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| bio | website | blog.presinet.com |
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| location | Victoria, Canada | |
| age | 32 | |
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Most of my hiking experience is in the Pacific Northwest, but I've also thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (2007) and the Continental Divide Trail (2011).
I would call myself a lightweight packer, but not ultralight. My packs for the PCT and CDT were around 15lbs without food, water or fuel. Weekend trips I often have a total pack weight less than 20lbs (skin out).
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Feb 23 |
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How to treat shin splints while backpacking Yep Justin, I agree that this is a good question and definitely different than the one I had! |
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Feb 23 |
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How to treat shin splints while backpacking I asked a similar question to this by the way - more about prevention than controlling symptoms - outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/596/… |
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Feb 21 |
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What is a good starter kit for beginning indoor climbing? Thank you, I'll add that |
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Feb 16 |
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Which will keep my food colder longer, draining the melted ice water, or leaving it in the cooler? Great work! Very interesting to see the temperature logger data |
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Feb 10 |
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How to stay clean on a multi-day hike? I love the question, but I can't help - I revel in the freedom of being filthy while I hike... of course, I hike alone most of the time, so there's no one to annoy with my stank :) |
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Feb 10 |
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Can/Should I cook in my tent? @Peter - yep, $25/year is pretty premium :) IMHO well worth it. |
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Feb 10 |
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Which careers allow working in the wild on a daily basis? Nice stuff! I have a friend who is a geologist and spends most of his time out in the field collecting samples... that would fit too! |
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Feb 9 |
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How to sail a packraft Can you be more specific about what kind of pakraft you have? The only ones I'm familiar with are made by Alpacka... |
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Feb 7 |
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If I have to cross an icy, flowing river, what are some ways I can cross safely? +1, good answer... I like that it doesn't require extra gear... |
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Feb 7 |
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If I have to cross an icy, flowing river, what are some ways I can cross safely? @RussellSteen I guess it's a tradeoff - I prefer heavy feet over bloody feet :) |
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Feb 7 |
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If I have to cross an icy, flowing river, what are some ways I can cross safely? Berry, I think you should reconsider the rope thing - I've heard of using rope handlines (i.e. secured to both sides of the river), but tying yourself to a rope is not a best practice at ALL. If you fall in a swift current, you're almost guaranteeing you're going to drown - you generally won't be able to use the rope to pull yourself out, instead it will hold you under the current. |
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Feb 7 |
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If I have to cross an icy, flowing river, what are some ways I can cross safely? Why would I take of my shoes? wouldn't that hurt my feet if the rocks are sharp? |
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Feb 4 |
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Handling feminine hygiene on multiple-month treks? Clare, really that won't be an issue unless you make it one - you can get to towns as often as you necessary. I have hiked the CDT and PCT and even on those trails you hit town weekly. People I hiked with said that on the AT they hit towns every 3-4 days. |
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Feb 3 |
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Handling feminine hygiene on multiple-month treks? On the AT you can get to towns all the time, why not just act normally, store used pads/tampons in a WAG bag, then dump them in town? |
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Feb 3 |
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What are some ways/devices that I can use to charge my batteries in the wilderness? People I've talked to say most solar options are really hard to actually charge things while hiking, is that true? |
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Feb 3 |
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What are some ways/devices that I can use to charge my batteries in the wilderness? I've used this one successfully to charge an iPhone using Lithium AAs - Tekkeon MP1550 - tekkeon.com/products-tekcharge1550.html - I easily charged the iPhone ~2 times with each set of 2 AA batteries |
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Feb 2 |
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First time camping, need advice great answer, I like the bit about wet sleeping bags - who cares what it's made of if you're wet? :) |
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Feb 1 |
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Why do shin splints happen? Definitely not cold in the desert... I probably do "pound" though, especially when stringing together long days and miles. hard to avoid :) |
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Feb 1 |
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What are some toilet paper alternatives you could use in the woods? Oh moss! I'm having trouble imagining bark being any fun... and fungi actually that sounds fine, some of it anyways (sometimes it's pretty nasty!) |
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Feb 1 |
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Backpacking or hiking in areas open to hunting I think a better question is, how do you get the hunters to share their beer with you? ;) |
