Re: Re: letter of introduction
shari <[email protected]>
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REI is an outdoors chain store, with better options than Dicks Sporting Goods and places like that. Check out rei.com for locations. On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Good Grief <goodgrief53-/[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Thanks Patrick will do. What is REI? > > *From:* patrickkel1 <patrickkel1-/[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:35 PM > > *Subject:* [BackpackingLight] Re: letter of introduction > ** > > Merle, > I traveled the road you are considering, and encourage you to go for it. > My last camp-out with the Boy Scouts was in 1959. My first backpack trip > was 47 years later in 2006. My suggestions are: > Upgrade your knowledge. Raise your expectations a bit over what you used > to do. The lightweight technology makes the sport much more accessible. The > local Sierra Club's beginning backpackers course was very helpful to me. I > also got certified in Wilderness First Aid, for peace of mind on long trips > to remote mountain areas. > REI and Cabella's are good sources for gear, but not the lightest. > Food is about one third of my pack weight. Eastern European and Asian food > markets offer dehydrated foods that give variety at low cost. > Keep adapting, by making one gear change per trip. Better to have one item > fail than several. Upgrading one item per trip will keep your gear up to > date and in good condition. This spreads the financial pain also. > Good Luck! > Patrick > **+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+**BackpackingLight > Mailing List**To unsubscribe, send a blank message to:** > BackpackingLight-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org****Post messages by > E-mailing them to:**[email protected]**+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ > > [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJiZmZzNWdwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3Mjk0BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NjAwNQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM1OTI0MzMyNA--> > Switch to: Text-Only<BackpackingLight-traditional-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe<BackpackingLight-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org?subject=Unsubscribe>• Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> • Send us Feedback > <[email protected]?subject=Feedback+on+the+redesigned+individual+mail+v1> > . > ** > **** > > >