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Re: Re: Do you filter your water? I mostly hike in New England. As a kid, I never treated any water from sources up in the mountains. Probably about 20 years ago I started treating everything, first with a filter and more recently ... |
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Re: Door >>>Plus, you can get double duty out of the door by making it into a rain skirt!<<< Man that would be really cool if Joe designed the door for duel use as a rainskirt. |
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Re: Re: Caldera Keg-F/H My recent experience has been 20ml to boil 2 cups. |
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Re: "Caldera Keg-F/H" The cone nearly fits all the way into the keg (in some models the cone fits 100% into the keg) so you can roll up the cone, put it into the keg, then put the stove (if you're using alcohol) ups... |
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Re: Re: nick >>>On my next trip I am packaging everything into some Ziplock microwave bags, and just add boiling water (oatmeal and Mountain House).<<< Nick - if you mean the Ziplock microw... |
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Re: Thanks, guys! From what I can tell on their website, Katabatic doesn't offer an option for a full net hood similar to TiGoat. If that's not a deal killer, than I'm sure you would be pleased with eith... |
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Re: Best cooking system There is no such thing as the "best cooking system" it really depends on your priorities, normal practices, and normal number of days between resupply. For example, I only use my stov... |
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Re: Re: Glad Simply cooking Microwave bags locations? My local Target and Walmart no longer carry them, but I found them at Alice.com for cheaper anyway. $1.99 per box with free shipping. Be careful on Amazon. Some of the vendors have a cheap price... |
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Re: WTB: BPL Pro 90 Quilt or other ~13-14oz quilt When do you need it by? I have a barely used Pro 90 regular length that weighs 12.05oz that I'm going to sell a little later in the summer once I convince myself that my cuben quilt is suita... |
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Re: re: New England (5 Night Max) I tried that at one point with the WM Flash Vest but I ended up selling it. I liked the vest but I almost always picked the Down Inner when packing. I just made 2 more changes to my edited list.... |
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zpacks Company I first bought a Blast 18 which is now my go to pack for extended weekend trips. Since then, Joe has made me a custom cuben fiber cat tarp, a custom cuben fiber rain skirt, and a custom stake bag. ... |
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ULA Conduit Used this pack on 5 or 6 overnight trips ranging from one night to 7 nights and a base weight ranging from 8 to 12 pounds. The pack is outstanding. It carried well up to 28 pounds. The hip belt po... |
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Sierra Designs Isotope Jacket 2007 I bought this jacket a while back mostly to bring on longish alpine routes as a wind/emergency rain jacket. I've only actually used it climbing once, but have carried it up several climbs in my ha... |
