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couples thru-hiking together Lots of people do this, on the PCT and other trails. My own wife is a bit too sane to want to hike continuously, but she's trained to hike hard and joined me on stretches where --- surprisingl... |
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Re: a lot of company Mags said: "Do it after Labor Day. Cool and crisp nights, less people, beautiful days and so on." Ditto. My wife and I hiked the JMT in September and it was wonderful. Yes, even then... |
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re: Not just underwear To the good ideas in the last post, I'll add a couple more ideas: Alternate going commando, i.e., no underwear. This helps some people (including me sometimes), but not others, so --- YMMV.... |
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soda pop bottle A small (12 oz) plastic soda bottle works fine, never leaks. Or if you need a lot of fuel then --- step up to a 16 oz soda pop bottle! :-) I do like to keep it in a ziplock in outer mesh of my... |
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OR sunrunner for me too I too like the sunrunner, with the French Foreign legion (or Ferengi?) neck flap attached. A couple of reasons I haven't heard mentioned already: On a longer trip where one goes into town... |
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Not just about average pace Doing longer miles per day isn't just about average walking speed; at least as important is hiking "style". I.e., wake with the sun, and since the OP suggested a hike in the Fall, ... |
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give a serious try before you decide On this topic in particular (more than most others) I find that a lot of people will be "certain" that they would never like going cold, without having given it a meaningful try. If yo... |
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For me it's about the poles "One option might be to stop by a walmart and buy whatever $5-$10 knife they have just for the one trip." Certainly a good idea. If you feel that you really need a knife at all, and h... |
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one other factor --- dehydration A stray thought here, and apologies if this is already obvious to everyone but ... If your trip duration is measured in just days or at most a few weeks, do keep in mind that if you weigh yourse... |
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Re: Snow For me, the question of whether to bring Microspikes or not would be based on a guess at how extensive the snowfields are, as well as what times of day I'd be likely encountering them. Hiking... |
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... |
