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Does anyone have experience with a dense whole-grain organic bread with "The Baker" brand name? The product I have (purchased at the local Giant) comes in a package about 4"x5"x2", containing 8 slices. Each slice weighs about 58 gm and has 150 calories. Will it mold or spoil if it's packed in a...

I'd love to hear from any of the VFTT group with experience hiking and backpacking in Switzerland. Some of you may recall my 7-week solo backpacking trip in Scotland last summer ( http://werdigo49.com/ ); in fact, advice from members of this group was very helpful. This is what's in the works...

Some of you may remember this thread from last Spring, in which I asked for advice about my early-summer 2011 seven-week backpacking trip to Scotland: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39716&highlight=scotland I have finally posted photos of that trip. They're on this website...

I have a 8x10 silicone tarp. It has one seam in the middle of the 10' side (so the seam is 8' long); along that seam are three tie tapes, at 2', 4', and 6'. (I presume they're on the INSIDE of the tarp... could be wrong about that!) The few times I've used it I've been pitching it with the seam...

I'll be hiking in Scotland for 7 weeks this summer, starting with the West Highland Way with plans, then, to tackle the 200-mile Cape Wrath Trail. (I also have Chris Townsend's book on day hikes, and a guidebook to the Great Glen Way, if I get through Cape Wrath OK and still have some time.)...

How does one use the velcro straps that come (or did with mine, anyway) with Sports? One site says just through the heel portion and over the front of the boot. Another shows them criss-crossing (X'd) across the back of the heel. I've been trying to run them through both the toe and heel...

I had some trouble with the main zipper on a 20-year-old Jansport daypack: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34687&highlight=zipper Finally I sent Jansport a "warranty" email, explaining that this was for repair, not warranty work, since the pack was about 20 years old. I received an...

I now have TWO daypacks with defective main-compartment zippers: they separate after being zipped closed. With each of them, I can zip the bag closed and pull vigorously on the pack trying to get the zipper to separate, and the zipper seems to hold firmly... but when I actually use the things...

Two questions from an experienced summer hiker (Adk 46'er) but inexperienced winter hiker (Adk W4 (!)): (1) How does one handle steep well-packed sections of a trail? My 8x25 Tubbs 'shoes don't have the extra heel traction device (I forget its name) and I felt comfortable only by charging...

Any thoughts on these boots? I just bought a pair at REI, using my 20% members' coupon, thinking to try them instead of my heavy classic Merrell Wilderness leather boots. I haven't worn them outside yet. They feel OK with several different kinds of socks, but I am a little leery of the lacing...

My G10s won't quite fit on a new pair of Sorel Caribou boots, even with the stainless steel strap removed and a bolt and nut used in the last hole. I'm considering drilling a hole through the stainless strap ahead of the heel plate and installing a bolt there, using roughly hole #14. Has anyone...

I prefer rubber tips on my poles. After losing my old poles last summer, I bought some Lekis. On a few long hikes in the very muddy Adirondacks I've now lost 3 (THREE) of the rubber tips, all off the same pole. (One was my fault; a spare put on, in mid-hike, over a muddy tip...) Every time I...

I'm shopping for some well insulated winter mittens. I tried some of REI's on, at the local store. The Large's fit well and I think would leave room for light- or maybe even medium-weight gloves or mittens inside. But Extra-Large's are available too, and they provide a lot of room inside. Any...

I left my Trek'R 3 hiking poles at the Tahawus register last Wednesday (8/22/07) and they were gone when we returned Thursday with our fingers crossed... Darn, I liked those poles, had been hundreds of miles with them (including the LT), and they're not produced any more. Recommendations for...

I'm planning to travel with a Gregory Forester as checked baggage on an imminent flight. I'm concerned about the protruding hip belt (and, to a lesser extent, the shoulder straps). Do these pose a problem for the baggage machines and/or human handlers? I've been thinking of tightly wrapping them...

Here's a link to a pdf format story, with some photographs, that I wrote about my three weeks' hike in mid-summer 2004. I was a few weeks short of my 60th birthday at the time: http://www.johnegger.com/johnsfiles/Long_Trail_2004.pdf This web page ( http://www.johnegger.com ) also has a link to...

Help with my Christmas list! I don't get much opportunity to get to the mountains in the winter, but a few years ago I found my all-leather Merrell summer hiking boots just didn't keep my feet warm on all-day snowshoe hikes in the Adirondack High Peaks. I have some Sorel boots (rubber/leather...

Just a brief note to let the group know of my favorable experience with Cascade Designs. On a recent hike I fell and snapped one of my 5-year-old, heavily used, Trek'R'3 hiking poles. I cobbled the pieces together with wire, tape, and rope and finished the hike, then sent the pole to Seattle...

I just bought this pack and, preparing for a two-week trip, am in the process of figuring it out. (It replaces an old external-frame Kelty Super Tioga so there are a few differences!) There is one strap I can't reason out; it's 12" long and simply hooks to itself in a loop, through one of the...

I just talked to my old friend from last summer (when I did Williamstown to Jonesville), Russ Plourde of North Troy Inn, and he informed me that RCT no longer serves Newport... nor does any other bus company! So... any suggestions on how I can get from Newport (where Russ gladly drives guests...