Powering our electronics was the sun’s job on our last big thru hike. At that time we made a shelf of flexible solar panels that could attach to the top of our packs. It charged our gadgets well, but was a bit awkward to lay flat on the top of our packs. For this trip, I made lightweight sun hats for us with solar panels on the brim.
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Uncategorized Here Comes the Gram Weenies
We are officially weighed in…Down to the gram!
We’re both super excited about how our pack weights for our trans-alps trip have turned out. Both our base pack weights are nice and light, our paragliding gear comes in at about half of a standard kit and our total pack weights are looking sweet. Melody’s pack weighs 31.5lbs with 3 days food and fuel and mine is 36.9lbs with the same. Now that we can carry across the Alps!
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Uncategorized Frankenharnesses and a Sea of Sil
It amazes me how much gear we can make for a trip on which we are each only taking one backpack. But, oh, how much these backpacks can hold! Sati and I have been busy in our shop making and customizing gear for our trans-Alps trip. Here is a list of what we’ve made or modified so far:
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Uncategorized The Red Nozzle Ultralight Alcohol Backpacking Stove
A Super Efficient, Continuous Feed, Compact Alcohol BurnerI designed the Red Nozzle Stove for my wife and I for a trans-Alps Backpacking trip (well, actually Vol Bivouac trip) that we are planning for the summer of 2011. What we needed was a light, fast, very efficient alcohol stove that would work with our Snow Peak Trek 900 Ti Pots. I have built many cat food and soda can type stoves in the past but, as I started to research designs this time around I fell in love with the idea of a continuous feed compact alcohol burner. After a bit of tinkering the Red Nozzle Stove was born.
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Uncategorized PCT 2005: Pre-Hike Journal
Sati:
Well, it’s official, Melody and I applied for our PCT and Whitney summit permits today and ordered data and guide books for the PCT in California. I can’t believe it, we are really doing it and now the preparations have officially begun. Guess it’s time to start looking at GEAR! 😀