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Re: Footwear Options for Canoeing the Boundry Waters
Concerning sandals for portaging ... that's a yes and a no. Depends on the route. There are heavily used routes where many of the portages are just half a step below sidewalks and then there ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Footwear Options for Canoeing the Boundry Waters
March 18, 7:05pm

Re: The Arch
self esteem based on actual accomplishment? What a concept! Way to go Thom ... things like that will serve her well negotiating the cultural mine field that lies ahead.

In Other Activities » The Arch
March 18, 6:52pm

Re: Re: Cairns and LNT?
Warning: this is not exactly on topic, but it might make you chuckle anyway ... t'was said above: I agree with what Art said earlier (9:42 MDT). a portion of what Art said is where those...

In Philosophy & Technique » Cairns and LNT?
March 18, 2:37pm

Re: I Like Ike!
edit: msg removed by it's poster

In GEAR » BushBuddy vs Ti-Tri Caldera Cone
March 17, 3:29am

REI visa card
We've (almost) always paid off our credit cards before interest and penalties kick in. Same with the REI card. I did a major exterior remodeling job on our home in 2011 and purchased all the ...

In Gear Deals » REI Dividend?
March 13, 8:19pm

Re: Footwear Options for Canoeing the Boundry Waters
For warm weather like you can expect Salomon Techamphibian shoes work well in the canoe, for wet foot landings and portages. I like to take spare (dry) shoes for camp too. For shoulder season I...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Footwear Options for Canoeing the Boundry Waters
March 13, 5:14pm

Re: How long have you been a lightweight backpacker?
I started on the UL path in 2001 ... about 10 minutes after finishing my first backpacking trip in about 20 years, a trip I fondly recall as "My Near Death Experience". It turned out tha...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » How long have you been a lightweight backpacker?
March 13, 1:59pm

Re: Iditarod Trail Invitational 2012
note: It's purely a coincidence that this post comes right after Eugene's Last fall there was this thread titles "Eugene Smith is a beast" ... and based on what I've read ...

In Other Activities » Iditarod Trail Invitational 2012
March 13, 1:19pm

Re: Evening campfire
Did a similar thing in 2010... camped at Bear Caves and hiked to Crater Lake for the evening program. We did exactly like Joshua suggested - set up camp at Bear Caves, ate dinner, then hiked to Cra...

In Philmont » I want to stay at a different Trail Camp... Can I?
March 11, 12:00pm

Re: Romney and Santorum on trees
Carter was a "did nothing" president (by result if not by intention). And yet, I believe most of us preferred Reagan. Carter's administration was surely ineffective but it did acco...

In Chaff » Romney and Santorum on trees
March 10, 6:27pm

All Reader Reviews by Jim Colten

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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...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
December 30, 11:04am

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

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
December 01, 8:10am

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...

In Stoves - Alcohol
October 16, 6:04am