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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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Re: Ti Walking Crampon The Ti crampon looks indeed very very close to the ULA product, not called the "Amigo" (that's their gravity filter), it was called the "Axis", a search string you can perha... |
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Advantages of longjohns A while back I bought BPL cocoon pants and overall I like the idea of them but ... so far I've not been using them much. To the person that said that use depends on conditions, I'd agree a... |
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bark = brown I'm slightly color blind, I pass most but not all of those little "find the pattern in colored dots" tests, so bear that in mind ... I just got an alpine light in bark, and both my... |
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TVP I've read that (negatives about too much soy) too, but for backpacking trips I'm willing --- I just don't use TVP in normal life meals (!). I also agree that real meat just tastes be... |
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disposeable poncho Yup, that's my plan too. I only wish they had a disposeable type (light) poncho with longer sleeves --- to keep my down or synthetic warmth layer sleeves dry in camp. I'm thinking of mod... |
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WT altitude I live in WA state near sea level (about 300+ feet elevation), and felt no elevation effects in hiking the WT a few years ago, I wouldn't worry about that. Raingear: I think if you're al... |
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gear swap points If swapping/adjusting gear for the Sierras anyway, I figured I'd swap out my bag and found that worked well. I used a 20 degree bag for the first ~1000 miles, swapped for a 32 degree bag when ... |
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traction I brought light 6-point crampons and never used them, mailed them home partway along and that was with an early June start. A PITA sometimes in terms of wanting to take them off and put them on ... |
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Golites == Wide Toe Box Have a look at Golite shoes. I need a wide toe box (bunionettes), and Golites work for me whereas typical running shoes end up causing me pain some miles down the trail. I haven't put many ... |
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sleeping outside in rainy seaso Doubt you would need the poncho on top of it, but I guess it couldn't hurt. I hiked with a guy last year that had one of these (NEMO GOGO bivy). It's sort of inbetween a bivy and a tent... |
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... |
