US Army Infantryman, the magazine dragging test was a wimpy way of trying to duplicate a US Army Airborne trooper floating to earth with his gear hanging below him. The gear... |
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Hyper-Light Poly Tube Air Mattress + DAM version Hi Mark, That is one of my projects and was a very popular thread. I use the my trail name of gardenville at some forums. Using the Poly Tube Material for an Air Mattress was one of my better id... |
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External Frame for my G6 I want to thank David for sending me the pictures of the old Stephenson external frame. I have made 2 versions of an external frame with the Stephenson like "wing-things" The first... |
All Reader Reviews by Bill Fornshell
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BMW (BPL) UL 60 Balaclava Cocoon UL 60 Balaclava - Multi-Purpose - 5/5 I have had my Cocoon Balaclava since they first shipped. When I got it I was in the middle of several things and just looked it over, put it on, bless... |
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OR (Outdoor Research) During the planning for my AT Hike this coming January I got out my old OR Advanced Bivy. I had used it only a few times after I bought it about 10 years ago and wanted to have a good look at it set ... |
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BackpackingLight.com Premium Membership 1. Being able to have a picture and a little information about us all and a possible way to send a private email to other members. 2. A list of all our replies to threads in date order. This alone ... |
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Patagonia Dragonfly pullover I have to agree with everyone about the Patagonia DragonFly. I bought 2 on a close-out sale for $29.95 each. You can't hardly beat that for a really great piece of gear. |
