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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 27, 2019 14:19:28 GMT -8
Yep, everything but the tent itself (and yet on multiple occasions that hasn’t stopped others from parking/setting up their tent in my campsite... sigh): and to the extent possible covered in the truck. Plan B? I lock the food locker.
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Hungry Jack
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Post by Hungry Jack on Mar 1, 2019 17:05:51 GMT -8
Does the MSR Miniworks count as “classic?” It’s been around a while. I cannot say enough good things about this filter.
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Post by OwenM on Mar 1, 2019 21:32:49 GMT -8
Classic doesn't mean "old". The only backpacking classic I own is a Katabatic quilt. They really set the bar. Demonstrably the best when I bought one >5 years ago and still so today. Even if someone else meets or exceeds their standards some day, they'll always be the one who set the bar.
I've got my grandfather's WW2 era KaBar. Guess that's considered a classic...
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 2, 2019 0:06:29 GMT -8
Not a lot of old gear left around our house. We’ve also got the Orikasa folding bowls—both the originals and the last ones they made. I’m another who thought they wouldn’t last, but we’ve been using them for how many years now?
In our recent move, pretty much all the remaining old (“classic”) gear that had been around got sent off to hopefully find a new life. I think the only old and probably useless things I kept were our old ice axes from the 1980s. Not sure we’ll ever be doing the sort of thing that requires them again, but I couldn’t quite part with it. All metal, and no reason they aren’t still perfectly good, though there was some rust on the blades from 20 years in our garage.
My knees are becoming a real classic, if by classic you mean “old, and not always that functional.”
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Post by johntpenca on Mar 2, 2019 17:37:52 GMT -8
I think the only old and probably useless things I kept were our old ice axes from the 1980s. Those might be worth some $$. I'd keep em fer the memories.
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Post by johntpenca on Mar 2, 2019 18:04:36 GMT -8
Lol. Yeah I was amazed a while back when I happened on a listing for the catalog in Chessler. Though neither of the two of that one I have are signed so not crazy money. You have two? I might be able to pull some strings to get them signed. PM me if'n your interested. No promises, but I'll try.
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Post by rangewalker on Mar 2, 2019 18:28:34 GMT -8
panatomicx finally hit my trigger I've had this canteen for a while. Damn I remember those. I think the brand was Oasis. In my father's world, the damn things were family issue.I was the eldest, so I had two and a one gallon gas can for water in my bugout pack. My parents were Mother Earth News folkies survivalists. And Until Mirro and Flambeau came out with their faceted LPE water bottles, they were about the only plastic canteen that did not reek or taste plasticy. Then came Nalgene LPE lab bottles. My first frame pack was Camp Trails Cruiser but mine was a canvas bag but was cut the same as yours. I used some odd job money to buy a padded hipbelt and a sleeping bag shelf. Camp Trails had a factory in South Phoenix then, '66. One of the thing I loved about CT, was being able to buy replacement and upgrade soft goods and you could find them about anywhere. The last one I had I was in '85-86 when we used the Freighter version to pack in survey instruments and blaster boxes for seismograph crews in the Rockies. I bought my first internal frame, a Gregory Shasta, 75 L, in '82 for personal use and never went back. My current freighter is a Dana Designs K-2 Flatbed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 6:48:09 GMT -8
Some Stuff I still have: Marmot Mountain Works Goretex Parka Circa 1986 Early Winters Goretex Bivy Bag Circa 1978 REI Interalp Ice Axe Circa 1977 Salewa Crampons Circa 1976 Chouinard/Montbell Overbag and VBL Circa 1986 REI Polarguard Booties Circa 1977 SIGG Pots and Water Bottles Circa 1975 - 1977 Svea 123 Stove Circa 1975 Dachstein Mittens Circa 1976 Sierra Cup Circa 1975 North Face June Bug Tent Circa 1986 (My son has this item and still uses it) Various Stuff Bags, Snow Lion, TNF, Mountain Equipment, Etc. Circa 1975-1985 Karhu XCD GT Skis with Chouinard Cable Bindings Circa 1986 Merrell Snowfield Leather XC Boots Circa 1986
Lovett XC Skis, Boots, Exel Poles Circa 1978 Nice list. You must be as old as me. I've had several of thos pieces but they got jettisoned during my moves. Lived in 18 different cities. Wish I had the Svea 123, a lot of memories there. Dachstein wool gear is classic. I learned to turn in the sierra on Karhu XCD's. Here's the story: Helped Doug Robinson hump loads over Half Moon Pass (Rock Creek Canyon) to support a guided trip. After carrying a 50 lb. load over the pass, we dropped the loads at the lake west of the pass. After coming up from near sea level the day before, I was spent. Still had a seven mile ski out. I'd always side slipped on steep slopes before, but the time left meant we needed to get down quick before it got dark. So it was go for it. I fell down many times. It got to the point where falling took too much energy to get up. Out of desperation I committed to making the turns. It worked! After that got pretty profficient on the steeps in 3 pins. I still have and ski my Karhu XCD's! My resort boards are Atomic TM2's with Viole VP II releasables. It get a lot of curios looks, but its the best combo I've ridden for crusty East Coast conditions.
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Post by panatomicx on Mar 4, 2019 11:19:16 GMT -8
Rangewalker-That's it!
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Post by panatomicx on Mar 6, 2019 13:20:38 GMT -8
Well, Jerry got me going-I lost track of my Optimus stove long ago. It was the stove that I used in my previous life. Picked up one of the same little blue stoves on Ebay.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Mar 6, 2019 13:32:50 GMT -8
Once I started going into the Sierra versus my Anza Borrego desert trips my butane Bluet wasn’t reliable so I got an 8R. I carried that little stove all over Sequoia Kings Canyon until I replaced it with an MSR XG. $12.25 well spent! Lol: probably the reason I still have the box is smeared all over my fingers: black preheat soot! 5 sided die
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Post by joe on Mar 12, 2019 5:50:12 GMT -8
Well, Jerry got me going-I lost track of my Optimus stove long ago. It was the stove that I used in my previous life. Picked up one of the same little blue stoves on Ebay.
All right, Michael, now we have no choice but to go fire 'em up!
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Post by ErnieW on Mar 12, 2019 9:58:25 GMT -8
I just realized my old gear that I have been holding onto for all these years now has a purpose.
I can take pictures of it and post them here.
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Post by ErnieW on Mar 12, 2019 18:52:50 GMT -8
A cold weather synthetic bag I use every once in a while to this day.
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Post by outbac1 on Mar 14, 2019 15:42:29 GMT -8
I got this stove from my father-in-law about 35 years ago. He had it for 20 - 30 years before that. I dug it out and fired it up. Still works. Here is an EPI gas stove I bought in Bristol UK back in 84 And an original MSR #9
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