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Will you ship to Canada
I am interested if you are willing to ship to Canada. I would pay whatever the difference is between the US shipping cost and the Canadian cost provided you ship with US postal service.

In Gear Swap » FS Patagonia Mens Down Sweater
February 23, 8:33am

Re: Grand Canyon R2R2R April Hike
Assuming you dont want to spend very much replacing large items here is what i would do. Insulation you have an r1, a nano puff, and an alpine light. Pick 1 leave others behind. - 23 oz Base ...

In Gear Lists » Grand Canyon R2R2R April Hike
February 23, 6:47am

Re: My emergency running kit.
That is a nice list and similar to what I will end up with but a blizzard bag instead of a poncho tarp. What bag do you use to Carry everything? I am looking at a small 10 L backpack with stermum...

In SuperUltraLight (SUL) Backpacking Discussion » Trail running Emergency Bivy Kit
February 21, 2:22pm

Not that hard to get up there in weight.
I think a lot of people come in around 25lb base weights, plus heavy food and carrying lots of water puts many at around 40lbs pack weight. To get to 25lbs is quite easy. Pack 5lbs Tent 4lbs ...

In Gear Lists » Heavy Gear List
February 21, 11:58am

Re: What to wear *inside* a blizzard bag
The inside of a blizzard bag is perforated. The theory being that moisture will pass through the holes and condense on the inner surface of the outer layer leaving the inner most layer of the bliz...

In GEAR » What to wear *inside* a blizzard bag
February 21, 9:49am

Log3 residence time as a function of PH, temp and Chlorine Concentration
So as a follow up to my first post with the formula. Here a link to the EPA tables on Giardia treatment. Page 103 of the linked document has the table. log3 means killing 99.9% of the Giardia....

In GEAR » Platypus Clean Stream vs Aqua Mira
February 20, 10:46pm

Filters
The biggest problem i see with the hollow fiber filters like the sawyer or platy is that there is no way to confirm your filter is working. If you are backpacking near freezing this is a concern a...

In GEAR » Platypus Clean Stream vs Aqua Mira
February 20, 7:23pm

Going with the Blizzard
Thanks for all the comments. I think I am going to carry the blizzard bag as i dont want to bet on my fire making skills in a true emergency. I will bring along a fire making kit though as it wou...

In SuperUltraLight (SUL) Backpacking Discussion » Trail running Emergency Bivy Kit
February 19, 7:03pm

Dissolve time
I would say that it takes about 5 minutes for the tablets to disolve in mountain stream water.

In GEAR » Aqua Mira Exploded
February 19, 6:40pm

Re: Re: Re: Carrying your camera
I use the hip pockets on my circuit for my Epm-1 with pancake lens on it. I also keep a longer zoom in very small stuff sack attached with the water bottle holders. I am not completely satisfie...

In GEAR » Carrying your camera
February 18, 9:13pm

All Reader Reviews by Greg F

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WalMart
Walmart saved my trip. I was packing up the night before I was to leave and went to grab what i thought was a full butane canister and it was empty. It was 10pm and i was leaving at 5 the next morni...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
August 20, 7:27pm

Mont Bell Ultra-Light Spiral Down Hugger #3 Long
I had a chance to test out my new UL Spiral down hugger #3. This is the regular version not the super stretch. It still has the diagonal baffles so it does have a little more give than an average ba...

In Sleeping Bags - Mummy & Other
June 05, 11:33pm