Re: [at-l] overshoe

[Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

Neos. They're in Campmor and probably elsewhere. Sorry, can't help with 
the cheap part.

Give Me Chocolate

Wisperlight wrote:
> 
> does anyone know were i can get a water resistant overshoe made of ballistic
> mylon or some such tough materal....  or shoudl i jsut make it myself.  i am
> lookgin around an i only see goretex ones and ones that have insulation in
> them i jsut want to keep the snow off my boot while on my snowshoes....
> nothign more...
> 
> i am looking for somethign up to my knee so i can leave my gaiters at  home
> and tough enough so they will not rip (i am not worried about weight for
> that to a point) and large enoguh so i can pu it on OVER my boot....  and
> NOT waterproof ... i dont want my feet sweating and stuff...  yuck blisters
> and problems abound when you mix waterproof and my feet.
> 
> beign cheap woudl be nice too... as i can prolly make a pair for about 10
> bucks i guess if i get ripped off on material. 20 bucks and i could make a
> nice pair too with laces and everything too i guess....  i am not bad at
> making stuff... i have only been usign a 1 or 2 oz nylon material i got from
> a craft store... only god knows what it is and that i doubtful.. but i have
> been hot knife cutrting it and everything ... i had a long talk with kurt
> actually about the proper way to do alot of things.
> 
> jsut in case some of you were wondering i did get my sewing machine and have
> made a few things but i gave them all away.... :)  i enjoy it though and oh
> i guess i lied i do have a few items i made for myslef that i kept... liek i
> made a rope/rock holder that weighs less than 0.5oz and lets me compress my
> rope to half the size it used to be.. last time i was bear bagging i had a
> horrid experience trying to remmeber the monkey's hand knot and could not
> get a rock to stay so i tried using a stick and to make a long story short i
> had to go up and get my string down with my own tw hands and i have not
> climbed a tree up to that point since i fell 2 stories from a white pine as
> a kid (but that is another story much more interesting too). And a small bag
> also under 0.5oz so i can stuff my "space" blanket back real small...  and a
> small bag abotu 1oz than i can store all my small items that have no place
> in my pack.....  it is liek one of those 10oz OR organization kits but much
> simpler with only one pocket no zippers or mess ok so it is not like that at
> all but it cost me 50cents and that 10 oz thing cost 23 bucks and mine is a
> lot lighter
> 
> <under .5oz means it did not register on my scale that i put something on
> it... so i was happy...>
> 
> Wisperlight the Bi-Polar Bear
> <As In Manic Depressive>
> 
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