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Many white gas stoves will also burn unleaded gas too, making them even easier to fill. Not sure about yours, but they do exist.

Hang on a second while I pick myself off the floor from laughing. :D The only really good camp pranks I know are perpetrated by scouts, from one who wired up speakers down in the waste compartment...

My "cook kit for two":

Coleman Peak 1 Apex II multifuel stove.
2 Canisters fuel (enough fuel for almost 30 days, but I always carry an extra "just in case")
Coleman Peak 1 cookset - just one...

Newer boots have improved imensly. While certain types of boots still require a traditional break-in period (field boots mostly) a good pair of hiking boots will fit your feet like a glove once you...

45 lbs is easy to hit. A couple quarts of water, a quart of fuel adds up to almost 10 with even lightweight containers. 2 lbs a day of food adds up too. A wet and fully loaded weight of 45 lbs is...

I think that scouts, regardless of age, adult leadership maturity level should be treated with respect - there aren't that many organizations anymore that teach what scouting does. Whenever I see...

I'd agree with the train idea. Send/purchase some cleaner clothes and book a sleeper cabin on a train out on Amtrak, it's a great way to relax and think about your hike (especially as some of the...

The reason the Nalgene's there in the first place is the hot drink bit - Lexan holds up much better, and in fact most gatorade bottles melt very slowly releasing chemicals when you put hot liquids...

Salting meats when dehydrating also makes them last much longer. You can even buy salted fish at most supermarkets that's already dehydrated, although it's way too much to take and you'd have to...

Sure you can use a visquene ground cloth, but you can't do the fly+ground cloth bit as their footprints have special attachments on them for the piles, stakes and so on.

I'd offer to help, but I don't do survey GPS, only a total station and consumer GPS. OTOH, if you need help with THAT, I'll be glad to help out especially on my trips into the Whites. Hand me a...

Those both sound like candidates for a figure eight knot of 550 cord :p

If you're in the Marine program, probably the entire way if you REALLY REALLY truck like Marines are known to do :datz . Possible but unlikely, and you'd get a trail name like "Lead Foot", lol. If...

You could go w/ the North Face Hightail 900, it comes in at 1 lb 12 (reg 6-0) to 2 lb (long 6-6) including stuff sack and is rated to 15. You'll need to bring a tent w/ it though, the outer shell...

There are some packs now that come with a slot for the 3 quart Nalgene canteen and you can use their little hydration tube w/ it. I think it's only external so far, but the Nalgene soft bottles are...

I'd probably go with the 16 oz Nalgene for that one which weighs less as I noted and is easier to clean and drink out of, plus a little bottle cozy.

Campmor - wide selection, good pricing on whatever I want, and I can usually find most anything I'd be interested in ... except packs for some reason ... oh well.

Just remember to watch out for the 220 lb guy carrying a 70 lb pack that can REALLY MOVE when you're returning it or you're be :datz as they :banana on your body ;)

The only people that can make a difference on the consumption of alcohol is fellow hikers, we have to police ourselves. If, for instance, we all agree that noisy drunks are bad, then we should...

Nalgene bottles weigh 5.30 ounces exactly (or .33 pounds, but my scale reads 5.30 oz, I assume because of the paint on it or rounding). They're also virtually indestructable and can be used for hot...

You'll dehydrate if you only have two quarts of water available at some points - remember, you should be averaging 1-1.5 gallons a day, so I'd suggest more gatorade bottles or scraping them entirely...

That's exactly what I was thinking. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, his load could only be lightened by a pound or so even if we swap alot out for slightly lighter components, so I think the...

Well, my first comment would be that you've got capacity for 2 gallons of water and I hope you don't fill it all up all of the time - that's over 16 lbs of water that most of the time would be...

You forget the one animal that can hurt a human on the AT and does more often than any other - another human, and even then a gun is pretty pointless since in most states you couldn't even use it...

I think they should just outlaw public drunkenness on the trails, not alcohol use. That way, at least some people are discouraged and others we have the ability to call the cops on. That wouldn't...