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Do you need a breathable jacket for sitting on a boat? I would just use a completely waterproof Helly Hansen. If you're not hiking or paddling, you won't be sweating.

The one thing to keep in mind is that all breathable waterproof fabrics (no matter how much you pay for a jacket) loose their effectiveness with time and need to be refreshed on a yearly or every

Don’t count on old gor tex to be repellent it degrades pretty quick. I just finished 10 days in a 6yo simms top of the line guide jacket it was shot. Seams leaked about neck. My advice is buy

Hi, we just went through this.. cruise to Alaska early May. We took both older heaver jacket and frog togs. Heavy jacket for on the boat out on the decks where it's windy/colder (and in this case

Hello all, I usually take Frog Togs when I backpack in the Sierra but I have an old (and heavy) REI Gore-Tex jacket I’m considering taking on a small boat cruise to Alaska this summer. Do you have

A slightly edited video of my live interview about the survey and the new related blog site is available now at this

Yup.??BA Q-Core Deluxe Wide is my current mattress. It is ridiculously plush!??Glad to hear that they replaced the mattress :).

For comfort, I found that the Big Agnes (BA) Q-Core mattress to be very comfortable. I have to fight my dogs for rights when going to bed. :-) The quick-fill system allows me to have it inflated

I have the Copper Spur and have been very happy with it. I even tried setting up by starting with the fly and then put the tent up while under the fly. Definitely different action. There is also the

I am a journeyman backpacker;??I have stopped worrying about weight and optimize for comfort now. Found a really good way to carry the excess few lbs instead (Aarn body packs). Copper Spur is a

I've done bivy and tent on the JMT.? ?Going back to bivy this year.? I just prefer the simplicity and small size needed.? I would cowboy camp if it weren't for the mosquitos.? And as far as

Thanks. It's nice to be retired. -- John Curran Ladd San Francisco, CA 415-648-9279

So I decided to sell the Altaplex. I found a coupon code for CampSaver and ordered the Copper Spur UL1. Not crazy about the added ~20 ounces but there are some upsides -- freestanding setup, smaller

Oh, and there are more like it at the photographer's Flickr photostream. This seems to be the final photo in the sequence (or maybe first? don't know which way Flickr organizes photostreams):

Aah- ooh! Those cabins are wonderful! I would gladly cook a meal for you, John! And I’m a great cook, if only I could escape classroom, but it’s the end of year final marathon :( Karina

When chain controls go into effect I'll be at the Big Oak Flat Entrance providing tire traction devices. Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 3:57 PM, John

Ned Tibbits did a nice post for our new multi-contributor website warning on really dangerously cold weather with possible snow along the JMT/PCT (maybe just over). I just now realized that this is

Not just "today only" — the apotd is archived. That great pic is at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220507.html

Astronomy picture of the day -- an excellent source of wallpaper, btw -- has a great shot in Yosemite today. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html -- *Byron Nevins* *Lead Moderator of JMT at

True walk ups should at least be available for no-show permit pickups on the day of the hike.? Hopefully they will see the sense of this.? It would be very similar to the old walkups, although