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scaling down I have scaled down my light packs a couple times, at two different scales, for my kids at various ages. I strongly suggest you mock up the shoulder straps & hipbelt and sew them onto a piece of... |
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Re: Any advice for bear bagging? My first piece of advice is get a canister. I gave up on bear bagging myself after I got tired of having to camp where the trees were suited for hanging instead of camping where I wanted to. As oth... |
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Re: ounces of down = ?temp rating? I don't think the answer you want really exists. Just the simplest variable - size of quilt - makes a huge difference. Adding an ounce of down to a smaller quilt makes much more difference than... |
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2nd generation MYOG Here's my son making his first homemade pack from the old man's pattern: |
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bugs vs shelter My opinion is that the bug refuge aspect is more important than the rain shelter, as the bugs are there every day while the rain is only sometimes, and the rain is often just afternoon and stops in... |
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second opinions +1 on backpacking.net - although it's a less active forum in general, it is sometimes nice to have another source of opinions. Also, a useful tactic for dealing with this or any other forum;... |
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SL2 pitch Your sequence - stake corners, put in poles, then stake sides - is what I do with my MSR Twin Peaks, which is very similar. The final step is to jack up the poles until things are tight. But that w... |
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Re: What haven't you replaced? I have a pair of mittens my friend's mom knit for me in 1972 or '73. They go on every cold weather trip I take and they still do the deed. I'm on my third pair of mitten shells but the ... |
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Re: Help with ski boots A couple of points that I don't see being mentioned here. One is that when you are discussing AT gear and "light backcountry" or XCD gear, it is not really an either/or thing. There i... |
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Re: How difficult it is to find standing wood in winter? My experience is I see very little dead wood in the Sierra in the winter or spring. You may find a downed snag that is situated in a spot such that it gets blown clear, but mostly I don't see m... |
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