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Ray completed the AT

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7.5# pack.

The ShamWow (and Paktowel) is a sham. Go to yourlocal Big Lots store or some other bargain basement type outlet. Look in the automotive dept. I buy mine 3 to a pack FOR 2 BUCKS!

Not right or left, east and west.

"East is least, west is best".

I recently used AM that had an expiration date of 2006. Didn't get sick. I say as long as it turns bright yellow and you can smell the chlorine it's still reactive.

That's a nifty simmer ring Zelph!

Poutine with brown gravy, one if Canada's pleasures. (Besides the cute Quebecois waitresses). Ummmmmm.

You answered your own question...


"the majority of people either don't know how to hang food 'properly' or they are too lazy after hiking 15-20 miles to do it properly. thus food gets stolen...

One aspect of the stash your cache method is that all food should be in an odorproof container or double bagged in plastic. 100 yards is plenty.

I've used this method in the Canadian bush but...

After setting up camp my pack is mostly empty. I leave it unzipped or open. Sometimes I hang it off the ground, or prop it under a tree. Sometimes it is under the vestibule. Dependson my energy level...

Anyone familiar with the "Hide" method? Walk at least 100 yrds from camp (into the forest, NOT down the trail. And stash your food bag in a thicket. Odds are, because Bears are creatures of habit,...

When the food bag is heavy I use a stick to take the weight off as I pull it up. A friend can help if you are uncoordinated but it's possible alone.

While a hiker may pull off sleeping with their food it's a crapshoot. You may not have a problem, but you are just playing the odds. It only takes one inquisitive bear to ruin a trip, wreck the tent,...

I used two platys on my recent Wind River hike. First time and probably the last. I don't like the "fiddle factor" of positioning the bladder and the tube and the sucking like a baby to drink. Never...

I coat my glass lenses with Rain X. Helps the raindrops slide right off.

I shake it up good after adding, then settle on 15-20 minutes.

I don't believe rope color makes much difference. I suspect a critter will smell the rope before seeing it.

I use all three depending on the situation. But I prefer the PCT.

We call the "common method" the confounder. I use it often in the Canadian bush as the trees up there are often too puny to hang...

See what you started Mags?

So how'd it come out?

If you are set on using an alky stove choose the pot to fit the stove. Some stoves have a wider flame pattern than others. The best combo keeps the flames mostly on the bottom of the pot, not...

My Grandmother would throw the chickens neck between her toes, clamp down ...and pull.

The AquaMira bottles come with a mixing top.

I mix enough for one platy (2 litre) then go collect the water. When I return the AQM has "reacted" and I pour it into my platy.

It's hard to mix...

Every "adventure" Chris went on he wound up needing help. The Alaskan journey took him beyond his edge, and there was no one there to help him out.

Poorly planned, no exit strategy, he was an...

I prefer simmer cook using a ziploc bowl. I gave up on freezer bag cooking. Got tired of the stinking bags.

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