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Re: [at-l] wow: TWO-gal. freezer-wt. Ziplocks



The "um" clothing goes to the foot of the sleeping bag for overnight drying 
while the dry set used only for sleeping comes out of its protective ziplock 
to help warm the sleeping hiker. Explains why we smell that way ...


>From: Tom Williams <Williams@AB.EDU>
>To: Cora Drake <cora_drake@hotmail.com>, AT-L <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] wow: TWO-gal. freezer-wt. Ziplocks
>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:39:16 -0400
>
>Cora Drake wrote:
>
> > Where have I BEEN? These are cool. I can line my entire food bag. All my
> > clothes can go in another. With the sleeping bag in a trash compactor 
>sack
> > it's good-bye pack cover -- you think?
>
>Sounds good.  I have gotten into the habit of putting almost all
>food items into plastic bags at this point, usually one meal
>(supper or breakfast) per bag as an organizational aid.  That
>also gives me a bag for that meal's pack-out garbage, which is
>then put into the internally clean general garbage bag (and
>in turn into the food bag that hangs overnight).
>
>Food packing may change a bit if I start using some of
>the info in my newly purchased NOLS Cookery Book.
>
>One concern, though: what happens when you put damp clothes
>in a plastic bag?  Mebbe you need some combination of plastic
>(for dry stuff) and mesh (for, um, "used" or wet clothing).
>--
>   -Tom Williams
>
>
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