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Pack Dry Times This is an interesting thread. I was asked by more than one hiker last spring why i don't use a pack cover in the rain. They usually laughed at my answer but then thought about it and laughed ... |
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CDTA This hella sux. I met a few of those trail crew folks on my CDT hike including a GPS mapping party up in Glacier. I just feel horrible for them cause they ARE so engaged and enthusiastic about th... |
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Wind stress Ryan, I was responding to your photo of a 15 lb "static" load on a tie out on a piece of cuben fiber. The point I was trying to make was the importance and bearing of construction of the... |
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Cuben tie out stress test I just performed a test on my MLD .74 oz/sq yard Cuben Patrol Shelter. I used a corner tie out. Hanging the corner of the tarp over the back of a closet door, I loaded the corner tie out with 2 g... |
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Ridgerest 3/4 length @Ken Yea I caught as lot of crap for my pad on the PCT! It's a wonder I was not called puny pad instead of iceaxe. I am 5' 7 & 3/16 inches tall. I forgot to add that not onkly do i p... |
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Ridgerest 3/4 length I use a Ridgerest 3/4 length closed cell foam pad. They are made in USA. I cut it down a bit. This makes my pad 6 ounces. Cutting the sharp corners off makes it easier to insert into my pack as... |
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The Original Invention Seems to me the infringement was when it went from this: . . To This: . . . This is the Original Invention. Oh yea.. the entire Trail Designs system; from the stove, pot, cup, cozy, lid... |
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Heinekin Cans NM |
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Trail Designs Heinekin Caldera Stove System Bought my Trail Designs Heinekin Caldera Cone setup at the ADZPCTKO in 2009. ADZPCTKO=Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off. I am not sure if it was Rand himself who sold me my Caldera kit... |
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Marmot Driclime Windshirt Clint, as for that last part about a recommendation to replace the wool sweater I can recommend something similar to my Marmot Driclime windshirt. I used it for the whole PCT and it was my sole in... |
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Bear Paw Wilderness Designs Minimalist 1 (Bug Bivy) I used the a Bear Paw Wilderness Designs Minimalist 1 bug bivy every night of my Appalachian Trail thru hike. While there weren't many bugs flying around in mid March when I started, the fully enc... |
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MLD Patrol Shelter Solo Spectralite Wtih beak The Mountain Laurel Designs Patrol shelter in translucent green Spectralight (Cuben fiber) is, by far, my favorite single piece of gear after 2180 miles and 98 days on my Appalachian Trail thru hike. ... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Mountain Laurel Designs has proven to me that durability and light weight can co-exist in the universe. Fittingly, my first introduction to MLD occured on the Pacific Crest Trail when a fellow hiker... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Spirit Quilt 30 This is my initial review of the Mountain Laurel Designs Spirit Quilt 30 size regular. Weight as measured 19 ounces. Loft as measured 1 & 3/4 inches. I had found that I used my sleeping bag open ... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Exodus It was on the Pacific Crest Trail in Sept of 2009 near the end of my thru hike when I first saw another hiker(Lint) using an MLD Exodus frameless pack. Upon examining the craftsmanship of the pack, an... |
