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Has anyone tried the Granite Gear Escape A.C. 60 or the Escape A.C. 60 Ki (women's version)?

I've really liked my Vapor Trail, but it's somewhat busted now. I had been considering the Meridian...

I realize some people like boots for a variety of reasons -- if you're one of them, ignore the rest of my post. But if you like trail runners and are only choosing boots because of temperature,...

I'm wondering why you're hesitant to take a year between high school and college. My parents gave me that option when I was a high school senior, and I turned it down. I was eager to get out on my...

The difficulty with younger girls is that periods can be hard to predict. I was completely irregular (although, thankfully, had a very light flow) for the first year or so. If her flow is...

Interesting update on Bill Irwin. I agree Blind Courage is a great read. When I was in college about 8 years ago, I was in charge of bringing speakers to campus for a student group I was part of. ...

The ideal, least disruptive way to thru-hike is to take a semester (or even a year) off while in school, so long as you can do it without incurring extra debt. I was too fixated on getting school...

To follow up on what Datto said, I want to qualify my earlier advice by saying that you never know what a potential employer is looking for. They may ultimately give you the job, not for your...

What really kills the battery on a blackberry is searching for a signal. If you leave it off completely or turn off its wireless feature, the battery life is quite good. If you leave it on, the...

I haven't done a thru-hike yet but I line dry all my hiking clothes, even on extended hikes -- I machine wash them, pull them out, hang them wherever I'm sleeping, and they're dry by morning.
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[Disclaimer: For those of you who think hiking should mean isolation from electronics, stop reading now. I both agree with you and disagree with you, but I'm not interested in starting a debate.]
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Take note that there really isn't anyplace to camp along the LFT. All the cleared camping areas are along the Approach Trail. So, if you plan on bringing gear just in case you don't make it back,...

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I'm a lawyer in a large law firm and have lots of friends who are accountants, consultants, financial associates, etc. in large corporations and firms. Based on my own experience and what I've seen...

Georgia is hard to predict -- I've had a 40 degree night in August and I've had a night in November where I was too hot wearing only shorts and a t-shirt and my sleeping bag partially draped over me....

On very cold nights, has anyone rigged their sleeping pad between their underquilt and their hammock? I don't like sleeping with the pad inside the hammock, because it seems to decrease the comfort...

Usually when this happens to me, it's in the extreme Georgia heat. NJ can get pretty bad too, since it looks like that's where you are. I find that when temperatures rise above a certain point, I...

I'm really glad for this discussion, because I've had the same problem when backpacking with my husband. Everything is routine when I go alone, but somehow when there's two of us, we always end up...

I agree with Blissful. I was once on a solo section hike and called my husband when I found myself alone at a shelter. We talked about how much we missed each other, he offered to come get me, and...

Why not Larry David as Bryson? Now that would be funny.

I second Minnesota Smith's comment -- 3 times I've had my food bag broken into while on the bear cables. I haven't bought one yet, but I've thought about getting an Ursack several times and have...

Sunrise Earth (it's a tv show, of sorts)

Anyone ever actually sit through that? If so, you have my total respect. If not, I dare you.

I saw a lot of Hardrocks on Steep & Cheap recently, and they all appeared to me to be the old version. There seem to be some subtle design changes that make them distinguishable. I wonder if...

It took me a while, but I finally dug out the Bible I got some years ago that, at the time, I concluded was the smallest/lightest complete Bible out there. It has a zipper closure, which keeps the...

I'd probably put that as option #2. In hindsight, I maybe should have added a category "I saw a bear and we both pretty much ignored each other" or "I saw a bear and I retreated." But, I didn't...

I've been thinking about bears lately, with all the talk about a problem bear in North Carolina, plus I started reading "We're Off to See the Wilderness," which opens with quite a bear story. I...