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Yep, don't just leave it on the side of the trail when you tire of carrying it, like somebody did on the Laurel Highlands Trail. I don't know the full story, of course, so maybe it was accidentally...

That's right in line with my thinking... easy overnighters with friends where the emphasis is on camping, yakking and yukking it up. :)

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I don't carry a chair very often but when I do it's the Chair Zero. If you're in an area that has flat rocks such as slate, they're great for putting under the feet for support.

You can carry a 2-gallon ziploc, add clothes/water/detergent and get a fairly decent wash.

One thing about merino, relating to the hypothermia issue, is that for me it dries much slower than...

I use the Altra gaiters with Lone Peaks. I don't know how some people seem to do without, but I'd have to stop and clean out twigs and tiny pebbles every quarter mile if I didn't use gaiters.

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lol fun video! Now THAT's multi-fuel! :)

I did in the past but for a few years now I've used the Esbit Tri-Wing, so I don't need a separate pot stand and I find it quite stable. I use it pretty much exclusively with the Toaks 550 and a Ti...

All the hate leaves more for you and me, bruddah. :D

Ah, as usual there's no love for Esbit but they're still the undisputed UL champ... 1oz per day!! :sun

And many times there's some left over. In mild conditions (i.e. not too windy, water not too...

That might not be so bad because I think I've read that some tests show better performance with isopropyl by adding water. However, I'll leave it for you or others to google because I've simply had...

Sounds like yer gunna be a happy camper. :)

Hikermiker's definition is good. On the question of clothing, stuff that I normally don't wear once I'm warmed up and grooving down the trail counts as base weight.

After several years of UL-ing...

My Kahtoolas fit quite snugly on my freakishly large size 12 feet (big for someone who's 5-9) so this has not been a problem.

But I like the looks of those Hillsound trail crampons which no doubt...

My experience is with Klean-Strip 'Green' which is ~90% ethanol and I was shocked at how sooty it was, especially after reading other folks' reports that it burned cleanly, and it also popped and...

Kahtoola, although the Hillsound version is probably fine as well. There are some Amazon knockoffs that are garbage

And just to clarify, ethanol generally has a very sooty burn, especially if the flame-to-pot distance is inadequate, which leads to more 'quenching' (incomplete combustion).

LOL well it really is noticeable.

On a trip to North Cascades a couple of years ago I had to purchase Heet locally, of course due to air travel, instead of the Klean-Strip DA ('marine fuel' which...

In serious bear country that is not a bad idea anyway.

On 2 recent winter trips (one 1-night and one 2-night) I used the strategy of carrying a single 20oz water bottle and obtaining water by...

Methanol is better anyway... burns clean. But it has about 25% fewer BTUs per unit than ethanol. (57k vs 76k BTU/gallon)

So it's nice to have a very efficient stove setup.

Good point about also having enough water for dinner/breakfast and staying hydrated. This is always an important end-of-day consideration, and depending upon availability enroute it's frequently lots...

This is key. Hypothermia onset is insidious and and can kill at far higher temperatures than many people think.

Google 'hypothermia deaths' and you get an avalanche of results for incidents in...

Nobody said you shouldn't know how to build a fire.

But IMO it is supremely unwise to waste one's last fading moments with minimal dexterity and clarity of thought trying to build a fire when one...

Yep, pabulum for some wannabe bushcrafter.

I must be a real punter because my medical kit doesn't look anything like that one. :rolleyes:

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(my message was too short)

What I mentioned specifically was my parked vehicle's location: "[/COLOR]The 'Begin' marker is within a couple of feet — if not inches — of where my car was parked."

Ah well, we're now into the...