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[Katrx@aol.com (Katrx@aol.com)]

In a message dated 1/25/02 3:45:19 AM Central Standard Time, 
delita@mindspring.com writes:


> KITCHEN
>      Howdy: I carried a mini bic in emergency gear section and a regular 
> Bic in my Kitchen pot. Also, with my extra trash bag in place, I sent my 
> space blanket home.  Did you mean to omit toothpaste and floss? Floss is an 
> excellent repair item as well as necessary dental aide. Sometimes I had a 
> piece of jerky between teeth that didn't want to make the digestive trip 
> but stayed between teeth; floss was only answer.  I would recommend small 
> tube of Aquaphor ointment instead of vaseline. It has greater hydrating and 
> healing properties than vaseline. You will be hard pressed to find small 
> sample tube but call your local Dermatologist at their medical office and 
> see if they don't have a sample. Sometimes, pharmacies have samples. I 
> placed my hydrocortisone cream in a small, empty eye drop bottle. Found a 
> small, sample bottle of Eucerin lotion at the pharmacy; used it up at home 
> and added a sunscreen. Did I miss bug spray? It stayed in my outside pocket 
> from late April on. I'm not sure what a GoLite Coal is, but I used a Marmot 
> Pre-cip. waterproof (remember NOTHING is truly waterproof except ziplocks 
> ;p] jacket and inexpensive REI rainpants. I didn't carry a poncho as I 
> carried "House Wrap" ground cloth which I once used to wrap me, bedroll and 
> pad inside shelter (similar to a burrito...yes, as a LDH, I compare lots of 
> things to food, Hee-Hee) in Blue Mt. Shelter when it sleeted/rained to the 
> back wall. House wrap is the protection they place between insulation and 
> the external boards, siding of a new house. It is very similar to Tyvek; 
> breaths and is water proofish.

Hike Happy
Dare
GA-ME 2000,2001






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