Re: [Philmont]: Novice backpacker with Philmont questions

Plus, my 2001 crew has personal experience of someone wearing a poncho
turning around and knocking our dinner off the stove -- not only didn't
we eat, the whole surface of the cooking area had to be scraped into our
yumyum bag!

Jim Welton wrote:

>The backpacking poncho has one major drawback. When you get to your
>campsite in the rain, the first thing you will want to do is take off
>the backpack. At that point you have a decision to make. Do you use
>the poncho to cover your backpack and the equipment, or use the
>backpack to cover yourself.
>
>I also dislike the flapping and blow up rain underneath.
>
>YiS,
>Jim Welton
>McAllen, Texas
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Casey <irishcasey@yahoo.com>
>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:13:13 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: [Philmont]: Novice backpacker with Philmont questions
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
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>Hi All,
>
>I'm a novice hiker and backpacker (I must admit, I have never purified
>water) and I have a lot to learn in the next 11 months because next
>July I'm headed to Philmont. I just found and joined this list within
>the past two weeks and I'm astounded by the level of activity. The
>courteous and kind exchange of information is great and I guess
>attributed to the fact that everyone is a Scouter.
>
>Since I have been on the list the two dominate discussions have been
>about water and gear (primarily raingear). Having read there are no
>bad questions, I have two:
>
>1. Nobody talks much about using a decent pancho. I know they
>(e.g.Campmor) make backpacking panchos that fit over a pack and are
>more long lasting than the kind WalMart carries. Does anyone use a
>good pancho rather than a rain suit? If not, why not?
>
>2. Throughout the discussion on water treatment, only recently did
>someone mention the MSR Miox system. No one has really commented on
>it. I'm curious as to why? Maybe because it is so new? I saw it at
>a local outfitter store and it's about the size of a flashlight, uses
>batteries and charges a mixture of salt and ordinary water to create a
>"cocktail" that is put into the water to be treated. There are no
>moving parts and the product is odorless and tasteless. I've seen it
>on sale for $110 which seems to compare to a good pump filter with
>extras filters.
>
>Thanks for any in put on these items.
>
>Mike
>ASM Troop 646
>
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