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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    Do bears like coffee? Maybe that bear didn't die, it just galloped around in circles. :rolleyes:
    Seriously, "cowboy coffee" can be made to sound upscale if you call it "Turkish coffee" (or "Bosnian...
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    11th essential: common sense. If you aren't in good shape, plan short trips in moderate weather, and work your ways into shape. I resemble this comment, and I have little excuse - I work in a...
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    11th essential? Another try here.........Personal Locator Beacons.......anyone have experience with or knowledge of the ACR ResQLink+ PLB? It doesn't have any messaging function, but it does have...
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    This is a forum for large format photographers, who are notoriously prone to stopping to get the photo. ROL's trail running might be better suited to the GoPro videographers of the world.
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    Speaking of rescues - does anyone here carry a rescue beacon "ResQLink" made by ACR Electronics, operates on 406 MHz rescue services restricted band? I have been researching beacons, and this one has...
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    Hey, I had sauteed/fried grubs when I was a kid in 6th grade - ate one on a dare. Tasted "fried, with spices". They were canned, Lord knows where they came from... I also ate chocolate-covered...
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    Boots that fit well and give support - details will be different for each person, because feet are different. My all-leather Asolo TPS 520 (women's) were expensive but well worth every penny. They...
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    Re: Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

    This is an entertaining thread, but I must take exception to the signal mirror. If you are hiking in largely wooded terrain, that signal mirror is pretty useless. A loud whistle makes more sense....
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