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I sent this question to the Canadian Air Transportation Security Office and got this reply.
Dear Mr. Friesen:
Thank you for your electronic mail message of July 21, 2008, to Transport Canada, regarding hiking poles in baggage. I apologize for the delay in replying.
While hiking poles are...
What diameter should the plugs be?
Tip for washing laundry: when I cycled from Denver, CO to Winnipeg (about 1,000 miles) our group showered with our clothes on first (sometimes applying liquid soap) , then washed our bodies with soap and then rinsed.
Hi all,
I agree with sil on this one. I have done the testing on my packing and settled on putting my hiking poles, Gerber LST knife and other items which would cause me problems in a carry-on pack in a sturdy cardboard calendar tube (about 2 inches in diameter) which I would bring as checked...
When I walked the AT back in 2003, my loaded pack weight was 32 lbs. The pack I was using was an ArcTeryx Bora 80 which weighed about 7 lbs empty.
Trundle
Thank you for the comments so far.
The safety pins are the larger ones, meant for baby diapers. I like the idea of the shower hooks.
I did forget to list my rain jacket in the original post. I pack it last so it's easily accesible. It's been edited into my original post.
Also, I edited...
I am planning on hiking from Roncesvalles to Santiago, starting about September 21, 2008. I am not new to distance hiking but this will definitely be my longest hike.
Using a digital postal scale, I have weighed most of my smaller items individually . Because it has a capacity limit of 500...
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