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Golite Tail Daggers?? Hi Don. I'm interested in your Golite shoes, but I've never heard of "Tail Daggers". Do you mean Spike Tail (or the later Spike Tail 2 model), or maybe Trail Fly? The name shou... |
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backpacking in spain "I'd just like to reduce the hassle of searching for a pair of nail clippers in Seville!!!" It's not a hassle, really --- any pharmacy, or for a wider range of needs just go to... |
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leery of shoes with aggressive traction My experience with Golite shoes suggests that a shoe that has aggressive traction (deep lugs) might actually be very bad on wet rocks. One of the downsides of my Golite Sun Dragon's is that th... |
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sleep with food? From the reports here, an Outsak seems like a good idea. I live in the PNW, and normally use an Ursack but didn't even think about bringing it when I went to the Grand Canyon in March. My... |
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not too tight? If these are the type of gloves I'm thinking of, don't they fit pretty snug, even tight? At least that's been my experience with, say, disposable latex type gloves you get at a hardwar... |
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Re: Need feedback on a gatewood cape and bug tent I just bought the GC, and have the nettent on order --- when I called a few days ago they had the cape ready to ship, but told me that the nettent would be about two weeks out. I was quite pleased... |
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Re: Left over Aquamira "Not that you asked, but next time around, order the tablets." Try pricing the tablets vs. the liquid on a per-liter-treated basis --- chlorine dioxide tablets are a lot more expensive... |
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re: GoLite Versa Force shoe mens 10/10.5 I went ahead and bought a pair of Versa Force shoes in my size (11/11.5) on sale at $65, just came in today, so to some degree at least I can answer my own question. I just walked briefly around i... |
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re: GoLite Versa Force shoe mens 10/10.5 Hi Carol. Unfortunately the wrong size for me, but I'm highly interested in your comment about them having "more of a running shoe heel". I too love Sun Dragons, hiked the whole PCT... |
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general discussion about stove fuels Have a look at http://zenstoves.net/Fuels.htm I sometimes carry everclear as some or all of my planned stove fuel, with the idea of also making a nice mixed drink on the last day or two (1:7 eve... |
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... |
