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Trail Runners. Aargh I love my Adidas Response. |
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Pillow talk Thermarest makes a fleece-lined stuff sack. At night you turn the stuff sack inside-out and put your extra clothes/moss/whatever inside, and you're good to go. |
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New water bottle uses UV light to sterilize water This is pretty cool, if only a prototype. From Gizmodo: "An English graduate has won this year's James Dyson Award, which is a coveted design award in the UK. Taking on the noble challe... |
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re: purification I used Polar Pur for six months while on the Appalachian Trail in 1999 and it didn't bother me at all. The taste was very subtle and if I got tired of it I would just add gatorade occasionally.... |
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Lightest camp chair ever The Chairless Chair by Vitra. It was inspired by a picture of an Ayoreo (an indigenous group in Paraguay) person doing something similar. A portion of the proceeds from this chair will be donated t... |
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Re: snakeproof this hahaha! Thanks for the tip. I hear they are making leg guards in lightweight titanium, so I can shave at least three pounds! |
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re: snakeproof I wear trail runners. I just found a testimonial from a guy who was bitten while wearing some of the Turtleskin snakeproof gaiters here: http://www.turtleskin.com/SnakeArmor-Testimonials.asp... |
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re: gaiters Normally I don't sweat the snakes, but for some reason I have seen a lot more than usual lately. I do some solo hiking and have become concerned enough to wear some heavy kevlar gaiters. The Ca... |
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Recommended snake proof gaiters? I live in Alabama, and last year I was almost bitten twice by timber rattlers. Can anyone recommend some good lightweight gaiters? thanks, mcd http://bit.ly/9YWFTy |
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