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Hookoodooku is right about the rating system.This was a topic last month on Backpacking light .

I really like the idea of the pairing...But I think we all have chased that mystical, beast on the AT. the absolute is your going to get wet one way...

$75 is very cheap. It's 60+ miles and 1.5 to 2 hours one way. Driver has to do twice that.

Funny story - I didn't know until just now that it -really- was real. I was just making a lousy joke about Scotty revealing it to us in 1986 so it...

Well struck out on the churches. Most are only open Sundays. Called Gatlinburg NOC - they said free shuttle only runs in April. Called a shuttle...

How about that... they did! Post it notes are real, and so is transparent aluminum. Makes you wonder which came first - the movie or the idea.

Recently used the Z Trails for a water crossing, followed by a few hundred yards of hiking to a waterfall, then back through the water crossing. ...

Here on Whiteblaze as well: https://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/114950-Base-Camp-Odor-Barrier-Bags-vs-OPSak

On reddit there is a thread mentioning oven bags are made of the same material as Ursack's Opsak. I think smelling less like food is a good idea. ...

Cool thanks!

The solution I worked out is, with the pack still on the ground to neatly spread the poncho over the pack but leaving the front piece of the poncho...

I thought they did that already?

Good idea - did not think of that... I'll get on that... And reply back with information.

Gatlinburg is a pretty small town. You could call the different churches and ask them(shouldn't be too many). Maybe call NOC Gatlinburg. They might...

Maybe not, but if you try, you might invent something else useful like Post-it notes. Remember the guys in Star Trek will invent transparent...

Tipi my entire pack is more about the size of your Hilleberg attached to your underside there lol

As I understand it, Mylar is metal coated plastic with the plastic being there to provide structure to the micro-thin metal layer. In the case of...

My buddy just came back and told me there was a church group that ran a free shuttle service from Gatlinburg to Clingmans dome.

Yes, throwing on a poncho over the pack as I'm wearing it is a real hassle---and mostly impossible wearing a large very high pack---

Laughing Heart is what I've been thinking too, thanks.

Snacktime is now 19 and 6'2" or so. It's been a tough year for him in pandemic isolation, but he did accomplish this: He and I put...

I took up both long distance backpacking (I'm calling any trip over a week to be "long distance") and running about fifteen years ago. Like Colorado...

I am an engineer and can't see a collapsible solution with ti foil coming. If the issue is taste of plastic, goatskin is a viable alternative for...

Collapsing the soft titanium bottle is easy- a 20 ton press should have an easy time of it. The tricky part is getting it uncollapsed as getting the...

Tanyard Gap is real good parking. It is right on the main highway, but well from clear view(as in a pull off). I have parked here several times...

Thank you. I realized once I used the satellite view that I was approaching from the wrong street. It's clearly visible in the satellite view.