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re: Seeking advice on an early season JMT thru In a normal year, a lot (most?) PCT thru-hikers go through starting sometime in June; I started NOBO through the Sierras in early June in 2008. Of course a lot depends on the snow year; 2008 wasn&... |
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Tylenol "When you Americans mention Tylenol do you mean acetaminophen, what we Brits call paracetamol?" Yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol |
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Much appreciated I take blood pressure medication (Lisinopril) and took some ibuprofen and was no doubt dehydrated along the PCT last year. Had no problem that I know of, but I very much appreciate this warning. ... |
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VB socks --- night, or day? One concern I would have with VB socks at night is if the weather is wet during the day and you're using trail runners, you could end up in a situation where your feet never dry out. I don'... |
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Trekking WA/CA/S. AT books I quite like a recently purchased book called "Trekking Washington" by Mike Woodmansee (The Mountaineers Books, also listed as a Backpacker magazine book). Of all the backpacking route b... |
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Golite shoes for long trips Since I need a wide toebox, I went with Golite Sundragons on the PCT in 2008. Did the first couple hundred miles in Sundragon I's, switched to Sundragon II's for the rest of the trail ---... |
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sacks, sacks, and more sacks Ah, super --- thanks for the clarification! I'm travelling just now, but will think through this carefully once I'm home again. You're right, there are a lot of bags there. I'... |
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face masks I use a light balaclava too --- the issue for me is that my nose gets painfully cold and keeps me awake, and the balaclava eliminates that. I'm switching for some sorts of trips to a down pa... |
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ziplock works for me ... I use a ziplock for pills, and store the pills (I'm talking about one-a-day type of pills) in my food bag and haven't had any problems. For infrequent use pills, a ziplock of them secure... |
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chopping steps I know nothing about the ice tool, but the Helix is a poor choice for chopping steps --- there's little mass at the head, so you would have to use a lot more arm muscle and repetition to try to... |
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... |
