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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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weight Given that the weight is listed as 10 oz for size small, I'd might be inclined to go for something a little lighter; in fact, for my next long hike I just ordered an Outdoor Research Helium Jac... |
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Re: Pants, schmants You might consider a pair of long pants for the first part of the trip --- IMO the best way to handle the hotter, sunnier parts in the south are to wear light, loose high SPF long sleeved clothing ... |
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zoom vs. wide angle It strikes me as an interesting question as in the outdoors I haven't been too interested in a good zoom for the most part --- I guess that with a cell phone camera I haven't contemplated s... |
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Crampons Not disagreeing with Mike here overall, but I think the answer is a little less clear cut. I suggest that you monitor the Postholer snow conditions info and make your decision at the relative last... |
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eVent Packa "Brian do you have the silnylon or event? How does it breathe with the pit zips?" I have the eVent, bought it in person from Cedar Tree last year at Trail Days in Damascus --- after me... |
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Groundcloth on snow/ice? Hopefully not too much of a hijack of this thread, as some earlier comments related --- I just did a 3-day snowshoe trip where I slept under a tarp on snow/ice. I.e., packed down slick snow, vir... |
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hoodless rain jackets Thinking about this a little more ... "... but who sells a good, light, *hoodless* rain jacket?!?" A dri-ducks jacket is about 7+ oz, so I suppose a person could just cut off the ho... |
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Rain pants? "... as I know I can just do the traditional approach ( jacke, pants, and packcover )" One way you could consider saving weight instead is to not bring rain pants. I brought very ligh... |
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Droid X thoughts I have a Droid X I plan to use in the same way, but unfortunately have little experience with it thus far to share. One app you might consider is a voice recorder; I forget the name but I found a... |
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rent canisters "... and still not sure how we will split it up as we dont want to buy 3 bear canisters" Sorry for the thread drift, but consider renting canisters. I believe you can do this in Yosem... |
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... |
