[at-l] thru-hike equipment

[rgcmsg]

Clothes, where are the clothes? Someone has done an ultimate tuckerization.
Unless its June 21st, or something like that.

Ron


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sloetoe" <sloetoe at yahoo.com>
To: "Sarah" <barbieisbulimic at gmail.com>; <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] thru-hike equipment


> --- Sarah <barbieisbulimic at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm wondering if there's a list out there of
>> everything we would need to do this hike,
> ### Rather than go with a list of items, I would
> suggest going the Colin Fletcher route, and go with
> functions first, then see what you might want. If you
> go with a list of "items" alone, I think it promotes
> carrying something without knowing/remembering why.
> (I just found an old post for you...)
> 
> KITCHEN:
> stove -
> pot -
> spoon -
> spare spoon  -
> lighter -
> pot stand/windscreen -
> pot cozy - 
> "camp"-sized water container -
> cotton bandana
> spice/pepper bag
> 
> BEDROOM:
> shelter -
> pad -
> sleeping bag (cold) -
> sleeping bag (hot) -
> 
> UTILITY:
> first aid/repair kit -
> spare batteries -
> battery charger -
> spare data cards -
> spare baggies/trashbags -
> 
> CLOTHES:
> 
> FOOD:
>> and what kind of food anyone would
>> recommend for a trip like this?
> For what it's worth, probably half of my walking
> calories come from GORP. My basic mix is cashews,
> raisons, M&Ms, Reece's Pieces, craisons; and then
> sometimes banana chips, apple chips, pineapple chunks,
> and all that other stuff that comes up. GORP has a
> hugely good caloric density (read "fat calories"), as
> well as sodium (cashews), potassium (raisons),
> sugars-for instant burst (M&Ms), and more complex
> carbohydrates to float you for awhile. My second
> favorite food ingrediant is SlimFast (or Instant Bs or
> whatever), because of the concentration of nutrients.
> FWIW, though, SlimFast itself is handy as well, in
> colder weather because it has a boatload of fiber (as
> do raisons), which promotes, shall we say,
> "expeditious" poops -- nothing is worse than hanging
> your butt in the wind for longer than necessary.
> 
> OK, well, there's my tips for the day.
> sloetoe
> 
> 
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