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Re: Lightest, most breathable pants? Get yourself a pair of the older, ripstop, OD (olive drab) jungle fatigue pants the military used to issue. You can still buy them. They are 100% cotton, have huge cargo pockets on the side of each... |
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Re: high loft hats/balaclavas Wool watch cap (stretchy wool) and polypropylene balaclavas. You can buy or order polypropylene balaclavas from any military surplus type store. I prefer the wool watch cap and if its really co... |
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Re: Re: Re: Going Wool? share your knowledge >I understand learning to love things. I really mean developing an acquired taste for something. You wont appreciate wool if you use it around town or for warm weather trips or even moderate we... |
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Re: Going Wool? share your knowledge I would like to also say that synthetics are not bad at all. You can combine layers of synthetics with layers of wool. For example, a combination that is very good is polypropylene base layer. Capi... |
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Re: Re: best thru hiking book? Write your own thru hiking book. Vlad |
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Re: Going Wool? share your knowledge There is nothing at all wrong with high end merino wool, especially for socks, gloves, hats and long underwear. But the best wool is that itchy (well SOME call it itchy) coarse wool that people com... |
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Re: Re: Re: Going Wool? share your knowledge You dont have a jelly donut in your UL backpack too, do you? LOL Vlad |
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Re: Re: Going Wool? share your knowledge >However, if I was expected truly wet >conditions and I needed a second >baselayer, the weight of wool may someday >be worth carrying in my pack. Said in R. Lee Ermey Drill Instructor voice: "OH... |
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Re: Re: Synthetic Sleeping Bag Ive known about Snugpack sleeping bags for years and yes, they are mostly marketed to military. Snugpack is a British military thing. Ive never personally used one, but I want one. The thing about ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Wool: warm when wet? >Dont worry about it Ron...if one of >your "folks" sues you for some bs >reason, you can always file the >insanity plea. Hey man, when I typed this earlier, I put in <joke> LOL, but it di... |
All Reader Reviews by Vlad Putin
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Photon Micro-Light 1 White light My Photon Micro-Light 1 is about two years old and is on my keychain all the time. Its an amazing little light...cheap, reliable, lightweight, bright for its small size and light weight. Ive found ... |
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Tincture of Benzoin I am surprised nobody has rated tincture of benzoin. Whats it used for? A whole bunch of stuff, but backpackers use it to prevent and to help treat hot spots and blisters. Prevention: You use ti... |
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Bear Valley Mealpack Bars These are the best energy bars on the market. I first relied upon them in the eighties at Philmont Scout Ranch while doing what would be considered extreme mileage. Backpacker magazine rated them as t... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets Potable Aqua has been around forever and Ive used these pills for decades. They are cheap, they work, they have a short wait time and if I am on the trail, sweaty and thirsty, Ive found that the iodin... |
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Micropur MP 1 Chlorine Dioxide Water Purifier Tablet Ive been using these chlorine dioxide pills to treat backcountry water for about a year now. Initially I was enthralled about them and to a point, still think these are good water purification pills. ... |
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Tikka XP I have nothing negative to say about this 1 watt LED headlamp. Only positive things to say. I have used it numerously in the past year and have been doing a lot of solo backpacking at night BECAUSE of... |
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Esbit stove and Esbit fuel cartridges Official brand...aus BRD I read about the Esbit stove system here at BPL and a few other ultra-light websites. Some raved about it but I was skeptical. I purchased an Esbit stove and several packs of the official Esbit brand ... |
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No Doze Caffeine pills Caffeine pills are OTC and totally legal. And a lot cheaper than the myriad of caffeine energy foods being marketed to backpackers, triathletes and other endurance oriented folks. Caffine pills are... |
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Car-boom! I was introduced to Car-boom! energy gel by a retired Air Force Pararescue guy on a BSA sponsored 50 miler. When you are really run down and "hitting the wall" you break open the Car-boom! packet and ... |
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Jetboil Personal Cooking System I have been using this as my primary cannister stove and I like it for several reasons. It is unique in the following respects: 1) You dont need to set up a wind brake around it. The way the stove ... |
