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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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Re: Stewing in your own juices I think part of being happy in the outdoors involves an adjustment in thinking, of expectations. Each to their own, but I mostly just don't worry about it. Smell however I smell on the trail,... |
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re: easily PRINTABLE 2-page gear CHECK-LIST Jamie offered a great trip prep checklist, and asked if folks see any other things to consider adding to it. I would add: * trim toenails * check weather forecast for area of travel * Deter... |
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Yup, Nesco's are fine As Sarah said, the Nesco model seems to work fine for me; I use it pretty infrequently once or at most twice a year and have had it maybe 4 - 5 years. I'm drying some meats now for my persona... |
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Re: Lightweight shoes for JMT The JMT can be a bit harder than average (or at least "average good") trail on shoes, but I think the question is independent of location, it's just about "what's a good shoe... |
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Re: Favorite Snacks Rosemary and Olive Oil flavored Triscuits. |
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Re: Nothing New Under the Sun.. The gear innovations I'm most interested in are those that bring more lightweight gear options into the mainstream. Lighter weight gear that is nevertheless decently durable, affordable, and w... |
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Re: lightweight pants Hi Tom. Hard to argue with your logic! Of course it can vary a lot; last year the snow melted out pretty late in the NW, which shifted the heaviest bug times. I walked through Oregon in early Au... |
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Re: JMT for Two 2009 "I guess this is one of the advantages of the Gossamer Gear external cannister attachment system (I see you you have a Mariposa Plus)." FWIW, when I went through the Sierras (JMT/PCT) ... |
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lightweight pants "Also, do you guys have any ideas about long pants? Lightweight, but somewhat water repellent?" My personal preference is not water repellent, but rather quick-drying. So long as the... |
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Check out appropriate books ... I don't know much about OR or CA, but a couple of books that come to mind for WA state are "Best Loop Hikes Washington", and "Trekking Washington". Both of these are Mounta... |
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... |
