http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/ BackpackingTalk Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:03:40 GMT Andrew Priest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3746 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3746 Hi Local and State Government authorities in the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria have recently commissioned a major project to identify potential walking, Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:33:45 GMT Jerry Goller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3745 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3745 Hey, guy! How's it going? I'd love to go down there and hike this trail someday. Probably won't happen but it is fun to dream. Jerry Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:42 GMT Andrew Priest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3744 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3744 Hi From the website blurb: Another Great Long Distance Walking Track is under development in the tropics in Northern Australia. We hope to develop a walking Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:24:56 GMT backpacker man http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3743 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3743 im new to the group but not new to backpacking been at it for 40 years.hope we can chat. john Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:23:12 GMT backpacker man http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3742 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3742 im new to the group but not new to backpacking been at it for 40 years.hope we can chat. john Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:09:05 GMT jetriple@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3741 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3741 Along these same lines, having a light source close to the object can help make for more interesting shadows. For my Victorinox Sentinel Swiss Army Knife Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:53:20 GMT arnold http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3740 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3740 Hope this works. I want to thank Derek and Jamie. for the advise. I have followed most of the items. Light is a problem and sometimes I have to take what I Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:20:49 GMT Pat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3739 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3739 Thanks Kathryn. I'll make sure I mention the possible restriction of movement. I hadn't thought about that. I never heard of the fuzzy neoprene, so I'll Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:43:25 GMT Dark Lazarus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3738 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3738 Depends on how much movement she wants. The thicker neoprene will be warmer but will also be stiffer and harder to move in. There is also fuzzy neoprene Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:36:38 GMT Pat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3737 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3737 OK, I know this is a backpacking forum but I have a quesiton for any of you who might use a wet suit while kayaking or some other actvity. A friend asked me Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:22:59 GMT Andrew Priest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3736 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3736 Hi I have recently completed a walk of the Cape to Cape Track from south to north. You can read about it at Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:37:41 GMT Jerry Goller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3735 It's still in the Snake Skin. The hammock isn't deployed so it is just like a giant rope swing. If it is deployed then just unstake the side you are going to Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:27:18 GMT Ralph Oborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3734 . That gives me a nice food prep, eating, and relaxing area out of the weather. I use a Hennessey so I use the hammock as a seat. Jerry Doesn't the ridge line Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:39:15 GMT Jerry Goller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3733 When I know I'm going to be in a lot of rain for a long time, and I am hammocking, I bring a 10'x12' tarp. I pitch it in an Adirondacks style with 9' on the Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:59:36 GMT woodswoman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingTalk/message/3732 I am an avid tarp and bivy camper. My main tarp is a 9x9 Oware Tarp. I also frequently use a 10x10 Oware Tarp during the snow season. Can't say enough about