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  1. BIGHORNtracks

    Buying your way lighter.

    Thanks guys, lots of great thoughts. Steve has been a favorite contributor of mine, but vegan hiker, you just made me think. Unfortunately it was about something call a "poop shovel". You are now on my favorites list.
  2. BIGHORNtracks

    Buying your way lighter.

    Mak1277 Well, the tent that I bought is a Titanium Goat vertex 7.5 Specs. Vertex 7.5 with carbon fiber pole:Specifications: Weight: 4lbs 1oz Total weight, Tent and stuff sack 2lbs 11oz, Stakes, 7 oz carbon fiber pole 15oz Length: 166" (13' 10") Width: 132" (12' 5") Height: 90"...
  3. BIGHORNtracks

    Buying your way lighter.

    There is this thing in my head that says "you can BUY your way lighter". If I buy gear that costs more, I will increase my quality or durability, and shed weight at the same time. The problem is, it does not feel true. Problem is, I want to take some heavy gear with me. (super telephoto...
  4. BIGHORNtracks

    Insect Repellent

    There are some guys with some SERIOUS opinions about DEET on this forum! I hate the smell of DEET. Also DEET evaporates and must be reapplied regularly. But, you need to do something about the bugs. For me, my main concern is not mosquito, its the tick. Almost all of my time in the...
  5. BIGHORNtracks

    Get a hold of someone.

    Is there a private message feature on this site? I am wanting to have a chat with Steve, about a product test possibility. But its not really interesting conversation for the masses. I see something called start a conversation, is this what I am looking for? My question, put simply, how do I...
  6. BIGHORNtracks

    Detailed land name info

    I am wondering, does anyone here know where you can get detailed info on names that have been given to canyons and ridges and peaks, ect.? The reason I ask is because in my research, specifically looking up spring locations, I have come across names of places that I can not find on any map...
  7. BIGHORNtracks

    Uintas Conditions 2015

    Looking at weather stations in the north slope. http://www.wunderground.com/StateSnowDepth.asp?state=UT Steel creek at 10,100 ft was at 31 inches now at 44 inches. Hewinta at 9,500 ft was 9 inches, now 17 inches. Trout creek was at 5, now at 17. Kings cabin was 1, now 10. Looks like they got...
  8. BIGHORNtracks

    2015 Mountain Backpacking - Disappointment and Opportunity

    I have been watching the north slope of the Uinta snow totals quite closely. Looking that the weather stations data. Steel creek station 34 inches at 10,100 ft. Buck pasture 19 inches at 9,800 ft. Hewinta 10 inches at 9,500 ft. Trout creek 5 inches at 9,400 ft. Hole in the rock 1 inch at 9,400...
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