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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... |
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Re: My General 3 Season Gear List Agreed on replacing the fleece. Do you really need rainpants? For myself I find that unless it's quite cold and windy, I'm better off without them when walking because with them on I ge... |
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Re: "ULers Carrying an Extra 20-40 lbs - WHY?!" I had the privilege of meeting and talking for a while with two trail legends on the PCT last year, Scott Williamson ("Yo Yo") and Tatoo Joe. Scott looks --- and is --- the sort of poste... |
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Re: Shelter for triple crown I did the PCT last year, am considering AT or CDT next year (?). I used a tarptent.com Contrail for almost 2000 miles of the PCT; no tent at all for the first 700 miles, just a very light bivy and... |
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Re: Portraits of PCT thru hikers, book idea Jack H. beat me to it. Most would stop, I'd say the vast majority so long as it's not a particular situation where, for example, it's a long way between water or they're close to... |
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Re: We have our permit! Tarp for Wonderland? Each to their own, but my only concern about a tarp wouldn't be rodents walking on me, but insects. Perhaps by the time of your August dates bugs will be low enough that a tarp is a fine optio... |
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Re: Vermillion off Trail MTR and VVR are substantially different experiences; I personally have only experienced MTR, but talked to a lot of folks that went to VVR. I was at MTR in June before it was open for guests, bu... |
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Re: rain pants...are you leaving them home? ULA Rain Wrap seems like a good idea to me; I use a poncho, which when loosely ~belted at the waist is in effect a raincoat with ventilation mated to a rain skirt. I think it somewhat depends on... |
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Ditto I have the golite poncho tarp and have used it quite a bit as a poncho, a couple times as a tarp. Didn't seam seal it and haven't noticed any problem as a result. |
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... |
