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You're right, I did mess up a decimal point.

I'd still rather start with a bit extra. 5 pounds extra fat (I'm well under 150) are no noticeable burden compared to the same quantity of equivalent...

That doesn't change the fact that stored fat is fuel, and your body will use it if it has to. If your body fat gets too low, you consume muscle tissue instead to conserve that last 6% or so, which...

With all due respect to the posters above, if you're around 6% like I tend to be, trying to get it up to 10% or so before your thru could add about 200,000 calories to your reserves, and yes, it is...

Weighing your pack (or expected gear setup) may be just as important as the pros and cons. ;) Many people thru with trail runners. Whether you should or not depends on how well your feet/legs handle...

I use one as a groundcloth all the time. At 1 oz. for a couple bucks, I feel they're hard to beat. They're pretty tough for their weight, and they're not nearly so noisy if you crinkle them up really...

I've got that one too. :o I also trimmed it, though I also removed the lid pocket (it was always just so cramped anyways), leaving just the lid itself. Also cut out all the webbing inside that holds...

Mount Washington, NH.

What, you mean the rest of you don't plan your thrus for the winter? :p

I dated a girl like that once. I was in lifegaurd training at the time so we joked that it was for her sake. :eek:

After trekking in Peru and being stymied by the government-mandated requirement that you pay $400 or more to go with an official trekking outfit to hike the inca trail, I'm not too inclined to...

I note that target also carries one of my favorite undiscovered no-name backpacks: The Outdoor Products Skyline pack (technically a daypack, but I could pack if for a thru). Only funny thing is, it...

Just an update, I got my first issue of Outside last week. Seems all is as it should be.

Poly/wool baselayer? I'm going to have to check that out. I've been meaning to pick up a balaclava as well.

Idk, Andrew Skurka seemed to manage transitioning from constant long-distance uber-hiker to running the leadville 100 pretty successfully. ;)

Of course, the pace of an ultra has some things more...

All I know is I love my lightweight down jacket. :D Fleece is alright, but down is just so nice. Take a look at the overstock section at Land's End's webstore, I got my 700-fill jacket there for $50,...

Supplement your flatland walking with squats (weighted if possible). Do high reps with low intensity sometimes, do low reps with greater intensity sometimes, keeping it variable. Not as good as...

I can relate to that a bit. ;) In highschool, I actually hated running distance. I loved sprinting (which was usually on the toes... surprise surprise), but running a few miles always left my lower...

While I did thoroughly enjoy the book and am enthusiastic about the benefits of barefoot/minimalist running and running overall, the assertions in the book do deserve a little bit of question....

There are probably conflicting schools of thought on this, but I feel that information on the piece's intent, as in the message in the phonebook, which was obviously meant to be read by viewers, does...

Yeah, get a cheap CCF pad and sleep with your down jacket and baclava on when necessary. Make sure that quilt is tucked tight, too. You should probably make it just fine if you do that.

Restless and 4eyedbuzzard, did you read the phonebook message? I'd think it answered your questions/speculations pretty well.

0.33 should easily be tough enough for a quilt. Some have even made and used successful tarps from it. You have to be a lot more careful with it for such a use, of course, but when some make tarps...

White-Tailed deer kill more people in the US each year than any other wild animal (not counting car collisions). A big old angry goat, particularly in an area with a high fall risk, has just as much...

If it's real, I have to admit the idea echoes many of my own feelings when interacting with wilderness. I would further question the entire idea of a duality between man and nature. Sitting at the...

No remorse here thus far. But I'm weird and like sleeping in a quilt under a tarp on a foam pad that's just barely big enough, and if the pack has any extra room it just seems far too big. I just...

I'll vouch based on the new Golite Ultra 20 down quilt I've been sleeping in regularly for the last couple weeks, which I purchased from them in september. I've got a drysack/pillow on the way as...