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Mina Loomis (elmvine) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Central Texas
About Me I have been backpacking on and off in the western US since college in the early 1970's. Summer 1970 a bunch of us spent a week in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon barefoot with blankets, book bags, and no proper gear at all. Now I coordinate youth backpacking for our Camp Fire USA council, and enjoy taking the kids to the mountains. I hope to take up more long distance walking after retirement.
CityAustin
StateTexas
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.camp-fire.org
My PDF Gear ListJMT 2011 Gear List

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All Forum Posts by Mina Loomis

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light silk tent
From somewhere (now I don't remember exactly, probably a link posted by someone on these boards?) I downloaded a pdf of Camping and Woodcraft by Horace Kephart, originally 1917, this appears to...

In Gear Lists » Totally Un-UL, Un Hi-tech list:
June 09, 1:53pm
A toughie
I have hesitated to weigh in on this one. The teacher's expectations, all desirable, are hard to meet in Texas in the summer. It is pretty much hot, dry (especially this year), and muggy. Fo...

In Post-Trip Reports » Youth Trip in Central Texas...
June 05, 10:31am
Re: Re: test results
I am thinking about that. I also want to use the Pecan Cranberry Ranch Chicken Salad (in wraps) for one of the Pine Spring dinners, but I didn't have the Ranch packets to make it with for our ...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Stoveless recipes
May 31, 1:27pm
Re: Strawberry Peach Muesli
Sounds great, I am going to test this on Robert for our JMT hike later this summer. >>If you brought the milk powder, mix it with water and then pour the milk over the muesli. One sugg...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Breakfast for a non-cooker
May 31, 10:17am
test results
Night before last we had a pre-trip meeting, and I had samples of a number of ideas prepared for folks to try. The concept of no-cook meals for 4 days (2 at Pine Spring and 2 on the trail) went ov...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Stoveless recipes
May 31, 10:02am
Re: Mariposa Plus
Scott, I am leaning towards using the MP on this trip, since you and some others have found it practical to do so. You are right, the volume seems to work out. I made a model Bearikade Expedi...

In Gear Lists » Still another JMT Gear List 2011
May 28, 8:19am
Re: Re: tarps
Oh, my. The Z-packs tarps do look nice. Will have to think hard about the price though. Or I could gut up and carry the extra half pound the ID tarp weighs and send the money to an environmental...

In Gear Lists » Still another JMT Gear List 2011
May 24, 7:24pm
Kitty litter
10 lbs of kitty litter is WAY too much for the JMT. I'd take only about 5 lbs. ; ) Uh-oh. Back to the drawing board....

In Gear Lists » Still another JMT Gear List 2011
May 24, 3:30pm
tarps
P. S. Still interested in information on lighter 8 x 10 flat tarps. Found Etowah (13 oz.), Bear Paw (15 oz.), Oware (13.5 oz.), Campmor (13 oz.), all not including stakes and lines. My ID 8 x 10 ...

In Gear Lists » Still another JMT Gear List 2011
May 24, 3:22pm
Re: Excellent and very detailed list
Especially good to hear from yet another Sierra hiker. Sleeping clothes: I sleep cold and really like the Smartwool stuff, not just to keep my bag clean but to keep warmer at night. If it gets...

In Gear Lists » Still another JMT Gear List 2011
May 24, 3:21pm

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