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Early May trip, 2 nights, close to major airport, SoCal?
Hi all, My wife is ready for her first backpacking adventure, and I am ready for my first trip out west! We are looking to fly from Dallas using Southwest to any...
cool, light, breathable pants for summer
I will be in Cambodia in July and need to have cool, breathable pants to wear while photographing there. The temperatures will be 90+. The ultimate use of the pants is to...
MLD updated
Mountain Laurel Designs is now listing new products on their website. I have spent most of my morning looking at the new MLD website. The new bivies they are selling have some...
Crabtree TH to Emigrant Lake loop, 6/13-6/15
Hi all, I just posted a version of this over at highsierratopix.com and thought it might be useful here too. Here's a quick report of my trip this past weekend. I did...
(Old Timers) Items you carry now that you didn't many years ago
Now, even with a lighter load due to things like DCF tents and carbon fiber hiking poles I carry stuff I never did in the '70s and 80s. 1. waterproof camera (OK...
Multi-purpose as good as single-purpose?
This is a question implied by this thread that I didn't want to hijack... Have you ever seen a piece of gear designed to perform 2 or more dissimilar functions that performed...
Tic Tac pocket survival kit - what would you include?
I’ve purchased fire insurance for my house for 25 years - my house has never burned down. Every car I buy has airbags, even though I tell the dealer I’ve never needed...
What headlamp do you use?
So I'm shopping for a headlamp and I'm looking for some Ideas. This Headlamp I linked below caught my attention. What do you guys think? http://www.amazon.com/Petzl-E02-P2-Headlamp-Integrated/dp/B001SARHV6/ref=dp_ob_title_sports It uses CR2032 batteries, and they...
Theoretical AT Gear List
So its rainy in SoCal and well, we don't know what to do with ourselves. I got bored and decided to make what I think would be the lightest gear list I...
Net inner or bivy with duomid?
Howdy, I'm seriously looking at getting a MLD duomid for solo use, but I'm less sure about whether to get a bivy (probably a MLD superlight) or the MLD solo net inner...
Headlamp for night boating
I need a headlamp for packrafting at night. Â I do not need feedback on how silly doing so may or may not be. Requirements include (in order): 300+ lumens ~100 meter beam...
Clothing: Insect Shield Bug Off vs Permitheon Sprayed On Yourself
70 days? That sounds like false advertising to me. Ex-officio has been doing it for years, they don't make that claim. Permethrin may last several washings over 3 or 4 months, but...
Buckeye Creek over the 4th Weekend
Each year we try to get in a backpacking trip over this four-day weekend, knowing that the conditions are never going to be great. It's always too early, the high country has...
Backpack recommendations please
First post/ editability What are some good 50-60 liter backpacks with thick comfortable shoulder straps and a well executed frame? I'd like to own one backpack that carries well...
Hunting clothing
Over the past couple years, I have managed to lighten my hiking/backpacking load to attain UL norms - HMG pack, Zpacks tent & bag, etc. However, I hunt deer, elk, and goat...
First aid kit contents
The issue with carring perscription ABX is that they are organsim specific. Not any old abx is going to treat any infection. SO it would be luck of the draw that the...
Ideas for UL Activities When Hiking with Your kids
So I wanted to start a thread where we can share our ideas on UL things to do with the kids when you’re out hiking. I can think of three different categories...
Budget Improvement on 12 pounds
I just returned from hiking the Long Trail in VT, which was 280+ mi in 16 days (+1 rest day), in which I carried about 12-13 pounds of BPW. I've spent most...
Northern California non-snow trips?
Looking for some trip ideas for this winter... I live in Sacramento and looking for trips within a 1 to 5 hour drive of home. The Lost Coast is for sure on...
Chequamegon National Forest
Hi All - I wanna take a trip to Wisconsin this summer, cause I've never been. I was thinking of Chequamegon NF. Anyone got any tips? Any time of summer better than...
