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Your favorite Wind Shirt? For a big, cold, all-day wind, windshirts made from a thicker material seem best to me. The Berghaus Inferno is not perfect, in that it doesn't seal as well at the waist as it should, but it has b... |
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Jam Pack contents Robert, My longest trip was 9 days and I used what gear I had, rather than anything approaching an ideal. Most extravagant were the OS 1:25,000 maps. These are big and heavy, even with the cov... |
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Polyphasic and Other Unconventional Sleep Issues Ellen Macarthur catnaps for weeks on end. But she has telemetry to some doctor who specialises in sleep. She seems to beat the men on work-rate. Even so she will not need muscles to recover in t... |
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Thoughts on Unna Sorry, Tom. Haven't tried one, but one of the great virtues of the Akto, and the tunnel tents, is the vertical door on the inner. This feature really pays off in periods of prolonged damp. If th... |
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2006 Unconventional Sleep Systems Manifesto Here are a few points which occurred to me while reading the 2006 Unconventional Sleep Systems Manifesto 1) Mummy bags - is anything really broken? I'm not religious about my RAB Quantum 200. ... |
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State of the Market for Backpacking Gear: Innovation, Broken Promises, and Hop Backpacking in the 60s, before I encountered Goretex, was harder and much heavier. Synthetic inner layers have also been a tremendous boon in getting my packweight down. I still sweat enough to c... |
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Vargo Spork 11 cm handle, 16.2 cm overall- in other words, just long enough for stirring soup in the Vargo cup / kettle. Soup eating would be a slow business, given the bowl size. I haven't tried de-boning... |
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Akto Review I stand by the flapping comment. It got embarrassing one night with the Backpackers Club. We had pitched where a stream left an upland bowl via a gorge in South Wales. That evening, cold air als... |
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Akto Review The review seems good and accurate, although my experience is with the Mk I design rather than with the less likeable Mk II. (Creeping featuritis countered by flimsiness to keep weights down.) ... |
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Lightweight and ultralight backpacking in Europe At places like Lonely Lake or Doughboy Bay, a significant part of the experience derives from realising that the nearest house or shop is a long, hard walk away. Days, for me. Even in the Scottis... |
All Reader Reviews by John Davis
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Integral Designs eVENT Rain Jacket My rating is for eVent as I've not tried the jacket. I'm just shocked to see Ryan opting for XL and can't help wondering what size I would need. My Montane Air medium is fairly tight. This is at od... |
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Golite Jam And a strong 3 from me too. The Jam has been my main pack for approx 18 months. It is close to needing replacement. The foam pad has developed folds as a result of careful use. It is hard to repla... |
