Can we still say "Consider a hammock"?
I have liked those "disposable" blow-up-with-a-straw pillows, used them for many years. The smaller ones are still around widely but the large size are...
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Can we still say "Consider a hammock"?
I have liked those "disposable" blow-up-with-a-straw pillows, used them for many years. The smaller ones are still around widely but the large size are...
I use mesh shower slippers like these.
The best of them (which I can't find anymore unfortunately) have a decent textured slip-resistant bottom and are available in large enough size; you need XL...
Search for a "3F UL GEAR pedestiran silicon coating inner ultra light summer outdoor camping tent" on aliexpress. A bit heavy, mostly because the Chinese makers use silnylon rather than Cuben fiber,...
I split them into three but typically add a little dehydrated beef or sausage or freeze-dried chicken and a little extra spices. Used to add dried shrimp & clams to the chowder but I think MH...
For that kind of weight you can get something you can sit up in, get some gear inside, a lot more flexible. A zpacks hextarp or a 3FUL "summer tent". Others as well.
I am a longtime BRS-3000T fan, but even I would draw the line at a knockoff of such a rock-bottom minimalist piece of gear. Hey, I have my standards!
Unless it were lighter.
It is a good useful notion as a reference point to start with. But the variance is not necessarily linear and certainly the trend for most people would be an increasing % of variance as the temp...
The net-uppers slippers that I've mentioned from time to time over the years (originally from Sprint Aquatics but now from various other sources not, unfortunately, including the Mens XL size any...
I just bought a pair of these and they are mens large. Brand name Jantzen. Only a fraction of an inch shorter than my old Sprint Aqua XLs. More significantly the upper elastic is looser and they fit...
I like Tyvek. But my ground sheet of choice is a painter's drop sheet kinda plastic, the lightest, 3 or 0.3, I can't remember.
I put a dab of tape folded over in each corner and paper-punch a...
To the inquiry as to whether I'm talking about avoiding the road walking that includes a brief stretch in the Highland Pond Preserve: Yes. I actually worked on a route that cut into the Pond path as...
These are my choice.
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There are no boundary markers on these routes. There are no "no trespassing signs." The one such sign I mentioned was in an area I said I was NOT recommending, further East of my route.
There are...
I'm testing the waters here; readership changes and maybe there is interest without my getting dumped on for advocating anarchy.
I have shared my no-road-walking connector between the Mattabessett...
I think the "all thumbs down" he's received is an appropriate rating. Unfortunately the thread title remains (right near the top of a google search on packs customer service, damaging a top-flight...
I've been away from Connecticut this Winter, coming back in a week. I've heard there's been lots of precipitation and the water sources are probably flowing well on the Mattabesett and Metacomet (the...
Regrettably, most of the denatured alcohol you find in hardware stores and Home Depot/Lowes. etc. is mostly methanol these days, in itself a nasty chemical.
Kleen Strip makes a "green" version...
Days from civilization and way above any hope of finding wild ones, dried onions are priceless. Anything more than a dayhike and I've got I've got bags of dried onions, red & green peppers and...
I do onions at 130F and I wouldn't expect a total failure at 140, though I would never actually do such a thing. But 150 is just too high, no matter what some directions told you; that's cooking the...
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The Sprint pool slippers mentioned about 10 posts and 6 years back were the best! If anybody ever finds a source for those, PLEASE share. I've been keeping my last pair going for about a year now and...
Offshoot!? Watch your tongue.:)
I've been hiking the Mattabesett Trail off and on for 50 years; the NET is barely an adolescent. Offshoot indeed.
You don't start getting into the classic...
I like very thin poly for weight; it's tougher than it seems.
I put a dab of tape in each corner, doubled over so it grabs on each side of the corner. Then I paper-punch a hole through the tape. I...
Typo: that's Route 154.
I have learned (or re-learned) my lesson and will not publish any detailed routes for my road walking bypasses.
But for those with whom I’ve shared the route to avoid road walking in Connecticut...