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As long as you are making the stove and pot stand out of paper you might as well make the pot out of paper too. In Scouts (oh - so many years ago) we used to boil water in a paper cup by putting the...

Down underquilt

Southern Ontario and we have had to learn to live with them......

They are after salt and they need to chew to keep their teeth worn and sharp - so I will often leave a slab of "sacrificial...

I purchased a Hennessey Hex - but found it to be heavy - so I made one of Silnylon - with extra tie-outs and a set of light "d" rings on both sides so that it can be pulled up and away from the...

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There's only two heroes in this sad story.

One was that poor bastard Richard Jewel, the part-time security guard at the Olympic Park who got pinned with the blame for...

This is NOT a scientific answer but -
1. I do know of cases in which cattle have been killed by lightening as they clustered around the base of a tree to get shelter from a storm. Lightening...

One note that I came across that explained the high quality of "seconds" in silnylon is that a lot of this stuff starts out to be parachute fabric, and standards are so very high for that use that it...

Sorry to hear that you are down for a while - hope that you are back up and hiking again by summer

In the meantime - don't forget those kayaks!

I always carry an extra pair - "spare body parts" on the gear list.

I am the father of a very competant daughter - now 27 - who has travelled the world, learned languages, found herself in situations that as a father it has been a blessing that I had no idea what she...

Graphite - draw a soft pencil up and down the closed zipper. Non-oily lubricant that will smooth it right out.

Ooops - That's Noah Lamport for fabric - I forgot the "h" in the above post.

Needs to be in the web address as well. As in:

www.noahlamport.com

Best price that I have found for silnylon is from Noa Lamport www.noalamport.com Seconds (most available silnylon are seconds) - $2.75 / yd - minimum order is 10 yards but when you start to lay out...

I too wanted a larger tarp for a HH A-sym, and purchased the HH hexoganal tarp. I liked the tarp a lot but it really is heavy. So I made one out of silnylon with a bunch of minor modifications and...

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Skyline thank you for saying that.

Giving service is not cheap, nor is it free. It costs - It costs the store that provides it, it costs the salesperson who provides it ...... and all...

A few years ago I dumped a canoe among the ice floes of a local river (don't ask) ... got the canoe to shore, dumped it out and paddled like heck to get back to the car. The morning was cold enough...

I broke my ridge line too - (don't ask) - and sent it back to Hennessey for repair. At the time I asked them to replace it with something stronger and they used a cord that is 900 lb. test. I like...

I think that underquilts are the way to go and I like my down underquilt very much. But I see it's roll as a step in the process of addressing the issue of sleeping cold in a hammock rather than a...

The question about durability of the carbon poles is valid. Carbon is very light and stiff, but it can also be quite brittle. A lot of carbon kayak paddles now have a thin layer of glass layed over...

I've used a variety of gloves for paddling and around camp and for all around goves I settled on some Stanley Goatskin gardening gloves from Home Depot -They used to carry some that were all...

Senor - yeah - it does get kooky towards the end - but the point of learning to use the rods of your peripheral vision to develop your night vision works.

I have done little hiking at night but I have had some incredible experiences paddling a canoe at night. Usually you can see more without the headlamp - even on moonless nights.

Here is an...

A year ago I posted a description of an underquilt to Rock's site and to Thru-hiker - the url is http://iemedia.ca/dk/home.htm

This underquilt has been used quite a bit and the more I use...

I like it all except:

"As a senior NCO, I realize the chances of this being approved are very slim, and are outside the norm. But supporting such an endeavor would not cost the Army any more than...

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[QUOTE=Cehoffpauir]Quinoa (pronounced "KEEN-wah") is an excellent and versatile grain, easy to cook fully in a cozy after boiling for a couple of minutes. It goes well with nearly every...