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    A trip report in Reverse

    My Cousin and I got to Peg's around 8:30 am ish or so in the morning, and BOY let me tell you. The breakfast that I had been fantizing about for the last three hours certanly lived up to expectations. Scrambled eggs, wheat toast, Bluberry pancakes, sausage, and hash browns, O MAN it was good...
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    Boston Beer Night

    Dave, Let me know if you want to Carpool from Arlington. I have the whole day off....
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    Boston Beer Night

    Sounds like the day of "days" will be Tuesday. I'm game for that. The real question now is where? Does a Boston Beer night have to be held in Boston. Is it a faux paw to hold it in Cambridge? John Harvards always has lots of room. The Sunset bar and grill in Brighton is Awsome (but usually...
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    Badlands, Tetons and other Western Adventures

    /clap Wow Jessbee. Big move. *edited, just look at your website. that answers the questions there. I aspire to move out west as well, I just have no clue what I will do for work. Any advice for those of us out east still dreaming. (still working on that when I grow up I wanna be a _____...
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    Brand NEW revolutionary weight saving product

    PLACE ORDERS NOW FOLKS!!!! ;) This brand new product will save you countless ounces on your next backpacking trip... Do sacrafice sleep for weight savings on camping trips? Do find yourself tossing and turning and searching for restful sleep? Do you weight your backpack down with heavy...
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    Getting a new pack

    hmm cards...well, unfortunately she played the Boyfreind card on me. Didn't come up until about an hour or so of conversation. It was like getting to the top of a false summit :( Guess I'll have to keep trolling the Davis Sq crowd. If only there was a camping store there.....
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    Getting a new pack

    So after trying on both packs with weight, I got the Bora 80. I really wanted to like the Crecent. Everyone was hyping the Osprey packs and what not. The price was $15 cheeper. But it just didn;t feel like it fit me well. Especially for what I want to do with it. The Bora just seemed to...
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    Getting a new pack

    Hey Guys, Thanks for the feedback. I was starting to get a little nervouse that I was just buying into the sale a little bit. That was rectified however, later in the day when I went to EMS to check prices, and the dude I talked to knew nothing. (not specific problem to just that store)...
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    Getting a new pack

    Ok, I've been looking at getting a new backpack and the criteria are....well, the universal Magic pack =). It has to do everything... Specifically I am looking for it to handle both light weekend trips. A few excursions (4-7 days) probably once a year, and skiing day trips in the winter...
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    Question for people who hike w/dogs

    While were on the topic, Does the AMC or RMC allow dogs in their shelters/huts? Also what are the ettiquet rules of camping in a shelter area (like three sided -think the Perch) with a dog? As a dog owner and lover, I always think people are happy to see my cuddly freind, but there are those...
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    Undewear FYI

    This site is really good about not being commercial, so please pull this thread if it's in violation. That being said - REI-outlet has Men's techwick style boxers on sale for $6. I love these things and just bought a bunch. Wanted to pass this along for anyone else who likes these as they...
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    Sleeping bags?

    Thanks Guys, I was originally thinking of gonig with the synthetic to save money, but after your comments, I think i'll just poney up and pay for the down. Also, I was planning on getting the waterproof bag, with a tougher outershell, so I can use it in an Adorondack Shelter, without a tent...
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    Best Day EVA!!! installment 7-14

    Ahhh. I used hyperlinks, when I typed the report in MS Word. They didn;t copy over when I pasted it here, so I thought I had to do the URL thingy. =) Thanks for the help guys
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    Sleeping bags?

    Whats the difference between Down bags, and Synthetic? Why are the prices so different, and is the performance that much different? Also whats up with the waterproofing? Some bags are some arn't. Right now I am trying to decide, exactally what I need the bag for usage wise, and how much...
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    Best Day EVA!!! installment 7-14

    Yeah, I didn;t mean posting the actual images in the narrative, cause that would take loads of bandwith if eveyone was doing it. I just ment why dosn;t anyone else link their images in the trip narrative? Does doing that just make me odd?
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