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    The ten essentials for hiking

    I am sorry everyone say it is wilderness but all hiking and treking is all the same. You not at home watching tv. There is a Canada couple this winter that took a dirty road and got stuck in a snow storm. She lived for 30 days and he died looking for help. They drove in to the wilderness but...
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    The ten essentials for hiking

    Mine dad and I took a Seirra Club class for hiking. It is basic and now it $350 for the class. In the class they tell you to always to have your the ten essentials. I forgot what the list was so I found a copy of the class book. Maybe their some info that you don't know so take a look...
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    A Long Walk - Three Questions

    A really good store will have a boot ramp. When fitting boots you stand on the 45 degree ramp to see if you toes hit the tip of the boot.
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    A Long Walk - Three Questions

    When I work on big constuction site that I will mark the tools with bright paint. So if someone pick up mine tools they can see it. Get a color choth or yarn and sew it on the pack,boots and pole to tell people it is your. Then get big safety pins and put them on the zipper. Safety pins makes...
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    A Long Walk - Three Questions

    Poles I came across a youtube. I didn't understand about them. I am like the guy say, who need them? I will be looking in to them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-G2_5atwj0
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    Fitting my backpack

    Rule of thumb when training you run 1 mile in 15 mins. It 1.6 km for you in 15 min or less. 4 time around the track. I would get down to 13 mins then I know to be ready. By running this it will tell you where you are at in training. When walking with pack maybe put a brick or two to make it...
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    Fitting my backpack

    Do you have hip bones? When hiking the 65 pound pack weight is on mine hip bones. Now mine dad don't have the hip bones like I do so he get the hip belt the best he can. I would try letting the pack top go back little to get the hip belt tke more of the weight. In mine case all weight is on the...
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    I have T-mobile

    Has anyone walk in the USA and pay them for a EU call plan? Did you have any problems by do this? I got them because of they are from the EU and hoping it easy to setup.
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    Spanish mobile operators?

    •350 minutes to call 24 hours to any operator •In addition, I have the 2 numbers VIP Vodafone that I choose to talk for free without restriction of schedules or limitations •Unlimited browsing with 500 MB of speed (the speed is reduced to 128 kbps from 500 MB) •150 MB to navigate from my...
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    Altus Poncho--USA?

    if you is flying in to Madrid you can maybe pick them up here. http://www.barrabes.com/shop/backpacks- ... oncho.html Here is the store info. http://www.barrabes.com/qsomos/tiendaMadrid_orense.asp
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    Raincoat-Poncho

    I just read that the ALTUS has no arm pits vents. You can have someone sew them on a zipper or velcro strips in the arm pits.

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