[pct-l] Best trail bowl... Ever (was 3L soda bottles)

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Bowls? Pappy and I eat our cereal out of our cups, and we eat dinner right out
of our cooking pan. Miss Manners isn't hiking with us, so we see no need for
bowls.
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>From: Brad Wilson
>To: ,
>Subject: [pct-l] Best trail bowl... Ever (was 3L soda bottles)
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:12:23 -0400
>
>I was reading in a recent Backpacker Magazine how to make a light-weight
>bowl.
>
>They said to take an old platypus bag (2 or 3 liters) and cut off the top
>2/3 to 1/2... Then use the bottom as a bowl. Since the bags can hold boiling
>water, the bowl can handle any hot food you may eat on trail. After your
>meal, the bowl folds flat for storage.
>
>I wouldn't have thought of this and it sounds like a cool idea. If you use
>one of the non-zipper bags, it will even stand up on a flat surface.
>
>I don't really have a bag I want to chop up at this point, and I usually
>just eat out of my Ti pot... But this may be a possibility later down the
>trail.
>
>-Brad
>
>
>On 4/14/03 11:03 AM, "CMountainDave@aol.com" wrote:
>
> >
> > In a message dated 4/13/03 9:18:08 PM, dave@livebythepark.com writes:
> >
> > << My point was serious wide mouth and 3 liters. I don't know about the
> >
> > mid-west, but I've been buying pop for years and never seen a 3 liter
'till
> >
> > now.
> >
> >>>
> >
> > As usual, there is an upside and downside to everything. A 3 liter pop
bottle
> > has to take up a lot of space in a pack. But it weighs very little and
costs
> > next to nothing
> > I used 2 MSR wide mouth dromedary bags on my hike. They take up very
little
> > space when empty and not needed and they are bomb proof. However, they are
> > relatively heavy and expensive.
> > Platypuses are a good idea, but they are not nearly as bomb proof as the
> > dromedaries. I've had a couple that sprung leaks , especially the one that
> > got stabbed with my crampons.
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