erica04
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how do you keep your gear dry?
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you want old school advice? we used to get clear, thick plastic bags as big as our pack (the dimensions are the same) and line the pack with it. keeps all the contents dry.
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simon
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we used to do that too. the plastic is nearly as thick as a raincoat but not as heavy. i used to get mine from hardware supplies.
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take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time. 
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PJSmith
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nowadays, we have what we call dry bag. it's not the same as Simon's improvised plastic but does its job
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ERenton
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with dry bags, it's sort of a compartment with selected items to keep dry. with pops there though, it's the entire pack! how cool is that?
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...and if a 6 turned out to be 9, i don't mind. i don't mind...
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chuckp
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a dry bag can also double as a floating device when emptied and inflated
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Skyler
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the drybag is god's gift to humanity.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to fads and popular opinion.
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skygazer
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nikwax. though i'm not sure if it's safe for nature. i don't use it that often. but it works.
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simon
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does that really work? i've seen them around but i never thought something so simple could actually work. because if it really does, i don't need to shell out that much on watertight gore-tex boots! 
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take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time.
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thudson
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 | simon posted the following on Monday 17th September 2007
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and they're heavy as hell must be for stability or something but my chicken legs feel like they're on lead weights
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| thudson posted the following on Monday 17th September 2007
| simon posted the following on Monday 17th September 2007
. . .on watertight gore-tex boots! | |
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that means you need to get a new pair of watertight gore-tex boots. the new ones are not as heavy and as i'd like to describe it, 'industrial' in weight. i was amazed the last time i was in the gear shop and they were light as a feather
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thudson
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yeah i also use thick plastic bags as for my gadgets i bought this utility plastic bag which definitely protects my stuff. 
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try using the bedroll protector, I find it more effective than plastic bags. Tried and tested over rough weather!
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NickG
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i remember the first time i went hiking, i had a jansport daypack made of something that felt like canvass and stupid me thought i had time to read, brought catcher in the rye with me. weather was unpredictable and i slid the way down in mud. y'all know what happened then.
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Your future today is different from your future tomorrow.
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skygazer
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talk about being young and stupid, same thing happened to me, i just emptied my school backpack and filled it up with hiking supplies along with my homework, how was i supposed to know that the bag wasn't waterproof and it was gonna rain?
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Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
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