[at-l] thur hike with ipod

[dekkerd3 at yahoo.com (Rob)]

To OB,

 I seem to remember a SORUCK where we advised a young girl on her pack 
contents for a thru hike. I believe I said something along the lines of 
"start with a space blanket inside of a nalgen bottle". Anything after 
that is a want, not a need. NYC marathon? Awesome. I'm trying to suck it 
up for a 5k...

To all,

 I've been off the list awhile, are pocketmail devices still in vogue? 
Everyone finds a comfort level of need vs want. I still drag along my 
Brunton Sherpa & GPS,and a cel phone. I don't take my ipod, since I 
don't go out there to listen to tunes, but to each his own. Once GSM cel 
coverage sufficiently saturates the corridor, cel phone/pda/gps all in 
one is a real possibility. Be thankful that at least an ipod requires 
headphones, and doesn't ring.

Check out the link I just posted to the scott evest product. It IS a 
solar powered battery recharger, although not a pack cover.

W F Thorneloe wrote:

> I don't know quite how I got into this circulation, but I saw 
> something _very_disturbing_ at REI yesterday. I used to joke about my 
> old heavy North Face backpack with side impact airbags, cappuccino 
> maker and solar panel cell phone rechargers.
>
> It is no longer a joke.
>
> Brunton SolarPort 4.4 with Jack $119.00  Item 709065 and Brunton 
> SolarRoll $399.00  Item 709064 complete the nightmare. The later item 
> looks the best for backpackers at under a pound, rolling out to 1 X 5 
> feet. My new nightmare is the solar power battery recharger/pack cover.
>
> Be afraid.
>
> Very afraid.
>
> OrangeBug
>
> At 11:10 AM 11/7/2004 -0500, Richard H. Anderson wrote:
>
>> The SCOTTeVEST product line includes jackets, vests, pants, baseball 
>> caps
>> and ties. Although we sell a lot of accessories, we don't produce 
>> anything
>> for backpacks.
>
>
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