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these little things have been intriguing me lately. it looks like mountainsmith makes some pretty good ones. i would like one that can hold a couple of nalgenes, a pb&j, and maybe an extra layer or two. i certainly wouldn't need anything over 800 cubes. what have your experiences been with these...

i'm planning on getting a new pack, soon, and none of the store around here have the one i'm looking for. i'm going to be in boston on tuesday, and hilton's website says that they have the pack i'm looking for (an osprey aether 60, because i'm sure you wanted to know). the site also says that...

today i bought a whisperlite internationale which is my first liquid fuel stove. i got a 22 oz fuel bottle to go with it, and a gallon of coleman brand fuel. nowhere on the bottle does it say "white gas", so i want to know if that's what it is. it says it's for coleman stoves (the car camping...

while we're on the subject of short thru hikes, has anyone done this trail? it's between monadnock and sunapee in sw new hampshire. it's only (+/-) 50 miles, and it looks like a perfect 4 day weekend. i bought the guide book, and it looks like a fun little jaunt. i've heard it's nasty for at...

i'm planning some big adventures in the coming year, and i'm going to need a big pack to haul all of my stuff around in. i don't want to go any smaller than 5000 cubes, and nothing would be "too" big. i was looking at the mystery ranch g series, and they all look very nice, does anyone know...

interested? vt high point. saturday or sunday, it doesn't really matter to me. where can i set up a tent in that area, does anyone know? luke

what is the best thing to use as a deadman? would one of those cheap, plastic tent stakes work well if set on its side? what's the best way to attach a deadman to the tent? what other options are good (anything other than the deadman trick)? luke

this is very last minute, but does anyone want to hike monadnock tomorrow? i'm home for "spring" break, and i want to get reaquainted with my hills. i don't care what trail we take or anything, but it would be nice to have one or two other people to help me break trail if need be. luke

are there any? i've only done a little bit of this, and i love it! it's a good reason to hike for hours in my mind. luke

i am curious to know if anyone has a north face tundra winter bag. i'm probably going to buy one this weekend because they're 40% off on saturday only, i just want to know if anyone has good/bad experiences with that particular bag. is it really warm to -20? luke

has anyone out there done the 100 mile wilderness in maine? i want to do it at the end of this summer. any thoughts you want to share about it would be greatly appreciated. i think i could do it in 7-8 days, but i would allow myself 9-10, just in case. any great/horrible experiences? luke

okay, a few katahdin questions here. i'm beginning to plan a 3-4 day trip to baxter this spring. i want to go the first or second weekend of may, but none of the camp sites are officially open by then. does that mean i should just show up, and if i get to one i can take it? ideally, i want to...

with this new dumping of the white stuff, i expect that i'll be out hiking all day on saturday. next week is finals week, so i don't think i'll be out there on sunday, but if anyone's in the area, let me know and we can hopefully figure out some of the hills we want to climb. the two best things...

has anyone bought replacement crampons from tubbs? how much do they cost? i've had a pair of altitudes for a couple years, and the front crampons have been worn down and sharpened so many times that they're almost non-exsistant. they're for the older td-91 bindings. shoe on! luke

i've applied for a job with the AMC this summer, either working on a trail crew or in the huts in the whites. this job would rock my socks, and i have an interview in just under 2 weeks. does anyone out there have any firsthand knowledge of working for the AMC? what do they look for in an...

does anyone out there have a pair of lasportiva trango s gtx mountaineering boots? i'm looking for a good pair that will get me up and down anything here in the northeast. i'm not looking for plastics or anything sexy like that because my feet always stay warm as long as i'm moving. these look...

this is my first post...ever, sorry about any jitters, i'm trying to not seem to n-n-n-nervous. basically i'm just a beginner, a pup, a college freshman (literally) but i want to learn some stuff about climbing mountains in the winter. if you've got a little experience, and wouldn't mind...