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  • Pain is about the only thing I am more tolerant of as I get older.

  • A movie was made about this topic some time back. "Quest for fire" Tommy Chong's daughter, Dawn Rae Chong was in it.

  • Fish Over A Fire

    Old Hillwalker - - Trail Chefs

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    One of my favorite spots on the AT here in Maine is Horn Pond in the Bigelows. There are Brook Trout in the pond and it's a nice place to wet a fly. The only problem there and at Speck Pond is that open fires are prohibited at the campsites. Any fish I catch and want to eat there are eaten raw, or cooked in my Bakepacker in chunks. I would rather have fried them, but don'r have a pan large enough that I carry on backpacking trips.

  • How do we assess "experience"?

    Old Hillwalker - - General

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    In the winter, the closed AMC huts have windows and doors covered with 3/4 inch pressure treated plywood. The plywood is bolted on with 3/8 inch through-the-wall bolts that have the external nuts locked in place with 1/8 inch set screws drilled and tapped into the side of the nuts. About the only way into a door or window would be with an ax, and I don;t mean ice ax, they would be too light to make much progress. When I interned with the AMC in the early 80s we carried headlamps, and 1/8 inch Al…

  • What's your job?

    Old Hillwalker - - Coffee Talk

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    Retired US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOD (20 years), then Taught Middle School Tech Ed for 26 years (retired again) Now Own a small mountain top farm in very rural Western Maine. Drawing two retirements and Social Security. Triple Dipping! Hoorah!

  • Mountain House

    Old Hillwalker - - Trail Chefs

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    During my time participating in the Southeast Asian War Games (68-69) We came in second by the way. I was addicted to LRRP rations. Especially the chicken and Rice, Beef and Rice, and Chicken Ala King. A couple of years ago I was told that Mountain House was the contractor who supplied these. I bought some MH Chicken and Rice in #10 cans and it's close, but doesn't seem the same. I also heard that LRRP rations had some additives that would not be used nowadays? Anyone have any knowledge of this?

  • Hi Trillium Congratulations on your Camino. Ultreia and Buon Camino. I walked solo from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago last year (13) and then again this past Autumn. This year I started on Pau, France and walked up over SomPort (Portus Summus) on the Camino Aragon and joined the Camino Frances in Obanos. This September I was shocked by the sheer mass of people on the Frances Route compared to September 2013. The Aragon was nearly devoid of walkers, but too short. My next trip will be to wa…