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    RV parking in Damascus

    Hey guys,
    I'm headed to trail days this year after a very long hiatus of not going and I can't remember if there is RV parking or not. I have a conversion van I'd like to stay in, preferably not...
  2. Thread: Gear Review

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    Also, there was a book in a hardware store I saw...

    Also, there was a book in a hardware store I saw with all kind of facts, weights, conversions, moon cycles, things about physics, volumes, it was tiny anyone know what it is? I thought it was called...
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    I accidently submitted that a bit early... ...

    I accidently submitted that a bit early...

    Anyway. I'm an experienced hiker. I'm going to be taking the "summer-hammock" gear list. anyone got some critiques? anything I'm forgetting? anything I...
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    Gear Review

    https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqPCghjNamWGdGRTSF9BNTR3UjdGOFdQTjJad3JNdnc&hl=en
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    All your questions are answered here:...

    All your questions are answered here: http://backingwinds.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-create-professional-hdr-images.html

    You're looking for photographics with 'HDR' or High Dynamic Range. This is...
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    Doing a send off hike

    I'm trying to give my friends a send off hike this year with my dear old mother. We want to leave the 5th and hike for about a week. I'm in worse shape than my 55 year old Mom, so it's going to be...
  7. I see some people responded with the usual "yer...

    I see some people responded with the usual "yer young chap" and "katahdin doesn't allow ultralighters" and "no cussin' or I'm tellin ma". I guess what I'm trying to help with most of you, is test...
  8. Hey!

    Hey man! I was just talking about you the other day. PM me sometime, tell me how life is going. Thanks for the photo, someone stole my memory card shortly after we met so I lost all mine.
  9. Thread: sleeping bag

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    BUY A FREAKING UNDERQUILT AND A REAL HAMMOCK...

    BUY A FREAKING UNDERQUILT AND A REAL HAMMOCK before spending a whole LOAD of money on a sleeping bag that's too warm, but compresses under your body, and a tarp that's super-overkill.

    for the same...
  10. How to be successful: the lessons from a failure

    Hi. If you have any questions about this rambling mess, PM me.

    I'm Bobby. (Hungry) (Data) (Tech Support) (Blowjob Charlie) (Batman)
    Here with a public service announcement for all the fresh...
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    lollerskates

    Oh, and when I get off the trial, they let me on the plane with two knifes, a FULL bottle of fuel, and a lighter.... but they took my jar of super-chunk peanut butter.
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    lollerskates

    Oh, and when I get off the trial, they let me on the plane with two knifes, a FULL bottle of fuel, and a lighter.... but they took my jar of super-chunk peanut butter.
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    When I got off the AT in Virginia I got a bargain...

    When I got off the AT in Virginia I got a bargain ticket at a library and flew out the same day. I used my pack as my carry on. Since then I've flown three times with it as a carry on, no one ever...
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    I'm not 45+, but when I started my thru hike this...

    I'm not 45+, but when I started my thru hike this year I had a car, a job at Dell, a 3 bedroom rental to myself, and a house full of items. Today I own enough things to fit inside a single tupperware...
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    "Best" ramen sold at Trail Days

    There was one outfit near the end of the strip that was selling ramen for $1 each that they said they imported from Thailand. They came with a package with soy sauce and a packet of oil. They tasted...
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    negative

    I think it looks fine.
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    Where's my SD Card (it actually works!)?

    I just read a thread that someone left their SD card in kind of the same area I did, and through whiteblaze they found it.
    I too lost an SD card. In Damascus somehow a ziplock fell out of my bag at...
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    Cheoah Bald

    You might like this then: http://bobbyw.org/wp-content/uploads/pano.jpg :D
  19. Thread: Greedy ****ers

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    the point

    I think you may be missing the point. If your point is that hostiles should entail work similar to a farm.

    You're talking about farm camps that people work on and make it possible for people to...
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    Also, reading back, some people believe this...

    Also, reading back, some people believe this "work for stay" was sweeping and doing dishes. No, I'm talking serious manual labor. Things people usually hire Mexicans for where I'm from, because...
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    Well the point of this thread has gotten...

    Well the point of this thread has gotten seriously off hand. The point I was trying to make here was that someplace that is advertised using the words "free" and "donations accepted" should be just...
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    typo

    typo.

    every single person needs to work at the hostile or donate money,
    or when you hike out, everyone gets told that you're a scumbag.
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    Greedy ****ers

    I just got off the trail and I had a great time. I'm hoping to work during the summer and go back out and catch hikers in the fall. On another note: I wanted to make sure everyone is aware that some...
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    One thing that finally got my pack weight down to...

    One thing that finally got my pack weight down to about 12 pounds was looking at my gear and shaving pounds, not ounces. I went multipurpose with everything, and jesus willing I'm going to shaving...
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    Starting (slowly) on the 28th, so I'll see you in...

    Starting (slowly) on the 28th, so I'll see you in a week
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