<div>Thanks Switchback for the great link. I think I will explore this option further as I am a seamstress from way, way back and can sew and make just about anything. Making sleeping bag or tarptent would be a whole new adventure for me. </div> <div> </div> <div>Beyond the cost saving consideration of making your own gear; for me, there is the personal satisfaction in making something myself!</div> <div> </div> <div>I'd love to make you some gear; but I probably live way too far away for it to be do-able....</div> <div> </div> <div>~~Ria, aka Maria</div> <div><BR><B><I>Hiker97 <hiker97@aol.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Just a reminder for the 2008 campaign. Go to Thru-Hiker.com and see the kits they have for clothing, etc., you can make
and save A LOT of money. I think making your gear would be very rewarding for the trail. I have had semi-custom gear made over at nanutakusa.com, but that is the extent of my experience. And that was expensive. Ray Jardine was a big advocate of making your own gear. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>May be some other folks know of other sites for kits to make gear. I need some Terminators to make my gear for free. That would be cool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Your pal, Switchback the Seamstress Not</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u5a1ea7a2063142e3a4e8123b3ae5b499><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See AOL's <A title=http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004
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