[pct-l] Glasses and Contacts

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good evening, Ben,

I don't wear contacts, but when I want to have a small mirror available I
pack a SILVA Type-26 compass.  It's the small, cheap-o plastic sighting
compass with a  2.00" x 2.30" mirror.  The whole compass, with a string,
weighs 1.20 oz.  If I don't care about the mirror I carry a SILVA Type-7 at
0.70 oz.  I have some little fob compasses at 0.15 oz. but they're pretty
pathetic.

I like the Type-26 arrangement because in addition to being a much better
compass for sighting on a peak, it saves me the trouble of looking for a
safe place to carry a separate mirror.

By the way, my all-time favorite compass is a vintage Cruiser model made by
Leupold & Stevens Instrument Co. here in Portland, but at something over 9
oz. I don't even like to carry it around the house.

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Racine" <bjr214@psu.edu>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Cc: <BackpackingLight@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Glasses and Contacts


> I have both glasses and contacts.  I hate wearing my glasses for
> exercise because I always manage to fog them up. being right in my face
> and all.  Further, they don't accept clip-on sunglasses or anything like
> that.  So, I'm thinking of using contacts and contacts only on my (most
> likely) 2006 hike.  I haven't ever taken contacts out on the trail
> before. so I am wondering if anybody has any comments regarding whether
> or not they've given themselves an eye infection, left their contacts in
> for many many days, or what?
>
>
>
> Also I can't put them in without a mirror. so the solution and a
> tiny-mirror add to the weight.  Any smart ideas?
>
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