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I (LightHeart Gear) make rain wraps - sizes X-Small to XX-Large, most are in long and short lengths. lightheartgear.com/index.php/rain-gear/product/view/4/24

I did the western collegiates when I hiked the Colorado Trail 2 yrs ago. Spectacular hiking. I'm hoping to do the JMT this year, if we can't get a permit, we are going to go back to colorado and do the rest of the CDT through there.

salt If you want an interesting read - it really is a good book. The saying "He's worth his weight in salt" - Roman soldiers were paid in salt. Salt is absolutely necessary to sustain human life. You hear of babies in swimming pools ( or kids in frat house hazing) drinking too much water and dying from a low salt content in their bodies. The more you sweat while hiking, the more salt you need to eat.

And did you know that the container of salt you buy (iodized salt) also contains sugar!!

Quote from TrafficJam: “How do ya'll organize and store your dehydrated food? My stuff was in such a mess, I bought "Extreme Freeze" containers and freezer labels and got everything organized and labelled today.” I put everything is freezer quart size ziplock bags, write on it what it is, and stick it in a chest freezer in the basement. A chest freezer, unlike a fridge/freezer that is a no frost freezer is better for storage. A no frost freezer has no frost because the temperature in it warms up…

I have one of the X-large (25 inch wide) Neoair's - I'm a side sleeper, so I like the wider width, but I cut the length down a bit to make it shorter, - it's about the length of a regular pad. I have a 10 yr old Mountain Hardware Phantom 15 for cold weather that is still in prime condition, I also always use a liner, I have a cool max liner. In really cold weather, I'm inside the liner, inside the bag, in warmer weather, I may be inside the liner and no bag, in really hot weather, I but the neoa…

Packing your pack depends some on the particular pack, but in general, women want the heavier stuff lower down. Our center of gravity is lower and we are more balanced with the heavy stuff near our lumbar spine. I also try to pack it in the way I will need the gear - my sleeping bag and sleeping clothes go in a compactor bag at the bottom of the pack (like many others). Then, I will put in my food bag, I take out what food I will be eating during the day - lunch, snacks etc, but the rest goes do…

LightHeart Gear is 100% American Made. All tents and rain gear etc is made in Asheville, NC. Judy - AKA HeartFire - LightHeart Gear

About the zippers - The zippers I use in all the tents is what's called a "Number 3" (that's the size of the zipper). this is a very lightweight zipper - the kind found in some clothing - skirts, dresses, - not mens fly front pants- Anyway, it's the zipper pull that gives out and does not allow the zipper teeth to mesh correctly. When you grab the pull tab, and pull away from the tent (putting tension on the fabric which makes it easier to slide up and down) you are straining the 2 halves of the…

Wise Old Owl - good points about the pemican and fats - I do try to avoid using a lot of fats when I dehydrate stuff, but seriously - does a bottle of olive oil go bad sitting on the shelf? I guess I have to re- think some of this stuff. And, as a (former) nurse practitioner, yes - unfortunately our health care system is run more by the big $$ - phamacuiticals and food industry. Back to the pasta - I only ever par boil pasta prior to dehydrating, I usually use angel hair pasta because it rehydra…

Traffic Jam, I don't eat meat, but when I teach a class on dehydrating, I usually tell people to dehydrate hamburger meat separately - bring it in a baggy of it's own - that way, you can toss a handful of it into any meal you want to. Use lean ground meat, and after it's cooked, rinse off the fat/grease. Fats don't dehydrate - they can go rancid. rinse the fat and then add spice to it, then dehydrate. Also, regarding foods that have already been cooked - such as the pasta and sauces etc, just tu…

I am totally new here on this board - to the above pasta being dehydrated - why don't you first mix the pasta with the sauce and dehydrate them together - one ziplock, one meal, no mess.