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How do you adjust the down in the FF bags? Doesn’t that leave cold spots and how does the down not move around if you move around in your sleep?

I'm using my regular glasses, which are Titanium wire frames w/o hinges, and plastic optics....

I use in my pear can wood cook stove a half of a relighting birthday candle to get it started even in the worst winds. Have used them to start a fire...

you don't have to sleep or read or have electronic stimuli or "something to do." you can meditate. you can think. maybe you can try to remember...

I hate to throw another one into the mix but Montbell also gets rave reviews. Western Mountaineering is a timeless classic though. Feathered...

I put about 2800 miles on my FF bag( Rock Wren) before it got stolen. Loved the open baffels to move the down around depending on temps. Hard to go...

I’ve been packing a FF for 10 years now with no complaints. It’s an open baffle type so there’s a little learning curve on adjusting the down. No xp...

"Sightings" of cougars does NOT equal a breeding colony. Male cougars, looking for love in all the wrong places, have wandered all the way from...

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I still walk just as long. I just carry a heavier headlamp if lots of night hiking is in the ballgame. I dislike night hiking with a wimpy torch....

I had one briefly before returning it. This is a fantastic tent it was just smaller and heavier than my Duplex. Very well designed and comfy.

And hell as far that goes if you're willing to carry fire logs in what about a 1lb. Propane tank and torch like us plumbers use. Hey don't laugh it...

Ah yeah dolly sods highest platue this side of the Mississippi at 4,000 ft plus. Great diversity then you walk into pine forest and ferns 6ft tall....

Then he drank it !!

I saw Bear Gryllis start a fire by focusing sunlight through pee in a Ziploc. Never saw that before.

Mostly this. 12 hrs in a bag or tent my restless leg syndrome starts acting up. :D Although it' late fall just got back 2 hrs ago from a Bartram Tr...

Find dryer wood? Of course, that's easier said then done, especially in an area picked clean for a 1/4 mile in all directions. Having some Nylon...

C NP boardwalk gets submerged during times of flooding. I'm not sure when all those times occur so call the NP first before organizing. What I've...

In the Whites, you don't have to camp in the snow if you don't want, but it will cost you. Carter notch hut and Zeland are available (but you have to...

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I went a couple of times to the High Peaks area of the Adirondacks in NY in early February. We base camped and dayhiked from a lean to. We had great...

Only 12 hours of darkness? In New England it's more like 16 hours of darkness. Which, along with the weather, is why for the most part there just...

Winter for me represents a chance to decrease the miles and focus on camp more. Plus, I hate setting up camp in the dark even in summer. So shorter...

I'm glad you brought this up! I was at Dolly Sods two weekends ago during the snow. I carried a 2.5# Duraflame log in to assist. We even found a...

I recently picked this book up in a used bookstore, and these writers make a strong case for credible mountain lion sightings in the Eastern US and...

My first winter camps were on the winter solstice for several years running in the North Cascades. Those were long nights, over 15 hours, though...

Where's Tipi? This thread was made for him and a good hunker down story :)