... Our "hiking" digital is an Olympus Stylus 300 -- It's big advantage is that it's splash proof (can use it in the rain, but don't drop it in the creek). ...
11033
dlfrost_1
Nov 1, 2005 4:24 am
... not ... outter ... unison, or ... would ... designed ... strength ... Your description of unequal loading inside/outside is correct. But there is an...
11032
tim garner
slowhike
Nov 1, 2005 3:49 am
i wish i had that camera... a photo or 2 would be so much better than my hunt-n-pecking & trying to explan my experiments:~} we have talked about a way to...
11031
tim garner
slowhike
Nov 1, 2005 3:18 am
richard... yep ...i was looking at the pentax optio WP on the BPL site, & even talked to the guy at the camera shop about possably ordering it since he didn`t...
11030
Thomas Vickers
redroachhome
Nov 1, 2005 12:20 am
I pitch my HH as a tent above the tree line. It involves hiking poles and such, but after several experiments I found a method that works well enough to make...
11029
Rat
hogn8r2004
Oct 31, 2005 11:06 pm
I tried two bags when I was considering making my pod style insulator. The main problem for me is not enough room. The pod already doesn't let me lie at as...
11028
Richard Perlman
montclair2525
Oct 31, 2005 11:03 pm
... The Pentax Optio WP received an honorable mention for a Lightitude Award. http://www.backpackinglight.com/backpackinglight/images/LIGHTITUDE2005_pr.pdf ...
11027
Chuck Henderson
chu62003
Oct 31, 2005 9:25 pm
Use a tent!!! or depending on snow conditions build a quintzy ( snow dome) ... Chuck counterculture in a conformist environment I BELIEVE the true path to life...
11026
Rick
geoflyfisher
Oct 31, 2005 1:26 pm
Tim, The way I hang a hammock with webbing, even though I use a knot, there is little loss of strength at the tree. This is because there is very little...
11025
Dick Matthews
hikerdick
Oct 31, 2005 1:24 pm
... Chuck, I never carry more than one set of hiking clothes so I can't change into what I am going to wear tomorrow without wearing the same clothes I wore ...
11024
Rick
geoflyfisher
Oct 31, 2005 1:05 pm
Walk. ;-) Rick ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
11023
Rick
geoflyfisher
Oct 31, 2005 1:05 pm
Next to your house is a great place to try things out. That way it is possible to try out wilder weather than you might be willing to try 10 miles from a car....
11022
Dave Womble
dpwomble
Oct 31, 2005 12:48 pm
... Tim, I always thought that rope strength was degraded with tight bends (which knots do) that required the individual fibers to stretch at significantly...
11021
tim garner
slowhike
Oct 31, 2005 12:06 pm
rex... it sounds like it would work fine. of course just how cold those bags will take you depends parcialy on the bags loft & parcialy on how you use them....
11020
tim garner
slowhike
Oct 31, 2005 11:46 am
john... if the nikon body sells by it`s self it should bring close to enough $ to get a nice point & shoot digital for backpacking. that`s my 1st goal. but...
11019
Ralph Oborn
polecatpop
Oct 31, 2005 5:15 am
... Big rocks, innovative poles and guylines, or loyal stout long suffering friends. :] Ralph...
11018
jkneilson
Oct 31, 2005 5:09 am
I'm sold on the hammock, but what do you do above treeline? Cheers, K...
11017
navjohn@...
navjohn40601
Oct 31, 2005 2:09 am
... Hey Slowhike -- Hang on to the zoom lens and flash, and get a digital SLR body (a D50 or D70). The zoom will be more "telephotoy" on the digital SLR (by ...
11016
rexhardy2003
Oct 31, 2005 1:33 am
I have been reading a lot about cold weather hammocking. I have done some cold weather camping (approx. 5 degress F) but I understand the challenges of the...
11015
Chuck Henderson
chu62003
Oct 31, 2005 12:49 am
ah but I forgot to tell you that the clothes they and I change into at night are the very same clothes we will wear the next day. Now let me also tell you...
11014
tim garner
slowhike
Oct 31, 2005 12:00 am
some of you have talked about the strength of webbing (& rope too i belive) being compromised w/ knots. so i`m wondering if webbing being forced to bunch up...
11013
jwj32542
Oct 30, 2005 9:55 pm
... morning. ... life ... Nah - not much to see at those temps......
11012
tim garner
slowhike
Oct 30, 2005 9:48 pm
Chuck Henderson <chu62003@...> wrote:as I tell my scouts " suck it up" short term pain for long term gain etc.... the quick dry stuff has very little...
11011
Dick Matthews
hikerdick
Oct 30, 2005 9:30 pm
... Tim, I have slept in my hiking clothes many times. I try to avoid it because it is not the lifestyle I seek on hikes. The Scots used their kilts (the...
11010
Ralph Oborn
polecatpop
Oct 30, 2005 4:07 pm
I usually nest one sleeping bag inside another. Anything I want to dry or keep from freezing goes into the space between the two bags. Ralph...
11009
wfunk@...
wfunk1234
Oct 30, 2005 2:13 pm
Changing down to skin is especially difficult if you are not in shelter and everything is cold and wet. I just finished two weeks from Neels Gap to Newfound...
11008
J.D. Hoessle
jdhoessle
Oct 30, 2005 1:39 pm
... Agreed! ... Altho' I have never thought-it-thru, I guess that the above is true. I wear polypro long underwear and it seems to be dry by the time I crawl...
11007
Chuck Henderson
chu62003
Oct 30, 2005 1:39 pm
as I tell my scouts " suck it up" short term pain for long term gain etc.... the quick dry stuff has very little insulation value. Do it the way I do : crawl...
11006
tim garner
slowhike
Oct 30, 2005 2:15 am
Chuck Henderson <chu62003@...> wrote:remember that when you bed down for the night to wear clean long underwear and not the stuff you wore during the...
11005
john hill
nil_dog
Oct 30, 2005 12:13 am
I do - but that's a good thing to remind folks of. Chuck Henderson <chu62003@...> wrote:remember that when you bed down for the night to wear clean long...
