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- Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:47 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: cell phone coverage?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15013
Re: cell phone coverage?
I have never taken my phone over. My view of it is that by having a phone I have gone a long long way to still be tethered to the world. Feels better to me to break that tether while I'm there. Which is all well and good until something goes terribly wrong. I feel that leaving a means of emergency ...
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:02 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: cell phone coverage?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15013
Re: cell phone coverage?
Of course, it all depends on what carrier you have. AT&T and Verizon are the only carriers that serve the area. Sprint roams Verizon, last I heard. and T-Mobile roamed AT&T when I was there. You might also be able to get a signal from the Canadian carriers in Thunder Bay. I used a GSM flip p...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: What am I forgetting
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4701
Re: What am I forgetting
One thing I've carried when planning to sleep in shelters is a large pack of soft earplugs. I pass them out to anyone who wants them with apologizes for my snoring.
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:57 pm
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Store Supplies at Rock Harbor or Windigo
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6539
Re: Store Supplies at Rock Harbor or Windigo
You might also want to ask the ranger. People departing, particularly by plane, often leave their partially-used fuel canisters with the ranger for reuse.
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 4:54 pm
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Trekking Poles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5838
Re: Trekking Poles
I normally use one of the pair I have because it hurts like hell to slip fall down.
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:56 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: What am I forgetting
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4701
Re: What am I forgetting
If you plan to visit Windigo I recommend a cork that will stopper a 1 3/4" hole so you can prewash stuff in the laundry room sink. (In which case some liquid laundry soap is a good idea too.) Anymore, I always carry a piece of light visqueen or a large garbage bag or light disposable poncho jus...
- Sun May 28, 2017 7:38 am
- Forum: Food & Cooking
- Topic: Travel Size Food, Spreads, Condiments
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12332
Re: Travel Size Food, Spreads, Condiments
This is my favorite "travel size" spread. No experience with this site, just Googled it as an example.
- Fri May 19, 2017 8:20 am
- Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
- Topic: Transporting Boardwalks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5485
Re: Transporting Boardwalks
I can visualize those canoes folding up in the middle, like a leaf. I guess they're heavy-duty canoes.
- Sun May 14, 2017 6:52 am
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Tarptent Double Rainbow?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Re: Tarptent Double Rainbow?
Their Cloudburst 3 reminds me a lot of a medium Stephenson tent.
- Wed May 10, 2017 4:33 am
- Forum: Other Places and Parks
- Topic: Len Foote Hike Inn
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3014
Re: Len Foote Hike Inn
For those that "don't like" can they roll over and go back to sleep (after cursing the drummer under their breath)? :oops: A drum is not as annoying as you might expect. Not a snare-drum, more like a tom-tom. You can easily ignore it. How far is, "not far" from Springer? 4.8 mil...
- Tue May 09, 2017 6:10 am
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Liquid fuel stove vs cannister stove
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3023
Re: Liquid fuel stove vs cannister stove
IMHO the Zen Stove site still has the best comparison's of backpacking stoves. http://zenstoves.net/
- Tue May 09, 2017 6:05 am
- Forum: Other Places and Parks
- Topic: Len Foote Hike Inn
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3014
Len Foote Hike Inn
I spent a night at the Len Foote Hike Inn in N. Georgia, not far from the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mtn. The Hike Inn is somewhat of a hybrid between a mountain lodge and a Holiday Inn. The guests must hike at least 4.8 miles from the parking to to get there but the inn ...
- Fri May 05, 2017 5:26 am
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Tarptent Double Rainbow?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Re: Tarptent Double Rainbow?
One thing about single-wall tents is that you want them to have more or less vertical walls, so that you don't tend to brush up against the walls a lot. I'd like to get a better look at the peak vents on that tent but the fact that they are included is a good sign.
- Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:46 pm
- Forum: Gear & Supplies
- Topic: Nat Geo Topo quads
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3265
Re: Nat Geo Topo quads
Older maps were works of art. New maps are works of computer. I used to hang charts and maps on my walls because they were so beautiful to looks at. I remember talking to a NOAA cartographer who described the painstaking work of charting hundreds of individual pilings with a drop-compass. Anyway, US...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:06 pm
- Forum: Food & Cooking
- Topic: Cooking in shelters
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9038
Re: Cooking in shelters
I've cooked in a shelter; only on a cold, rainy, miserable day.