Re: Alcohol Stoves and Pack Weight
Time between resupply and amount of fuel needed per day are the factors that need to be considered. I use 10 oz. of white gas per day to melt snow - always...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-18 16:19:39 #60006

Re: [!! SPAM] RE: [Grand_Canyon_Hikers] Re: Pack weight poll/query
Light is not expensive. In my personal evolution I went from stainless steel (come on admit you used to own them too), to Titanium to Aluminum. The kitchen...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-18 08:23:10 #59997

Re: Pack weight poll/query
Exactly. My buddy wanted to bring his father-in-law on our Phantom Creek trip last May. Filly had NO backpacking experience. I agreed, but said that...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-15 09:33:08 #59960

Re: Poncho
TYVEK is also very good shade. It gets very hot under silnylon tarps and ponchos. Not long enough to cover a pack,...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-15 07:04:51 #59952

Re: Pack weight poll/query
Reid, Base weight about 15 pounds. Food and consumables at 2 pounds per day = 18 pounds 3 quarts of water = 6 pounds. 39 pounds. Try looking at...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-14 17:36:58 #59932

Re: Little Colorado obstacles
Good walking on the banks until about 2 miles past the Salt Trail. Then it gets difficult. Dick Matthews "Take time for all things: great haste makes great...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-10 07:35:25 #59856

Re: SPOT vs SAT PHONE
Rich, I have this vision of a NPS Ranger in front of a screen similar to air traffic control watching the SPOT signals and checking them against the...
Dick Matthews 2010-02-04 17:59:46 #59744

Re: first-aid kit pain-killer
davegz_2000 wrote: >I know someone who mistakenly put EC in his alcohol stove, and it exploded liquid flames all around his campsite, almost starting a...
Dick Matthews 2010-01-26 06:43:33 #59625

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