digger
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Post by digger on Nov 20, 2020 16:54:17 GMT -8
Yes, I do plan on getting a nice GPS unit between now and then. PLM and sat messengers are different. Many here just use their phone for a GPS. The map software is generally better. I installed AllTrails on my phone (Android10) twice and the app wouldn't work at all. I just installed Gaia GPS..it seems to be working, so I'll tinker with it some. If I do get a Garmin I'll get one with a PLB if it's within my price range. If not, I likely won't get one.
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Post by bluefish on Nov 20, 2020 16:57:01 GMT -8
Welcome Digger from New Vermont. Don't discount the years of experience here. Far more than you find in general on the net. Lots of people do reviews from backyard trips. They should read something like "made it out through a 3' door without jamming". Lots of us have pared weight. I worked in the wilderness for the USFS when I was young and regularly carried seventy pound packs. Now it's more like seventeen. I've used a Helionox and weigh 225. They are a third of of the weight of the REI. I'm buying a couple for winter bikepacking with my wife so we don't have to sit in the snow. You'll figure out that food you enjoy and less weight on your back equal more miles and a better time. Of course, you may be into the pain and suffering aspects....JK, or you may be a strong dude. I've done hard labor all my life and still am very strong , so my friends and customers tell me , and yet I still like carrying less and lighter. Took years to learn enough to do so one step at a time. Get out there and have fun. Don't forget to give a report from your adventures. I have done some NM and Arizona trips, a bunch in the Grand Canyon, but none in Tex. Maybe you'll get me to visit your state.
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Post by hikerjer on Nov 20, 2020 20:22:54 GMT -8
pemmican is extremely calorie dense Hey, it worked for Native Americns for centuries. Do you make your own? If so, I'd be interested in your recipe. Thanks
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Post by digger on Nov 20, 2020 21:16:10 GMT -8
pemmican is extremely calorie dense Hey, it worked for Native Americns for centuries. Do you make your own? If so, I'd be interested in your recipe. Thanks I plan to. You can get a pound bag of dried and shredded beef for $30 on Amazon, I have some beef tallow from making bone broth, but you can buy that on Amazon too. About a 1 to 1 ratio by weight of those two things with some nuts and dried fruit and berries finely chopped in a food processor and you have yourself some pemmican. One of my favorite youtube channels is all about 18th century cooking and he did a great video on making pemmican....im at tje deer lease right now...when i get back to my laptop ill look it up and post a link.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Nov 21, 2020 14:22:56 GMT -8
Howdy!
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digger
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Post by digger on Nov 22, 2020 21:11:32 GMT -8
pemmican is extremely calorie dense Hey, it worked for Native Americns for centuries. Do you make your own? If so, I'd be interested in your recipe. Thanks Here is the video I mentioned. The channel actually has a short series of videos dedicated to pemmican. The one linked actually goes through the process of making it.
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Post by Coolkat on Nov 23, 2020 5:24:00 GMT -8
I agree with reuben, you will get much more reliable gear info here than via google. Plus, we need something to bicker about. I got a good chuckle out of this... so true
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Post by jazzmom on Nov 23, 2020 14:11:21 GMT -8
I have no plans to lug around 50 pounds of gear, but if I'm careful about other gear choices a 3lb chair isn't going to be a deal (or back) breaker for me. Might be surprised how quickly those pounds add up on a waterless hike in Big Bend...
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Post by liv4mtns on Nov 23, 2020 14:38:31 GMT -8
Yeah...I get it. 3lbs is a lot. The Helinox Chair One is 2.2 lbs and I carry it on every backpack as well as day hikes. 3lbs for a chair is nuts especially if you're doing lots of mileage. The Chair one has a robust fabric for the sitting part and I bet it would work for you. Do a Google search for it. I sat in that REI chair you bought a couple of weeks ago just to see what it felt like, and was not impressed at all. Compared to the Helinox, it was not even close.
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Post by trinity on Nov 23, 2020 18:36:23 GMT -8
I agree that a 3 pound chair is a lot, but I also agree overall with digger 's reasoning. And let's be honest, we have all received good advice and information here and elsewhere, but we all learned pretty much the same way; by carrying way too much crap, and paring our kit down over the years as we decided what was really worth carrying. I don't think there's any real shortcut around this process, it's all about experience. My first solo backpacking trip was to Big Bend, just over 30 years ago, I bet my pack weighed about 80 pounds. Trying to carry that thing up into the Chisos taught me more in a few days than many years of good advice ever could have.
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Post by ErnieW on Nov 24, 2020 6:42:11 GMT -8
What is worth carrying is a very personal decision. When we we have gone on longer trips, day trips and backpacking, I have been carrying a small potty ring with short little legs. I haven't even bothered to weigh it. A while back my twins, now 8 years old, had issues with squatting out in the woods. With the ring they have no issues. I like it because it is easier to not have a messy accident. But now they are getting used to the fact you go in the woods and the ring will be retired. But it was essential weight for a while and on a shorter basecamp type of hike with the family I might still bring it for a little luxury.
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Post by mk on Nov 28, 2020 9:33:02 GMT -8
Welcome from the Fort Worth area. Big Bend and Guadalupe are both beautiful places and well worth the time and travel. Enjoy your trip and let us know how it goes! Please don't do this.
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