[at-l] Re: help me with my gear list - please

[davidf@teamcourage.org (Dave)]

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if you were preaped youw ould freze I camp every year in snow and i never
frieze and I don't use water botels to keep warm you just need a good non
down but synthic sleeping bag and you can sleep through any snow storm
At 07:50 AM 25-08-02 -0700, Datto wrote:

> > "don't  need  soap.  don't  need  large fuel bottle, for
> > the AT you won't need a compass,"
>
>I did have the need to use a compass on my northbound
>thru-hike in Year 2000. After getting snowbound in Maine,
>the other hikers I was with and I had to make our way at
>right angles to the Trail since we were running out food
>and of fuel (to heat the hot water bottles at night so we
>didn't freeze). We heard some kind of noise and used the
>compass to figure out where on the map the noise was coming
>from -- turns out it was in the same direction that the
>closest civilization was located (what we gauged at the
>time to be 20 miles away from where we were at when
>interpolating map info). So we headed for the noise and
>later ran into a logging crew that had just started back up
>again after the blizzard stopped. I suppose we could have
>done the same directional thing with the location of the
>sun the sky but...there wasn't any view of the sky for
>three days. It all worked out though...I'm just glad one of
>the guys I was hiking with had a compass in his pack. He
>also had a thermometer -- I'm not sure it was a good idea
>to have discovered how cold the temps were getting but
>knowing the temperature did motivate me to head out with
>the other guys to find civilization rather than continuing
>up the Trail that day.
>
>As far as soap, I did keep a small bar of soap with me on
>my thru-hike (or in some cases liquid soap in a seam sealed
>package -- thanks Karen -- I learned not to eat the liquid
>soap after Karen starting writing, "Do Not Eat" on the
>sealed package, Ha) but I used Purell frequently since it
>kills viruses as well as bacteria. I used soap mostly when
>I was in town and used the Purell when I was on the Trail.
>
>Datto
>
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