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lightest loppers? I appreciate this thread. I see trail maintenance as a sort of two-tier (or maybe multi-tier) affair. There's all-out trail maintenance crews with hard hats, heavy tools, dedicating trips exc... |
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SMD bug bivy over MLD I bought an MLD bug bivy last year, intending to switch to it plus poncho on a long distance hike last year, but it took too long to arrive to use that way. I've since purchased an SMD Gatew... |
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Hmm, nice if could buy disposeable poncho from SMD ... Hmm, and Ron --- since you're tracking this thread (thanks for doing so!) --- a suggestion. IMO it would be great if SMD were to buy a bunch of really lightweight (2 mil or perhaps even 1 mil... |
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in-camp raingear "The only problem you'll have if you only take this as your tent and your rain gear - is if it is raining while your in tent mode and you have to get out to whiz. Normally I just get "... |
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Re: Problem with MontBell UL Sleeping Pad It's so hard to put this sort of thing into perspective --- is this an inevitable problem that's eventually going to strike every Montbell UL pad owner, or a limited quality control issue t... |
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Re: Gatewood Cape "... every picture i see has the right-side beak half folded back to make a door. Why won't the left-hand side fold back?" One side or the other has to connect to the guyline to ke... |
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Local MEC at destination? Canada's equivalent of REI is MEC (I think that's Mountain Equip. Coop). If there's one close to your destination, a blue foam pad isn't too expensive to buy there, and then just d... |
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ACE H/W window insulation kit At my local Ace Hardware store today I bought a window insulation kit package (plastic plus double-sided tape). Advertised as a 6-window kit it's 108 sq ft, 62" x 252", and just cost... |
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Definitely XL, "large" not large enough At my local drugstore today, they had one brand of latex gloves in "S", "M", and "L" sizes, 50 to a box. The box is clearly labelled to show that they also sell "... |
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Re: GPS HELP...PN-40 and Topo 7 or 8 Questions I've used Topo products a lot, but their recent migration has me beyond just "disinchanted". Their old mapxchange process was easy to allow topo users to upload and share or download... |
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... |
