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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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PCT Mike said: "do a little impromptu survey of past PCT thru hikers, I think you'd find that the overwhelming majority used down bags and I'm guessing that most wouldn't change that... |
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Re: winter gloves/mitts I think based on this or a similar thread I recently ordered a pair of Dachstein mitts, dense 100% wool mittens made in Austria. I had read in some places online that these are hard to get; I didn... |
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Looks good overall Down jacket: I don't think it matters, either should be plenty IMO, though with a 30-degree bag I guess you want to augment your warmth with the jacket. I know the Alpine Light is quite warm, ... |
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GC with or without bivy I think it depends on the specific conditions. In very high winds you would need to pitch lower than I personally would like to try to pitch it. Starting on the AT with a GC last year I brought a... |
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My latest favorite Golite shoe ... For this year, I tried out three shoes: Mazuno Wave Ascend 5, Montrail Sabino Trail, and Golite Amp Lite. The first two don't feel like they have quite the toe box width as the Golites do; m... |
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+1 mittens, -1 gloves It does seem amazing to me how hard it can be to find decent mittens. I lost one fleece mitten early on the AT this past year and was looking in outfitters all along the trail and found that no on... |
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whatever is cheap Since despite prior intentions (good or otherwise) I'm like most thru-hikers in that I eat a lot of crap along the trail, I take a multi-vitamin each day. Just bought the big jar at Costco of ... |
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As a Brit ... Ed, "as a Brit", you might consider memory-map.com software, as I know that they handle ordnance survey maps too, whereas Topo is US-centric. memory-map sells per-state map packages as d... |
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better living through electronics What worked for me was to put AT topo maps on my smartphone. You can get the full set of AT maps in USGS on a DVD (or maybe CD) for something like $25 or $30. Heck, you can also get them for free... |
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Nice list I too think you might want a bit warmer bag, though you could swap to the one you used on the AT sometime after you get out of the Sierras. I used a WM 32F bag north of the Sierras, worked great. ... |
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... |
