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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1207694" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Go the the website "Backpacking Light" and read, read, read. You'll learn how to pack light suing NON Wally Mart gear, use hiking poles to save your knees and what kind of light stove to take.</p><p>1. "Cotton Kills" Wear synthetics or long johns of Merino wool if you prefer wool. (I like Cabela's Polar weight polyester longies.)</p><p>2. The best stove I know of is the very versatile MSR Whisperlite Universal. For temps done to 10 F. use the <em>inverted</em> canister format. For temps below 10 F. use the white gas (petrol) format. This stove, like all MSR stoves, is very reliable in either format. But do NOT take both fuels in your pack. Decide which will do for the conditions and change the stove to work with it.</p><p>3. Try to make items do double duty such as a down or synthetic insulated jacket that can be worn in your sleeping bag. Gore-Tex parks for both rain and wind. </p><p>4. Get a good book or two on lightweight backpacking. </p><p>5. RENT main gear items first if possible. TEST gear on short pre-hunt trips.</p><p></p><p>PM me if you have gear questions. Read here about conditioning for hunting and try your best to follow it. Good conditioning is half of it. Good gear is 1/4 of it and trail and camp skills the other 1/4.</p><p></p><p>For the very best in tents look at Tarptent.com </p><p>All his tents are made in Nevada City, California and are top quality. I have a Moment DW solo tent for backpacking in all seasons and a 4 season Scarp 2 for my wife and I.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1207694, member: 54178"] Go the the website "Backpacking Light" and read, read, read. You'll learn how to pack light suing NON Wally Mart gear, use hiking poles to save your knees and what kind of light stove to take. 1. "Cotton Kills" Wear synthetics or long johns of Merino wool if you prefer wool. (I like Cabela's Polar weight polyester longies.) 2. The best stove I know of is the very versatile MSR Whisperlite Universal. For temps done to 10 F. use the [I]inverted[/I] canister format. For temps below 10 F. use the white gas (petrol) format. This stove, like all MSR stoves, is very reliable in either format. But do NOT take both fuels in your pack. Decide which will do for the conditions and change the stove to work with it. 3. Try to make items do double duty such as a down or synthetic insulated jacket that can be worn in your sleeping bag. Gore-Tex parks for both rain and wind. 4. Get a good book or two on lightweight backpacking. 5. RENT main gear items first if possible. TEST gear on short pre-hunt trips. PM me if you have gear questions. Read here about conditioning for hunting and try your best to follow it. Good conditioning is half of it. Good gear is 1/4 of it and trail and camp skills the other 1/4. For the very best in tents look at Tarptent.com All his tents are made in Nevada City, California and are top quality. I have a Moment DW solo tent for backpacking in all seasons and a 4 season Scarp 2 for my wife and I. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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