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When is it just a fetish?
"Wow that's amazing...I hope I can hike even half this well at 71." I am going to take partial credit for this. 50% of my posts raise Tom's heartbeat for 20 minutes....
Help me choose a Sleeping Bag/Quilt!!! Please :)
Hello, I'm sort of new to lightweight backpacking and my gear is now heading into the ultralight range. I need some help/direction deciding which sleeping bag or quilt to buy, ideally in...
Gear for the the Australian bush
Hi all. Hoping to get some comments on gear that I want to buy. It will be used all year mainly in the alpine Australia (both Tas and the mainland) but got...
Sleeping bag and pad
Ok, first, I want to thank you guys for all of the advice you've given me in the past. Also, thanks for helping me spend all of my money. :D I bought...
--25c: Pad + Bag + Tarp OK?
(NOTE: I updated this post+title from " --25c: Pad + Bag + Tarp OK?") This will be my first year doing winter camping. I'll be doing this in Montreal (a city), up...
Cuben/ Silk/ Momentum hybrid S/bag Bivy
Hiya, I have in mind a sleeping bag with a water proof base and resistant top. Ive read through some of the threads, like what people are doing with Cuben quilts. While...
Roam Mountain MYOG Gear Test
Over the last couple of days (Oct 27-29) I had a chance to hike a 40 mile section of the AT (Carvers Gap to Kincora Hostile) testing out the latest round of...
Patagonia attitude toward gear recycling
This was just sent to me in an e-mail by Patagonia: http://www.patagonia.com/us/ebay/used-gear?sssdmh=dm23.142014&src=102811_mi1 It is easy to be cynical but I appreciate that a company whose primary reason for existence is to sell...
Survival Equipment
So, I've been watching "I Shouldn't Be Alive" and there have been a few instances where the person who shouldn't be alive, through a series of very unfortunate events were parted from...
Field Testing Air Permeable Waterproof-Breathable Fabric Technologies – Part 2: Are There Detectable Differences Under Real World Backpacking Conditions?
"It was on sale for next to nothing but I could only get an extra large. I usually wear a medium." That may be the "bellows effect." I can see how a...
Field Testing Air Permeable Waterproof-Breathable Fabric Technologies – Part 2: Are There Detectable Differences Under Real World Backpacking Conditions?
Good post Dale. I often read on the forum about folk getting wet, then drying their gear later. Sometimes i have to laugh! How do you dry your gear in continuous rain?...
tent bound with kids
I have been storm bound with fellow backpackers and climbers in all the mountain ranges of the west. I've seen and smelled things that make grown men weak in the knees and...
Man missing for 10 days found on Grouse Mountain
for those that dont know grouse mountain is actually part of metro vancouver ... there are quite a few day hikes around there ... every yuppie here runs up that mountain ......
Your Worst Trip
Not the most dangerous, or the hardest, or the one where you had to bail. What trip, that you actually completed, ended up being a more miserable slog than you ever imagined?...
Hunter shoots, kills hiker
Another sad story of hiker mistaken for bear. Which is EXACTLY why I sent this email off to a cottage gear owner, "Your description for the (rain jacket) says to ask about...
A group of stranded hikers are rescued by the Ventura County Sheriff's Upper Ojai Search and Rescue
interview with rescued recounting the situation ... informative because you dont usually hear directly from the rescued as to the decision making ... go to the link to watch the excellent video...
Hikers rescued after three-day search
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Hikers+rescued+after+three+search/5276750/story.html Hikers rescued after three-day search BY JASON VAN RASSEL, CALGARY HERALDAUGUST 19, 2011 Three days and tens of thousands of dollars later, rescuers found three Calgary hikers unharmed after they became...
Any good synthetic -20 bags out there?
I'm in the process of looking for a sub-zero synthetic sleeping bag for some of my longer outings in cold, moist conditions. I do a lot of backpacking and mountaineering in NH...
3 day AT section hike GA
Hey everyone! My first post but have been reading for awhile. Lots of great info on this forum. HIKE - Approach trail from Springer to Neels gap. Leaving 10/18/12 am. If all...
NEWTON AND LAZARUS' EXCELLENT 100 MILE ADVENTURE
September 27th, 2011 my wife drops me off at the airport in New Orleans at 6:am. I meet Lazarus in front of the ticket counter at 6:30 am. We print out our...
