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Leave No Trace Principles
Hi All, I wanted to get some feedback from folks about your "minimum impact camping" principles. The LNT Institute espouses their own version of the dogma. I'm wondering how many people abide...
Gear List for a Mid-January AT Start
Richard, Thanks a lot for working out the numbers for me. To keep things simple I will plan on the Warmlight DAM below freezing (32 degrees F) and the lighter pad above...
12 oz summer quilt
Hey everyone, I made a summer quilt last night out of 4.5mm silk, 1 layer of 2.5 oz Climashield XP, and a shell of Momentum. It weighed in at 12 oz with...
Gear List for Wisconson
From Oct. 13-15 I will be backpacking around 40 miles in Wisconsons Kettle Moraine State Park on the Ice Age Trail. The temps will be around Freezing at night and the weather...
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From Oct. 13-15 I will be backpacking around 40 miles in Wisconsons Kettle Moraine State Park on the Ice Age Trail. The temps will be around Freezing at night and the weather...
Looking for a UL Down Jacket
Ben, You might have guessed it. I have the MB Alpine Down Jacket (NOT the new UL version). Here's my take on it. Very POOFY. Makes one look like the Pillsbury Pop'n...
Sleeping bag won’t fit into my backpack
I've got a Gossamer Gear G4 backpack, and a GoLite Laze sleeping bag. The sleeping bag came in a really big (cotton I think) stow sack. I assumed that it was just...
Wet Weather Drying Techniques in Fog, etc.
Fellow Enthusiasts, I've been doing a great deal of packing through the SF Bay Area Coastal Region lately: Skyline (Big Basin), Coastal (Marin Headlands), Point Reyes (everywhere!), and anywhere else in between....
Osprey Atmos 50
Overall very happy with this pack. I wanted an internal-frame lightweight pack that would support multi-day treks with a bear canister. Certainly not ultralight - clocks in around 2.8 pounds - but...
Pacerpole 2-Section Trekking Pole REVIEW
Companion forum thread to: Pacerpole 2-Section Trekking Pole REVIEW I was surprised to read the comments in the test report on Pacerpoles that they have limitations on moderate to extreme ascents and...
need to learn self-arrest
here is my problem, i am planning a thru-hike of the pct in 07' foro which i have a few years of hiking experience, but zero mountaineering experience. i would like to...
Sleeping with food
My trips here in Colorado have some bear "risk" but I don't percieve it as a big deal. I may be wrong? No where has had posted food rules but they do...
NEW Tarptent
Rumor has it there is going to be a 1.5 lb tarptent coming out on sunday evening September 3rd, that includes the floor. It is going to replace the virga. Heard that...
7 ounce Polarguard-Delta Quilt
I am working on a few MYOG items for a "sub 3-lb gear list" Hike I am planning early in October. If anything but a warm weather hike in this weight range...
So everytime I go on a solo trip…
So everytime I go on a solo trip my wife does some little interesting thing to get my attention. Today when I got home she had cleaned the acrylic bathtub with Comet,...
Survival situations?
In your collective years of wilderness travel, in what emergencies have you been involved? Not stories you've heard, not things that have happened to people you know. What's happened to you or...
3 Season SUL, So-Cal Gear List
Here's my current list. I have all the items except the sleeping bag, which is on order. Let me know what you think. 3 Season SUL, So-Cal Gear List Conditions: - Elevation...
Comfort and Moisture Transport in Lightweight Wool and Synthetic Base Layers
Companion forum thread to:Comfort and Moisture Transport in Lightweight Wool and Synthetic Base Layers Excellent review. I do wish you'd used Marmot silkwieght instead of Capilene however -- it seems to resist...
Proper Rain Protection
Just purchased the Integral Designs Sil Coat Cape (which weighs in 5 oz.) and Gossamer Gear Spinn Chapps (1.6 oz.) This coupled with my Montane Featherlite Smock (2 and something oz,.). Should...
Feedback Requested on Gear List
This gearlist has been a work in progress for quite some time. Obviously I've tried different gear throughout the years I've been backpacking but my attention to detail matured to the next...
