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Re: I'm surprised you didn't quote Feynman... "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." I'm a big fan of Feynman's words on that sort of topic .... howe... |
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Re: Historical Perspective My conscience also gnaws at me for generating at least 50 quart size freezer bags of trash, especially given that they take about 1,000 years to decompose. For this reason alone I am still on the f... |
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Re: MSR POCKET ROCKETS... We did have a pot of water fall over during a practice event. ... be more careful. If you aren't cooking, stay away... That cannot be emphasized enough! I can tell you from personal exp... |
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Re: winter water bottle The other two have too small of a mouth hole to try and fill with boiling water. I can't disagree with that .... except that for a neck bottle I'm not using water warmer than about 120F.... |
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Re: winter water bottle everyone at BPL calls platypus until they start making wide mouth soft sided water bottles (personal favorite) Don't Nalgene canteens fit the bill? Would a Nalgene flask suit your neck fl... |
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Re: Week long Superior Hiking Trail trip advice Just a couple comments: * Aspen Knob to Dyer's creek includes about 4 miles of hilly trail that rival Silver Bay to Section 13 which you are familiar with. But I can't visualize more wo... |
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Re: Everest--for idiots? About 5 years ago I listened to a BPL podcast about climbing Denali with ultralight gear. That attempt did not result in reaching the summit (due to weather) although a later attempt did. One of ... |
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who needs stream crossing shoes? Not these folks! Living Bridges |
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Re: Week long Superior Hiking Trail trip advice Can't answer that question for you but I'd expect to get farther than that for myself. What sections are you familiar with? Here's a quick summary of that stretch plus more: * the ... |
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Re: RE: Choosing my Philmont equipment, could use some advice" You will need a TENT for Philmont - using a Equinox Ultralite tarp or similar shelter is not allowed. True .... they'll not let you on trail with a flat tarp as a shelter. The difficulty ... |
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TarpTent My entry into the world of tarping was with Hernry's orginal squall. Later that year the Cloudburst was introduced. I contacted him about an idea of converting my squall to use an arched front p... |
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Thru-Hiker.com 1) good products 2) friendly and useful help before ans after sale 3) great customer service I'd rate Thru-Hiker a 6 if that was an option |
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Minibull Designs Pocket Puck Hector, I had similar experience .... but only the first time I lit it. Since then I've been giving the pocket puck about 15-30 seconds more warmup time and it has always stayed lit. There is a... |
