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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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Re: Poncho tarp, GW Cape or flat tarp? Help me! I have both a G.C. and a Golite poncho, and agree that if your focus is on the best combo of rain gear AND shelter, the G.C. is the better choice. As a poncho, I like the Golite better, but as a... |
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Dachstein mitts I think it was on this site that I read a recommendation for Dachstein mitts, and got a pair --- I haven't had them out in super cold weather yet, but my brief experience has been that they'... |
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what's cheap at the grocery store For trips of modest length I can't imagine buying specialty bars, or at least the few times I've looked they seem quite expensive. Generally what's in the cereal aisle at my grocery st... |
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follow-up Rain wrap for the Sierras: I can only say that my experience was just one afternoon of rain in that ~300 mile stretch, and only a couple of days of rain (tops) in all of California. It can surely... |
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Great time to hike The particular time you have to hike is a really great time of year to do so in the NW. I have no experience on the CT (yet ...). The PCT through WA state would be a fine choice. A good altern... |
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NOBO? Starting when? Gear changes along the way? It's always helpful with a trip-specific gear list to state starting date, direction of travel, and in this case, whether you plan on specific gear shifts at different phases. Assuming a NOB... |
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put them on last ... Like David, I've used the "deal with it" approach, particularly on trips where it's not expected that I'll have to deal with it for more than a few days. On this sort of tri... |
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practically speaking ... Unless you have reason to believe that you have a particularly nasty water source, I suggest that you just don't worry about it. I typically fill my "clean" container directly at the... |
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Gatewood Cape vs. Wild Oasis I have no knowledge or experience with the other two shelters, but if you really don't want the Gatewood Cape as raingear --- just shelter --- I would look instead at the essentially-the-same S... |
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what actually gets used? I think an interesting alternate question might be "what repair kit items tend to get used?" Over some significant miles and time spent backpacking in recent years, I can only recall u... |
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... |
