[at-l] Progress report... Bob

[southwalker99@xxxxxxxxxx (South Walker)]

I had no trouble getting an esbit to burn due to cold weather. They do light
best on the corners. I used a lighter with an adjustable flame.


South Walker
ME-GA 1999
In hiking there is no special recognition given for speed, style,
or finesse. There are only those who do the hike and those who don't.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Steinkamp" <shane@theplacewithnoname.com>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: [at-l] Progress report... Bob


> For those of you just tuning in...
>
> www.theplacewithnoname.com/hiking/bob
>
> Bob and I will meet tomorrow night to iron out his pack problems.  We've
> been trying to solve the boot problems with no success.  The Lowa
Renegades
> were too narrow.  The Danner Mountain Lights (which aren't) seemed OK, but
> didn't work in the end.  I'm going to try him in my Redwing 2156's, but
any
> other options will be entertained.  At this point I wish I'd have trained
> him to hike in sandals...
>
> Another problem he had was that he couldn't get the hexamine tablets to
> light in the cold.  That's a new one on me, but I don't use esbits...
> Anybody?  Anybody?
>
> It looks like Bob will be back on the trail March 9, starting again at
> Springer with Pittsburgh's group.  This is a big deal to me, especially
> since Bob had started talking himself out of thruhiking this year...
Thanks
> Pittsburgh!
>
> He was saying things like, "I need to have all my gear perfect before I go
> back out. I don't know it well enough to be on my own."  I tried to tell
him
> that I've been doing this for almost 25 years and my gear still isn't
> perfect...
>
> Anybody have perfect gear?  Ah, the joy of newbies...
>
> Shane
>
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