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[pct-l] A few questions...
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Hey Shooter. Welcome to the list, and congratulations on your graduation!
I'm not clear if your gear list includes alternatives or if you propose to
carry all of it. I suggest you leave most of the redundancies home. Gear:
Leave the bivy. First Aid: Take the ibuprofen. Leave the codeine, aspirin,
Tylenol. Leave the alcohol pads. Too much packaging, and that's what
alcohol stove fuel is for. Don't forget the sunscreen.
Cooking: Bring a pot. Leave the teakettle home. You can't eat out of a
teakettle.
Well, you get the idea. Take what you will need.
1. Alcohol stoves, how much fuel does it take to boil 16 oz of water?
Two tablespoons if you use a CatStove. A 500 ml (16.9 oz) bottle of
denatured should last you more than a week if you heat two pints of water per
day.
2. Snow travel gear, should I bring a full ice axe or the new black diamond
wippet handle(i know
how to use an axe, and use the BD trekking poles already)?
There are a couple places in the Sierra where proper self-arrest with a full
ice axe could save your hide. I really like trekking poles, but not for
self-arrest.
4. snow travel gear, full size traction devices (mini crampons) or just like
a ball of your foot
crampon?
Just my opinion, but I would leave the crampons home.
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Hello all, let me introduce myself as this is my first posting. My name is
Shaun Carrigan, trail
>
> name "shooter". I'm section hiking this summer from Tehachapi (starting
> June 1-5) to Chester,
> skipping ahead to castella (did Chester to Castella last summer) and hiking
> to Ashland. It's a
> little less than 1000 miles... anyway, I'm excited and have been preparing
> my gear list, and hoped
> I could get some feedback from ya'll... PLus I have some other questions
> under the list I'd really
> like answers to.
>