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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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check if plantar fasciitis Have a look online for the symptoms of plantar fasciitis, a pretty common cause of heel pain. |
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Agreed Agreed, these things should be on a gear list; they're on mine. I'm in the ziplock-as-mapcase camp. Easier, cheaper, re-useable (for a while). My gear list has a sort of generic t... |
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window shrink film for polycro Cool! I'll have to check this out next time I'm at a hardware store (same place I'd look for painter's drop cloth plastic anyway ...). In the meantime, if anyone has actual e... |
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stick with everclear Thanks, Brett --- the one semi "ultralight" way to imbibe on the trail for me is to bring a small amount of everclear, mix as desired with water (1:7 ratio for me) and add flavoring of ch... |
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My fav 3 As others have, I find it hard to limit to three, but I'll try, with the caveat that of course Doug is right about the power of the internet and the generosity of strangers in sharing their ide... |
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Polycro wear "I have also used Gossamergear's Polycryo ground cloth which is light, waterproof but wears out too fast." My experience has been different. I used polycro on the PCT last year; s... |
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not switching out gear "I don't really want to switch out gear. I'll have my insulative gear in the desert. There's just something about using 1 pack for the entire PCT that makes me warm and fuzzy insid... |
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Re: Heat Reflector under alcohol stove I guess you could answer this with a little testing at home with your particular stove and pot setup. I used to use a little aluminum foil reflector and lost it at some point, haven't noticed... |
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Re: GOLITES $13.95 flat rate --- guess I misinterpreted "both for $50 shipped". $64 gets me a pair of shoes I know will work so I'll pass, but best of luck with all this stuff, and I hope you ge... |
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Re: Glove size Thanks, Gary. Would have been a good thing to have on the continuously-wet three day trip I just came off of. I ended up using the plastic bread bags I carry (mostly to wear over dry socks in wet... |
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... |
