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more data Starting on the trail about when? (what month) |
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Got mine in the mail today ... My Ursack Minor came in the mail today. Immediate impression was "wow, this *is* light" and of course the related "so can it really keep critters out?" I don't know, of ... |
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not just for wind A lot of posts here suggest that a windshirt is primarily for use against ... wind. Which makes sense, it's great for that. But I find it's a great layer over just a hiking shirt starting... |
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Thanks, Ryan! Thanks for pointing this out, Ryan --- I just ordered one. At 2.7 oz, it's a lot lighter than any of the rodent-proof alternatives I'm aware of (Ratsak, Outsak, Grubpack). I figure it doe... |
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Thanks! I appreciate this thread --- I just got this pot, and had noticed that the bottom looked a little, I don't know, greasy or something, though not a lot of smell. So I scrubbed the heck out of i... |
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re: Great list! If renting a can, at least look into the Bearikade. It's the most expensive but light and fairly large capacity which is helpful for dealing with thru-hiker hunger in the Sierras. If not, I l... |
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Great list! Looks like a great, well thought out list to me. Ice axe: I carried a ULA Helix, the shortest version. In some testing I found that I can self-arrest with it. I think if doing it again, however,... |
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Optimistic, but okay ... Perhaps a bit optimistic to try to collect all trail-related (and no doubt some that are not) foot ailments in one thread, but I'm game ... (1) Bunionettes, i.e., little-toe side bunions, of... |
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MLD UL Compact and 850 ML pot MLD (okay, Trail Designs) Caldera UL Compact system: http://tinyurl.com/yzlngqy and matching MLD 850 ML titanium pot: http://tinyurl.com/ykpptnf I measure this at 39 grams total (1.4 oz): 1... |
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Re: Peripheral vision - night walking without light I did; it's quite an interesting article, and long enough to be a bit of a committment to read through --- but once started, it was interesting to read to the end. It's something I'd l... |
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... |
