Long sleeves, head net, deet, treat clothes before leaving home, a small citronela candle for evenings. There is no lan B for me, and no way off the island for 8 days. Hopefully skeets will seek out "softer targets".

I have been carrying the Neo Air this season. I have the small size as I'm 5'6" and I fit just fine. The pad weighs 9oz so there is a lot to like about that. The crinkle noise is not a feature of mine. I heard about that on early sales but mine is rather quiet. Blowing it up is not difficult. After ...

I guess they'd have to track us down with packs of dogs and spotters in helicopters. It would be fun trying to do some escape and evasion after all of these years.

Same price this year. Some even resorted to just stashing a bag hidden along the trail.
It worked for Lewis and Clark a long time ago.

Last year cost me $18 cause I had traveling clothes and extra cold weather gear for my next destination which was Glacier NP. Thinking about caching gear ...

last year was $3 per day at the lodge front desk.

Here's my gear/food list if anyone's interested:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amc9RLgqi0v5dDdRbEdNQzVjZF84NC1vVC1jc09Ub0E&hl=en_US#gid=0
(oops, forgot the flask , but it's a platypus

Thanks for posting the list. One comment about your 2 oz cup though. On my trip to IR last ...

Hey all,
I'm headed back to IR on 5 Aug thru 13 Aug. I was on the island last year for a few days and really enjoyed it and I met many good people. I'm a solo hiker, but am always happy to connect with other solo's who might be interested in walking some miles together. I did a 100 mile section of ...