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All Forum Posts by Mike Barney
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LIghtweight Philmont Experince When you complete your trek, particularly with lightweight gear, please share your experience with the rest of us: What went well, but more importantly what didn't. Seems like I learn a lot m... |
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Re: Re: Re: Unpackaging Philmont Food Hi Roger, is it possibly because they also use the meat sauce from Philmont as the basis for super glue??? :) :) :) We've done it both ways, and the turkey bagging was easily much faste... |
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Re: Re: Re: Check with Philmont - Isopropane is available I actually weighed one on my digital (non certified) scale. The difference could be the delta in manufacturers (of the cylinders or the scale :) |
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Re: Unpackaging Philmont Food Scott, to your questions: If you want to be the uber-Philmont-minimalist, then you'd dump about 1/2 the packaging to save about 2 ounces per meal for 12, not worth the effort for most I'... |
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GG's a good company from my perspective Per Paul and Ken, I've also heard nothing but good things from GG. We even had a chance to visit them, they were very hospitable. Further, they were most helpful in other areas and I for one ... |
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Re: 2.5 Gallon Water Containers At Least It depends on where you are camping. If you at at 2 dry trail camps in a row, you likely need to have the extra capacity. It's also unlikely 2.5 gals will do it for a full crew, but all this d... |
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Cameras to HDMI? Is anyone aware of a camera that has an HDMI interface to an HDTV? |
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Re: Re: lightest technique to improve water taste? If weight is the only criteria, then you'd be hard pressed to beat a solar still. A 1m ^2 sheet of 1/2 mil plastic and a small plastic or paper cup is an ounce. What you effectively get is is... |
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Re: Thanks Sarah It should work. The only 2 problems I see are if you got the right serving, or if the tubs / cups are stout enough to be packed for 12 days. |
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Re: Re: Dealing with Theft When I travel internationally, I keep a copy of the front inside page of my passport in a safe place. If you're in a country that has significant exit requirements, you may want to also consid... |
All Reader Reviews by Mike Barney
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MSR Pocket Rocket This is a pretty basic stove that is simple to operate. It's lightweight and reasonably efficient. We used 3 of these on a 10 day hike with 10 people and they worked well. The stove is reas... |
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Light My Fire Spork I like the LMF Spork, but it's almost too flexible. I can agree with many if not most of the comments above, and have had one break. When you use it to stir something very hot, it gets soft and ... |
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Garmin Rino 120 GPS and FRS / GMRS Radio Great Idea, lacking implementation.The premis of the Rino family is that it would be great to know where others are via GPS location. Great Idea. This is accomplished by using FRS radio frequencies i... |
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Marmot Helium (long) I had this bag for a short period, but really liked it. It's so warm, that it was almost too warm for me above freezing, but a very comfortable bag overall. It fits me (6'1") well a... |
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Atkinson's Chick-O-Stick Crunchy Peanut Butter & Coconut Candy I really like the "Chick'O's", they do pack significant energy in a small package, and the taste is very good. They don't break as easy as some, and have a similar texture in h... |
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Jolt Gum I guess if I was going to give this a really fair shake I'd have consumed the whole pack. Unfortunately or fortunately 1/2 a piece was more than enough. The taste isn't there, and I do have ... |
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Big Agnes We had a short term need for a bag and pad we could use at Philmont, and the Scout was on a budget. We looked around and called Big Agnes. They had a demo bag come in the next day, and they called b... |
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WalMart Walmart really does have nice people in their outdoors department at our local establishment, who know a lot about the Coleman lanterns and stoves and shotguns / rifles and ammo and really try to hel... |
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Tarptent Cloudburst The Cloudburst 2 was my first tent from Tarptent. I like the design, and it holds up well in rain and wind. It sleeps 2 comfortably and sets up pretty easily with as few as 3 stakes. It weight a ha... |
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Sling-Light Chair w/ body and kneck rest I purchased 2 of these initially for a 2 week hike. In the store, it seemed like a pretty good idea during a quick checkout. It's less than 2 lbs, so one of the lighter camp chairs available. It do... |
