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[Stephen Stoddard <stoddars@ucs.orst.edu>]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 Montedodge@aol.com wrote:
   Ideal hiking gear should be tent=7lb,14oz. Eureka timberline 
> complete with all stakes and hardware.  Pack= 5lbs12oz Kelty Serac or 
> Jansport D3   Boots = Vasque 4lb 4 oz hiker twos   Stove= Optimus 8r complete 
> with exploding tank 1lb 9 ozs. If anyone can come up with lighter and better 
> equipment, I'd sure like to hear it!!    Monte " I'm so bright" Dodge    As 
> Austin would say " Ya Baby Ya "

Hey! I carried  my Eureka Timberline the whole length of the AT-even with
all the mice infested shelters back east. I even carried my "stuff" to the
top of Katahdin instead of leaving everything below. I also had a frame
pack and had heavy leather boots and my Svea only caught the surrounding
vegetation on fire once. But I never had a single blister or any
feet problems and this was well over a decade ago. And it was still fun
and I would not change the experience for anything in the world, except
maybe for a PCT or CDT thru-hike...:)
I'm thinking about upgrading to a Eureka Timberlite, well actually, that
is what I have been using the last couple of years. Mexico to Mt. Whitney
by May 1st (is this possible?) and then back to Alaska for 6-months with
the Forest Service.
Stephen Stoddard

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