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[pct-l] gear question - SPADE




I use the orange one too but I trimmed it to look like the one at the dancing
light gear website. http://trailquest.net/dlgcutrowel.html  Now it is shorter
and looks much stronger.




On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:34:48 -0700, you wrote:

>I have used the orange plastic one for years.  Half the digging part broke
>off ten years ago or so, and I have not missed it.  It's those above
>timberline holes that require breaking through two inches of woven organic
>material and little rocks mixed in that have always made my preparation to
>dump a sometimes humorous/frantic effort.  Kneeling and stabbing the earth -
>I want to cry out in exultation and frustration at the same time!
>
>Jeff Olson
>Laramie Wy...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Cox" <web@rlcconsulting.com>
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 10:25 AM
>Subject: [pct-l] gear question - SPADE
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> What do you use for a spade when nature calls?  I have seen plastic
>> (very skeptical) and heavy ones like the one I got at a garden store.  I
>> saw an 8" titanium one - http://tinyurl.com/5vr3 Anybody used it?
>>
>> I know this is a shitty question, but I really want to get to the bottom
>> of the issue before my chances of a good trip get flushed away. ;)
>>
>> -R
>>
>>
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