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Beware Vitamin I FYI: Hiking the AT, I was taking Ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflamatories (NSAs) in rotation for knee pain. Through a comedy of errors, I was forced to stop taking all NSAs. Within 3-4 w... |
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Re: Camping fuel in Tajikistan Consider a simple wood stove to burn dried dung chips. That's the local practice. You can make one from a coffee can with strategic holes punched top and bottom when you need it. Alcohol is ha... |
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Re: Knife Sharpener John, An alternative is to go to Ragweed Forge (.com, of course) for diamond plates. One is, oh, say 2x5" and double sided. These are diamond on absolutely flat metal plates, so they don... |
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Re: Storing Food After Dark Yes, it can be difficult to find a good limb and throw a line in the dark. Headlamps help, even if the headlamp is nothing more than a photon type with an aligator clip attached clamped to an elas... |
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Re: What is your sock strategy? 1. It depends on conditions. 2. When my feet are soft - starting out - I wear mareno wool over light liners. When my feet are harder, I leave off either the liners or the wool, depending on the te... |
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Re: Scouts and Leave No Trace Here is one thing you might try for getting scouts engaged with LNT. It may be a little militaristic but it has worked for me: If you have two or more patrols, separate them and make a game or com... |
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Re: Re: dovetail join, titanium iamnot, Even the ti foil will crack if repeatedly bent - like two or 3 times. It developes stress fractures if you look at it too hard. However, it bends nicely while heated red hot. As long as i... |
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downdraft wood-gas illusion Zelph, I'm with you on the wood gas issue: Single wall is just as efficient as double wall, all other factors being equal, including outside size. In my somewhat primitive tests the single-wa... |
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mini gas stove too sweet If you can you make it use liquid gas it would be close to perfect. |
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Re: Re: issue with thread tension - help needed It's hard to guess your problem without seeing the machine, but chances are, you are doing something wrong. No offense. First, I would make I was inserting the bobbin in the right direction.... |
All Reader Reviews by Vick Hines
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Nike Free Trail 5.0 Summary: A light moccasin with a good sole and no heel counter. The shoe encourages full use of foot and ankle, improves balance and control, and strengthens the foot and ankle. The low profile sole r... |
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Golite Trail Fly and Tail Spike Two pairs of Golite shoes self-destructed within 70 miles on the AT. The first pair (Trail Fly) failed after 66 miles. The fake ripstop fabric over the toe section cracked with repeated flexing (an... |
