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I used a friend's 2L system on a trip to NC a few months back, came home, and bought one... I like Aqua Mira's 3oz... I like Polar Pure's 5oz and ease of use. I'm sold on Platy's 7oz and ease of use.. running water for 7oz? this is a no brainer.

Was up there myself about a month ago, but with a much lighter canoe (22lbs). Did it ten years ago with a a 32lb one, and that was rough... can't imagine with my wood/canvas ones, at 50 and 75lbs. Great pics sir... thank you very much for taking us along! and now that you know, maybe you'll...

I've rigged a tumpline across ribs like that, just to make a 'kneeling thwart'... works ok, but it sagged a bit; maybe i need buckles to get it tight enough; I was using girth hitches.

I'm headed up there in October, mid week... usually not so bad after labor day, even more 'not so bad' after columbus day... thanks for the 'taste' in pics.

Depends what I'm doing and who I'm with... when I took my girls on easy trips, I loaded up heavy... by the time my youngest was 16, I'd taught her about ultralight and we did a memorable trip in some very light rented solo canoes, ultralight packs, and involving a short portage that was sort of...

I think the design would work fine... but the intended purpose of putting a fire directly in front of them would endanger the material... I've got a ton of small pinholes in the mini Whelen (crappy wood was all i had available where i used it), but they're readily fixed with duct tape or a dab...

Boreal Birch Found this, later.... it's my mods to the Whelen Shelter Cloth, with the longer sides that are the same proportions as those of the LeanTo. I normally keep all my 'plans' together, but found this one in a folder of photos from the build thread.... I need to put it back!

Hey Boreal... if i'm allowed to cross link to another forum, here you go: This is my build thread (this was my second build) https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threa...d-along.136777/ and i used this plan. https://www.backpacking.net/makegear/huntersleanto/

Something I rigged up based on the Whelen "Shelter Cloth" (7' x 6', iirc) but with a Whelen Lean-to-Type overhang and sides (proportions on the sides are just scaled down from the original 7x6 isosceles triangles). Weighs 2.5lbs, and fits just about right... I also built a full sized Whelen...

I don't do freeze dried... and i have no "palette" and can eat the same few things for weeks at a time... I am also lazy... to that end, I either dry my own stew and put it up in zip locks, or order some HawkVittles. I've recently had some portion issues (one 2-portion meal was the full 12oz...

My dad was a cabinet maker... despite a 4" duct/hood over every machine and a giant vacuum system, we had dust. about once a year, he'd open all the doors, set a fan in the downwind door, put on a respirator, and starting upwind, used his air compressor to blow out every nook and cranny in his...

You might consider it sacrilege, but I use a Luci Light (solar LED, hi/low/blinker) suspended from a loop in the middle of my tarp. the low beam, 2' or so off the ground, makes for 'not too bright' reading... generally i sleep well, but it's handy to just reach up and flip it on in the middle...

That's exactly how I got my Hemlock Nessmuk XL... hurt my back lifting my Yankee, and wife insisted I go see Dave Curtis.

I'm kinda late getting to the party, but I have two inflatable pads, one by ThermaRest (a NEOAir), and one by Klymit... one folds in half lengthwise for rolling and fitting into the stuff sack it came with. The other, oddly I thought, needs to be folded in thirds to fit its sack... so maybe...

Nice... some of my first trips were in my uncle's 50-pounder. My cousin inherited it, and then passed it on to his son recently.

I'll admit to not being a big dog fan... they take a LOT of work to raise right, and I never had the time or energy to do both kids and a dog. Enter Pete. We moved to LA in 2002 (I in April, my wife and kids end of May), and met a family who owned a dog named Pete. Pete's age was unknown, but...

Depends on the trip, depends on the canoe. Length of trip usually makes little difference as my gear is essentially the same, about 20-25 lbs before food and water. 3, 5, and 7 days food is roughly 6, 10, and 14 lbs respectively. more food is more bulk and a little more weight. If it's...

I try to do like Turtle with the colored bag system, but I tend to pre-pack my meals in ziplocks... e.g., my breakfast is oatmeal, so i put a half cup of oatmeal, a tbsp of Nido powder, a tbsp of brown sugar, and a handful of raisins in a bag, roll it up, and that's a breakfast. I often tuck a...

Usually, the only things I carry "extra" are socks and a cotton t-shirt to sleep in. Everything else is just one... layers are about as follows: Normal clothing is pants, synth underwear, synth t-shirt, nylon long sleeve shirt, tilly hat, knit hat, rain poncho, wool socks, and merrill moab...

If I've got the extra room on a simple trip, I like what I've grown up calling "fire pipes". Buy one 3/4"x 8' conduit and one 1/2" x 8' conduit. Saw into 2' lengths. Pinch about 1.5" of one end of each in a vise, leaving the other end alone. To assemble, put all the 1/2" pieces into the 3/4"...