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- Jim Harris needs our help
- The gear needed to camp with Bear Grylls
- Birds Eye view of the High Sierras
- An Antarctic Peninsula Adventure
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- McCarron to Ride the Rio Santa Cruz
- 2015 Bob Marshall Wilderness Open Details Announced
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- Budgeting Time in the Mountains
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- Products Using PrimaLoft Performance Down Blend now Hitting Stores
- Patagonia & Yerdle Team Up to Put Used Gear to Good Use
- MSR WindBoiler vs. Jetboil Sol
- Gear Shorts
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Lightweight Backpacking News: Digest No. 5
"…Erin Williams and her husband plan 5 day expedition…"
A long way to go for 5 days.
Erin says "We had planned the five-day hike as part of a 20-day trekking excursion in Patagonia,…"
That Royal Arch video is great. Such a good loop.
Aspirants might do well to know that the "traverse of death" around 1:00 is not necessary; just go canyon right rather than left at the pour off for an easier, faster, less exposed route.
I don't understand the Big Agnes Third Pitch jacket. It looks like a normal sewn-through down jacket. Except that the baffles are sewn vertically/diagonally, so they need something special to keep the down in place. Why does Philip keep saying it uses 50% less fabric?
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