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Northeast trip -- November 13-16, 2014
Sounds great, Kevin! Approximately a 5-hr drive from my location. I would not mind driving over the day before and camping at the start point. Is this possible? What is the typical...
Vertex Ultralight backpacking stove - 1.8 ounces and packs flat
Kevin, Very neat design. I like it. I think offering it in titanium would help sales since it's the more sexy material. I wonder if the openings at the top would allow...
why i wont buy a ghost whisperer
After reading the hype about the mountain hardwear ghost whisperer last year i was very keen to pick one up this fall. I thought i would be smart and order early, so...
Solo: LeConte Divide and Goddard Canyon
It had been almost exactly a year since my last solo adventure to the mountains. There are so many good friends around nowadays to go backpacking with that it was hard to...
Optimizing my Esbit Performance and other adventures in reinventing the wheel.
Situation: My project du jour. I'm trying to optimize my esbit fuel consumption and to assemble a simple, light, and efficient system to boil water and nothing else. This is going to...
Base Layers
Hey guys so like many of you getting ready for your treks this summer we are all trying to see how much we can leave at home, while remaining comfortable. I am...
Failure to Launch: A misadventure along the Michigan Shore to Shore Trail
Warning: The following trip report depicts poor planning, long road walks, and minimal scenery. It also features a despicable, though inadvertent, act of vandalism. There will be no uplifting epiphany at the...
Water filters and Alaska glacial Silt?
Heya, In early July I'm going to Alaska for a week to hike the crow pass trail. I'm bringing an MSR gravity works filter. Do any of you know if the glacial...
Lightweight Cup/Mug to nest SP 600 inside.
I'm thinking of using a Snow Peak 600 as my pot. Does any one know a cup that would fit over the 600? I think being outside the 600 would allow the...
How in the world do you people find the time?
we finally replaced our 1996 car a year ago buying a newer car doesn't really improve our quality of life much. It seems like cars last longer than they used to. The...
Announcing GGG/SOCAL2016
I've been feeling anti-social lately but I'm now out of the funk..... Frankly I'm going to do a lay back job of organizing this third annual Southern California GGG The facts at the moment:...
Cowboy coffee/tea filter
I was using a GSI H2JO in conjunction with a Humangear CapCap and a Hydro Flask 40oz bottle. This setup functioned well but was heavy and made for a very tall and...
Sawyer Squeeze vs Aquamira Drops. The argument.
for very bad water, after filtering it with a sawyer, drops could be useful I suppose to target viruses, then I think you can just use bleach though since all the larger...
GoLite stores don't take....cash?!?!
Golite seems to be doing just fine (with plenty of business, especially here in Fort Collins). Chances are if you're shopping at the store, you have a debit card. Edit: I agree...
Sun Gloves?
I used Sun Precautions Hand Guards on my 2011 JMT trip after my friend, Linda, used them on a short trip we took together. They are "unique" in that they leave your...
Teaser: Today's mail from TiGoat.
Cheers! ;) That pack frame looks interesting. Whatever happened to the TiGoat packraft? The frame *is* interesting. It hugs my body like the ULA Ohm does, snugly, and softly, but the difference...
Steripen – usage with soft sided container
I know this was already covered once and I debated on resurrecting the thread, but I thought a new thread would be a better way to have this discussion. So I'm about...
Nifty loose leaf tea infuser
I'd never seen one of these before, so I thought I'd post the link. http://theteaspot.com/tuffy-steeper-steepware.html?catid=251 More tea infusers, some of them lighter than the above: http://uptontea.com/shopcart/catalog.asp?begin=0&categoryID=82 Upton tea has a great selection...
Beginners Gear/Food List
Clothes: 2 Icebreaker Merino Wool 150 Base 2 Ice breaker T Shirt 1 Poor Quality Fleece 1 Montane Featherlight Jacket 1 Buf Bandana 1 Montane Terra Cutt off Pants 4 Pairs socks...
Snow Peak windscreen weight reduction!!
This is a mod that I did awhile back. It eliminates close to a ½ ounce. It perplexes me why Snow Peak doesn’t make a Ti or Aluminum wind deflector. I have...
