[pct-l] Super Secrets Updates

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

It would be even more comfortable if you used genuine Idaho Dehydrated 
Water - 1 oz per gallon including the packaging. This is especially 
beneficial for the first 600 miles of the PCT; less so thereafter.

Wandering Bob


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Subject: [pct-l] Super Secrets Updates


> Other devices for you to  consider: Checkout the Sony Cyber-Shot T7 ($500
> street price)  camera.  Very thin and excellent features.  Also, the 
> Panasonic
> SDR-S100 SD ($1200 list) camcorder is really small and adequately capable.
>
> By the way, I have not forgotten  about Sub Extreme Ultra Light 
> backpacking.
> The experiments will begin  after the first of the year into negative,
> neutral, and positive Sub Extreme  Ultra Light load carrying.  The 
> experiments will
> take place in my garage,  which will probably become a historic tour site 
> in
> years to come along with the  appropriate federal calendar holiday to
> memorialize the experiments.  Sort  of like the Thomas Edison's lab in New 
> Jersey.  I
> have already obtained a  source of the key supply item and can easily 
> transfer
> that from my  neighbor's garage next door to my garage.  I was lucky that 
> his
> hobby  includes using this important ingredient.  :-)
>
> A fellow I met down at the park  where I walk my dog with my 
> LuxuryLite.com
> external frame backpack, bought $800  worth of gear from LuxuryLite 
> recently.
> This included the Backpacker  Cot.  He seems very excited and happy about 
> it.
> The only  recommendation I made to him was to add bottom straps to the 
> Front
> Pack and to  only carry 2-liters of water in it.  This makes it a very
> comfortable to  carry.
>
> Speaking of water, I my latest  technique to carry heavy water is one of 
> the
> best I have ever come up  with.  It involves spreading the load around and 
> not
> concentrating on one  area of the body or set of muscles.  I carry 2 
> bottles
> in my belly pack (my  old ancient Kelty fanny pack), 2 liters in the
> LuxuryLite Front Pack, and if  needed, 2 liters in the lower cylinder of 
> the backpack.
> The key is to  spread the load around.  Balance it out.  Very nice  carry.
>
> Until next time, your hiking buddy,  Switchback
> Trail Trash & Camp  Ruffian
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