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All Forum Posts by jeffrey armbruster
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"Starting to doubt using my alcohol stove for cannister" Ian: yes, 4 oz's of fuel plus whatever the canister weighs; 3 oz.'s probably. I use an MSR canister; pretty small. So I think that my entire canister set-up, with pocket rocket and titaniu... |
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"Starting to doubt using my alcohol stove for cannister" With a good windscreen--essential!--I easily get 14 boils out of a 4 oz. canister. This starts as a pretty light set-up and just gets lighter every day. So one 4 oz canister for a week of backpacki... |
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"Still going without tp?" So how is tearing moss off of trees to use for tp more ecologically correct than using paper? Paper is made from wood...gee, and I'm doing my business in the woods! My guess is that we'r... |
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"Hydration bladders... out of fashion?" Jerry: For my whole hiking life I've just relied on tanking up on water in camp. I've also noticed that my pee was yellow during the day, even though I'd stop every once in a while to d... |
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"Hydration bladders... out of fashion?" Thanks for the responses. I wouldn't have even considered this soft bottle thing except for the clerk. Anyway, yeah my new system for on the trail will be a wide mouth soft Nalgene--I sized up ... |
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"Hydration bladders... out of fashion?" A clerk at REI said that he wasn't sure if a Steripen would work with a clear soft bottle nalgene. That seems wrong to me and according to what I've read here, but then it occurred to me th... |
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"Why are all the eVent Rain Jackets so short" I also have a Rab Demand and it definitely covers me bum. At 5'9'' 145 lbs the medium fits perfectly; a tad tight for layering a puffy--workable though. I think that this is a great pie... |
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The "I don't get it" thread" Miguel: I wear boots. So yes, that's the difference maker I guess. |
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The "I don't get it" thread" Miguel: yep,you're right, I haven't tried very thin merino socks in the summer. But I like a bit of padding. I don't "get" why I would give that up for the "benefit"... |
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"JMT list...let's talk VOLUME" You're talking volume: keep the Weekender. A great choice. The Expedition is just ridiculously large. I hear what you're saying about not needing that much food for this last stretch. In... |
All Reader Reviews by jeffrey armbruster
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Vasque Breeze GTX These boots really are a breeze on your feet. Unlike another reviewer, I found these boots to have terrific ankle support. However, the deal-killer for me is the relatively narrow toe box. Full disclo... |
