[at-l] Fw: Tuckerize

[gbuffmd@bellsouth.net (Gary Buffington)]

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Bear Bag and Sweet Pea, GA>ME 2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Buffington" <gbuffmd@bellsouth.net>
To: <bakpakr@planetcable.net>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: Tuckerize


> 1.  We used one bic lighter for the whole trip and have half of the fuel
> left in it for next time.
> 2.  Teva's are too heavy.  Wal-Mart has Laguna's for $4.97 and 10 oz.
> 3.  I carried a radio for 30 days and never turned it on even once.
> 4.  The one pound stove will need some fuel.  If you take an Esbitt stove
(2
> or 3 oz), I'll send you Trioxane fuel for free that weighs 1.3 oz per bar
> and one bar will nearly boil one quart of water, so you should need about
> 1/2 bar per day.  Our whole kitchen (pot, stove, fuel for 4 days, wind
> screen, bowl, lighter, spatula, scrub pad, soap and two spoons) weighed 14
> oz.
> 5.  We used a Pur filter into Vermont and loved it; however, Mrs. Gorp
> switched us over to a platypus and a Sweetwater inline filter.  We got rid
> of Nalgene bottles (they could be used as clubs, they are so heavy) and in
> all saved about a pound on our water operation.  Even more importantly, we
> saved 15-30 minutes per day with not having to pump water for two.  We did
> carry one Rubbermaid liter bottle each, they were so much more functional
> and lighter than Nalgene.
>
>
> See our journal at: http://1800WeSweat.com
>  Bear Bag and Sweet Pea, GA>ME 2000
>