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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