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Ditto. I did the whole AT with JRB down quilts top and bottom. (Did switch to lighter quilt in summer)

Hey Trainwreck, Chainsaw here. Sorry to hear you guys are off, but glad that it's for good reasons. Hope to see you in the woods sometime.

I'm in Kent, CT, killing time waiting for a maildrop...

And when you do get that 1-2 hours at the library, your priority is checking email or paying bills or that sort of thing, not chatting.

Unless you're in waynesboro, with 2 computers in one...

Cannibal & Genuine Draft were going go to Hard Core (the work project) and then yellowblaze up to Pearisburg to catch Yazzie. However, they never actually showed up for the work. Cannibal's brother...

Hey C -- I'll be on your tail in 11 days -- hope to catch you by Damascus!

Much better idea: when you come to a spring, drink a lot of water. Then you don't need to carry so much.

Even in drought conditions, the AT is not a desert. Anybody who is normally carrying more...

I was planning on the Osprey Atmos, but I'm gonna look at Cannibal's ULA Catalyst this weekend.

Next week I'm heading to REI in Atlanta, then to Neel's Gap, and I'll hopefully buy there. If you...

That's a darn good idea. You should go to college or something. :D

Yeah, I know, I'm an addict, too. Problem is I don't take it black and powdered creamer sucks. Moreover, when I get up on a cold morning, I don't like to eat breakfast. I'd rather just start...

I have a coffee press for the jetboil, but I probably won't take it.

My luxury will be my MP3 player. It takes AAAs, so no need to recharge, and has a microSD slot for expandable memory. For...

The peapod is too constricting for me.

I didn't see the JRB article on the temp rating of their stuff until tonight. If I had, I might have gone with a Katahdin over the Nest. As it is, though,...

Yes, I'm planning on the pad and Nest both. I have not been able to test this in appropriate weather b/c of my location. (I will be doing a 4-day shakedown in NC starting next week.)

Does anyone...

Ah -- forgot to add, I'll be putting duct tape on my poles, and hopefully getting poles with a built-in compass.

Good suggestion on the dental stuff and the needle.

I'm starting out ~3/14. This is my spring kit; things will change as the weather warms up. A few of the weights may be a bit off; a couple of things are still coming in the mail or not bought yet. ...

It's 20 degrees F and breezy. You're sleeping on a ccf pad with shoulder wings, with a Nest underquilt and a No Sniveller on top.

How much more do you need to be comfortable and unafraid of drafts...

So that's why they call it a Harlot...

Wow - a thread I stared has managed to get to three pages ... I feel all important and everything.

To address some of the responses: the peapod is out for me because I can't stand to be closed-in...

Sent. And 3/13

The Speer is integrated. ENO's you buy separate. As much as possible I want the whole system to be from one manufacturer.

Does warbonnet have a website?

Is in Atlanta, unfortunately. :mad:

Making my own is not an option, for numerous reasons.

But keep the feedback coming, folks...

Not a long, it it? I'm 6'0"

Mega-newbie here looking for advice. Am doing a 2008 AT thru, and I'm trying to pick out my shelter/sleep system. I bought a Hennessy Expedition hammock and a 20 deg syn bag two years ago and have...