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clothing list for Montana GNP I have always disliked silk and never found it particularly warm or particularly breathable. That's a personal prejudice dating both from my experiences with silk items many years ago and from... |
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Got a Dog What a cutie! "Keep the parvo disease at bay..." That's what the shots are for! In the meantime (before the immunity develops--check with your vet!), keep pup away from where o... |
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Newbie: Spider Gap-Lyman Lakes-Buck Creek Pass, clothing list" http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7985111 From the photos of Spider Meadow in that thread, I'd say the trail is clear all the way to where the so-called Spider "Glacier&quo... |
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Newbie: Spider Gap-Lyman Lakes-Buck Creek Pass, clothing list Note also that it's a couple of miles and quite a bit uphill from the trailhead at Trinity (where you will come out) and the trailhead for Phelps Creek (where you go in). A 2-car party, if it ... |
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Trip Planning and Thunderstorms I just postponed a trip to eastern Oregon because thunderstorms are forecast all this week. That's because the first day of the trip is extremely exposed, to the top of the highest mountain in... |
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What is the best deal on Vargo Ti stakes? Mountain Laurel Designs has the Vargo Ti stakes, slightly heavier but sturdier than most Ti shepherd crook stakes, with blaze orange tops (making it lots harder to lose one). http://www.mountain... |
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Newbie: Spider Gap-Lyman Lakes-Buck Creek Pass, clothing list First of all, that's a drop-dead gorgeous trip! I took it 22 years ago and would love to do it again. Just be careful about the descent from Spider Gap to Upper Lyman Lake, which as you know ... |
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McMurdo Fast Find PLB model 210 Judging from my own experience with the ACR MicroFix, you probably will never want to replace the battery, since the gizmo will be completely outmoded in 5 years--or a lot sooner! I just bought ... |
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Stakes I've found very few places where there aren't either roots or rocks preventing at least a couple of the stakes from going in all the way. I've started using MSR Groundhogs for the ... |
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Shelf life of home dehydrated chicken Since all meat contains some fat, I store my dehydrated meat, as well as any dishes containing meat, in the freezer. At room temperature, the fat will end up becoming rancid. I of course set the ... |
All Reader Reviews by Mary D
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a short NeoAir in late May of 2009 from REI (using the 20% off coupon, which made it a less exorbitant purchase). The prospect of an air mat that was considerably lighter than my POE Insu... |
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Gossamer Gear ThinLight insulation pad 1/8" approx. 2 oz. So far I have found several uses for the 1/8" GG Thinlight pad: (1) Dog sleeping pad (cut to 36" long). It's just right for my 80-lb. dog who sleeps curled up in a ball. He's ... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets I used these back in the mid-1980's to disinfect drinking water (that's about all that was available then other than filters or boiling). After one month, using them only on weekends, I broke... |
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Big Agnes Pumphouse Multi-Use Dry Sack and Pad Pump I purchased a Big Agnes Pumphouse soon after they came on the market in the summer of 2007. It is advertised on the BA web site as a "...pad pump, dry sack, stuff sack, pillow, water carrier, ba... |
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack In the past, I've read in a number of places (including Jim Wood's excellent article on "Keeping Your Critical Gear Dry") that these sacks have failed the submersion test. This prob... |
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Pacific Outdoor Products Insul Mat Max-Thermo My POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo, but I got the old model on closeout) just finished its second backpacking season. I'm in my early 70's so these old bones and joints ain... |
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Big Agnes Clearview I know that this pad is supposedly the same thickness as my POE InsulMat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo). However, it has more tubes, which seem to make it effectively thinner. The Clearview has t... |
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SteriPen Adventurer My big complaint with the Steripen Adventurer is that I could not work the switch! It's fine for those with big strong hands (the kind who regularly open jars for their SO), but not for me (I can... |
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Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo (e) in June of 2007 and used it through two backpacking seasons. First of all, I need to point out that my Labrador retriever backpacks with me (he's part... |
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Backcountrygear.com I am a relatively recent convert to lightweight backpacking (I didn't know all this wonderful stuff existed--you'd never know it from a trip through REI or by reading Backpacker) and this is m... |
