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Darwin has some interesting tips about the AT
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Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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Referencing the first Darwin video, three of the five I now hike with. Good tips.
Darwin's second video is also pertinent. However as I eat a lot of cold cereal with powdered milk while on the trail, I frequently carry a collapsible silicon bowl.
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He does some good work on his videos - might subscribe,Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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pretty much personal preferance, although i gotta say i agree 100% with the things he says to leave at home.
i found it amusing that he referred to AWOL as big and bulky and thick -- and to put this kind of stuff on your phone -- while i had no problem carrying (at least) 2 paperback books, a trail guide, the ATC data book, and the ATC state guidebooks. i also had the weekly sports illustrated mailed to me. if i was in town on sunday -- the sunday newspaper came along too!2,000 miler -
I cant imagin hiking without Awol The phone goes dead? then what?Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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Wise Old Owl wrote:
I cant imagin hiking without Awol The phone goes dead? then what?
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What I would take different:
aquamira.com/product/aquamira-frontier-pro-filter-system/
fitted to a Smartwater bottle
lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-RS988-Silver-g5-unlocked
with two spare batteries
Hammock
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I also found filling small squeeze bottles to be a pain. On the next hike I got a bigger bag and rigged up a gravity system. But the bag still has a narrow opening. I just had a cutoff water bottle as a scoop.
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I've also now picked up the exact same pillow he has. I agree the videos are well done. On So many hiking videos the narrator hems and haws and gets distracted. Darwin keeps it moving.
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odd man out wrote:
I also found filling small squeeze bottles to be a pain. On the next hike I got a bigger bag and rigged up a gravity system. But the bag still has a narrow opening. I just had a cutoff water bottle as a scoop.
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Drybones wrote:
odd man out wrote:
I also found filling small squeeze bottles to be a pain. On the next hike I got a bigger bag and rigged up a gravity system. But the bag still has a narrow opening. I just had a cutoff water bottle as a scoop.
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rhjanes wrote:
Drybones wrote:
odd man out wrote:
I also found filling small squeeze bottles to be a pain. On the next hike I got a bigger bag and rigged up a gravity system. But the bag still has a narrow opening. I just had a cutoff water bottle as a scoop.
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Drybones wrote:
odd man out wrote:
I also found filling small squeeze bottles to be a pain. On the next hike I got a bigger bag and rigged up a gravity system. But the bag still has a narrow opening. I just had a cutoff water bottle as a scoop.
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Vodka disinfects everything... ask a Russian.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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Wise Old Owl wrote:
Vodka disinfects everything... ask a Russian.
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max.patch wrote:
springs are best, but when ya can't find one...
potable aqua.
disinfects and flavors your water at the same time.
Nice to know I have a back up. Once early on didn't bring the second set of potable aqua tablets I thought I had, and had to boil water and let it cool until someone gave me a few to get me to my next resupply.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Drybones wrote:
I don't have many hiking trips where I'd drink 50 gallons of water.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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I believe I have the same pillow now (HikerBoy recommendation). It sleeps much better, but not as easy to clean after a month of summer hiking (as your clothes bag and clothes that you wash weekly).
Life is full of tradeoffs, and we each get to make our own.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Astro wrote:
Drybones wrote:
I don't have many hiking trips where I'd drink 50 gallons of water.
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Astro wrote:
I believe I have the same pillow now (HikerBoy recommendation). It sleeps much better, but not as easy to clean after a month of summer hiking (as your clothes bag and clothes that you wash weekly).
Life is full of tradeoffs, and we each get to make our own.
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max.patch wrote:
Wise Old Owl wrote:
I cant imagin hiking without Awol The phone goes dead? then what?
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Wise Old Owl wrote:
max.patch wrote:
Wise Old Owl wrote:
I cant imagin hiking without Awol The phone goes dead? then what?
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Let's follow the blazes....Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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SandyofPA wrote:
Astro wrote:
I believe I have the same pillow now (HikerBoy recommendation). It sleeps much better, but not as easy to clean after a month of summer hiking (as your clothes bag and clothes that you wash weekly).
Life is full of tradeoffs, and we each get to make our own.
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i am seeing buffs down south to avoid sunburn and possibly melanoma on bass fishing boats.Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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I have two buffs. A light weight one I wear on my head sometimes while hiking when it's real hot, and a fleece one to wear as a cap while sleeping with the light weight one on my neck to keep it warm."Dazed and Confused"
Recycle, re-use, re-purpose
Plant a tree
Take a kid hiking
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I'm planning to make some buffs before winter. Would like one side to be merino and the other side synthetic. If they're successful, I'll probably give some away.Lost in the right direction.
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Wise Old Owl wrote:
i am seeing buffs down south to avoid sunburn and possibly melanoma on bass fishing boats.
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Dan76 wrote:
Who was that masked man?
Be wise enough to walk away from the nonsense around you!
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