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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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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... |
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re: woodstoves Thanks, Keith. I cook just once a day, for one, and it's always just limited to heating water --- FBC system, I don't ever have to clean the pot, don't carry a bowl or cup. This ma... |
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some hasty replies ... I appreciate the recent responses (Brad, Ross, Keith). I'm actually in China just now and somewhat jet lagged, so my response might not be entirely coherent, but just off the top of my head ..... |
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Re: Filters in Winter Thanks, Frank. I came to the same conclusion about the filter --- I'll just go with Aqua Mira throughout. The filter idea came as a random thought about how long chemicals are supposed to ... |
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waste of space without a hood? I appreciate this discussion, as I'm leaning towards getting either a Montbell Alpine Light Jacket or the equivalent Parka (the latter having a hood ...). I like the idea of a hood, but at a... |
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Summerlite vs. Ultralite The two sleeping bags being discussed here happen to be the two that I own ... well, I own the Summerlite, my wife owns the Ultralite, but in temps where I'd want the Ultralite she doesn't ... |
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there are many ... There are many cell phones with GPS receivers in them already. If Garmin gets their act together, then perhaps there's some hope of a version that will do garmin-like backcountry GPS stuff, bu... |
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SMD serenity bug shelter As long as you're looking at SMD stuff, look at their bug shelter. It's designed to work with the Gatewood cape, but works stand-alone too with a single pole and 0 - 4 stakes to optionally... |
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factor in first-day dynamics I started on the first day (in 2008) with the intention to do, I think, 16 miles to Hauser Creek, and carried enough water to dry camp. But I felt good enough that I ended up doing 20 to Lake More... |
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... |
