Hello, Well, it's three-season backpacking time again! I'm planning on going on a three night trip with my wife and father-in-law in Emigrant Wilderness,...
3 lb bivy tent with very light weight north face down bag / 35 total lb pack.... dave dave bigard ... Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with...
I forgot to say Im headed to the appalcain trail.. georgia to NC section dave bigard ... Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax ...
A most interesting article on Giardia (http://www.climber.org/Resource/giardia_2001.html) wraps up as follows: “Given the casual approach to personal hygiene...
... www.wanderlustgear.com/nmadlite.htm I've had a lot of experience with an earlier version. Far more room than any other lightweight tent. Lighter than...
Hello, Thats really interesting about the other groups. When I made this site, I looked for ultralight groups and found none. The big one, BackpackingLight,...
Hello, Please disregard if this is a duplicate. Howard's message is quite interesting. When I first started this club, I did a search to see if one already...
(See "OBVIOUS QUESTIONS" below.) ... There are 305 backpacking and 581 hiking groups at Yahoo! Because there are so many groups, it is hard to find specific...
Hi! ... I would like this group to be continued. I have configured to receive all messages by email, and it's nice and informative to get new experience about...
I would like to see the group continue. In general, I think there is a place for both big and small groups on a given topic: * big groups can be too big in the...
I'm thinking of buying mini-gaitors for my running shoes. How long does the strap/cord that goes under the instep typically last before being worn through with...
Hi Picked up on this from the newsgroup alt.rec.hiking and thought that it might interest a few of you. Apparently this guy has managed to embed a GPS and...
Dear Lightweight backpacking friend, Recently I was silently and without warning, and in my opinion unfairly, banned from the BackpackingLight list by the...
hello everyone...i joined this group from a referal by howard johnson...i recieved the email he sent to several ppl and because i left all of my group before,...
Hi Howard Out of interest, I have asked on BackpackingLight why you have been banned. Will be interesting to see the response, if any. Andrew ... -- Aushiker -...
I am really sorry that your post was so offensive to some folks out there. If the topics are not brought out into the open, how can anyone make enlightened or...
Hello and Welcome to the Ultralight Backpacking group This group was on the verge of shutting down because the large number of members of the BackpackingLight...
... Really sounds like Howard is trying to move problems from one list over to another list to me... Hey slamming a list on another is not no good. Hey If I...
... If Howard was indeed removed from the BackpackingLight list, and for the reasons he claims, it is my opinion that it was a quite unwise action on the part...
Hello all people here! I just want to introduce myself. My name is Marcelo, I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina I'm very interested in lightweight backpacking...
[Thank you for this message Erck (below). I now realize how precious it is to be allowed a lightweight message at the end of ones' email.] I'm still working...
... to in ... and for ... his ... Lots ... are ... their ... Its the lists owner that determines policity. A offensive tag line is enough reasaon for...
from backpackinglight to ultralightbackpacking -- hello, all! Here's a question for you folks that have experience making your own packs: I want to either...
I was looking forward to something like that, and I was planning to build some sort of mug and a simple pot from a soda can and the "Sterno Canned Heeat"...
... expect ... want to ... pot ... find ... Hey Seth-- You could go with a single 1-liter aluminum pot (get one with the nonstick coating) and two plastic...
... on ... Emigrant ... Hey Eric-- Emigrant Wilderness, rockin'! Friends and I went last year, from the Kennedy Meadows trailhead out to Kennedy Lake, then up ...
My name is Susan and I am new to this forum. Background: Scuba diver, private pilot, and like to hike. Moving to Lake Lure, NC this week. Have been looking at...
I'm sorry for this person's angry message (below). Sending it to this list was clearly not appropriate because a) it was not focused on making the list better...