[at-l] weekend hike

[JPL3]

Great report.  Where were you?  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Davidson" <chaseat99 at gmail.com>
To: "atl atl" <AT-L at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: [at-l] weekend hike


> Hi Gang,
>              It was great to get out and backpack for a weekend. 
> Especially since I spent the last two months working on a hurt foot. I 
> walked about 4 miles Saturday and camped on a very windy mountain top. 
> Sunday I walked about 9 miles and camped lower and with less wind. Today 
> i walked out a couple of miles and realized that I was finally not 
> thinking about every step. Not ready for prime time yet, but its good to 
> get out. I removed a couple of blow downs and hauled out a bag of trash.
>    My new ULA Catalyst back pack seems to be working out just fine. I 
> carried about 25#, a little more for a short ways when I loaded up with 
> water. Now I am thinking of getting a new sleeping bag. I have my eye on 
> the Western Mountain Aplinlite. I rarely get inside my sleeping bag. 
> Usually I just lay it over me like a blanket. My FF Hummingbird is just 
> a little bit narrow for blanket use. So I think I will get something a 
> little wider. The Alpinlite  is wider than the  Ultralite hmmm. I need 
> to find them in a store to try on.
>    I used my alcohol stove and pot cozy instead of the Jet Boil this 
> trip. I was running low on denatured so I burned some isopropyl mixed 
> with 1/3 denatured. This worked very well and didn't suet like isopropyl 
> by itself. It smelled real good since I put Tea Tree oil in my isopropyl.
>    I met 5 south bound thru hikers who started in July. They were 
> really enjoying their hikes and have only 600 miles or so left to go. 
> Well its back to work tomorrow.
> 
> chase  pct 09
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