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    Harbinger
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    As a retired reprobate and occasional poster, I am off to the lake district shortly. I intend to do
    a 72 hour walk in the lake district, wild camping and squirrel munching being the order of the day.
    I would like to know if anyone has any ideas of a good route march type of jobby, where I can work
    out my agression [house full of women {wife and three daughters} (love them to bits but as a man
    find them hard to comprehend)] and beer gut.

    I travel 'lightish' although my decrepit military equipment probably weighs in at more than double
    the averages I see around here.

    As an aside and perhaps 'rifleman' might help here, do any of you carry heavy stuff that you are
    comfortable with and have been using for years, rather than a better and lighter modern
    alternative? [1]

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    JPC

    1. Matterhorn boots, French canvas backpack (60 / 100 ltrs) etc.

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  2. Michael Farthin
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    In message <[email hidden]>, Harbinger <[email hidden]> writes

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    Please take the [censored] out of deemon when sending an e-mail.

    And some'ut else too, 'e' by gum. :-)

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  3. Paul Saunders
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    Harbinger said:

    As an aside and perhaps 'rifleman' might help here, do any of you carry heavy stuff that you are
    comfortable with and have been using for years, rather than a better and lighter modern
    alternative? [1]

    Yep, my cameras! Solid metal bodies, solid metal lenses. May finally be due for a change though.

    I stuck with a heavy petrol stove for a long, long time, but finally gave in and switched to gas a
    couple of years ago.

    I think the main problem with me has always been carrying too much heavy food, like lots of bars of
    chocolate, slab of cheese, bacon, butter and so on. I figure that carrying only dehydrated food may
    be a lot less tasty, but a helluva lot lighter.

    Paul
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  4. Peter
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    Yep, my cameras! Solid metal bodies, solid metal lenses. May finally be due for a change though.

    Paul

    Couldn't resist Paul....

    get glass ones- will weigh approx the same - but improves the quality of your pics no end!!

    peter

    btw thanks for the advice re dig cameras lol

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  5. Paul Saunders
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    Peter said:
    Quoted message said:

    Yep, my cameras! Solid metal bodies, solid metal lenses.

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    get glass ones- will weigh approx the same - but improves the quality of your pics no end!!

    Damn! Is that why my pictures keep coming out so dark?

    Paul
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  6. Harbinger
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    Michael Farthing said:

    In message <[email hidden]>, Harbinger <[email hidden]> writes

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    Please take the [censored] out of deemon when sending an e-mail.

    And some'ut else too, 'e' by gum. :-)

    Sorry about the delay in replying (Telewest can be iffy for nntp), I got the domain after a legal
    argument with Demon, apparently I had posted a link to a link that had a link to a potentially
    defamatory website. Their legal department could not inform where I had went wrong as they would
    have further propogated the defamatory link, so I took my money and walked.

    I get very interesting e-mail to this address, and as for that nefrubyr Godfrey, he appears to have
    dissappeared with his lovely young wife.

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  7. Harbinger
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    Paul Saunders said:


    Yep, my cameras! Solid metal bodies, solid metal lenses. May finally be due for a change though.

    Ahh now we are talking!

    I carry an old canvas French back pack, Swedish military Trangia cooker, opinel knife, old French
    army tent and sleeping bag, heavy prismatic compass in milliemes, heavy leather gortex boots etc.

    All in all I am comfortable with and trust them in any situation.

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    I stuck with a heavy petrol stove for a long, long time, but finally gave in and switched to gas a
    couple of years ago.

    Nahh, I gave up gas when you could not parachute with them.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I think the main problem with me has always been carrying too much heavy


    food, like lots of bars of chocolate, slab of cheese, bacon, butter and so on. I figure that
    carrying only dehydrated food may be a lot less tasty, but a helluva lot lighter.

    I carry lots of foreign muck such as salami, speck etc. and it did me well in the past. Having done
    hot climates I prefer not to take dried foof as there is often a question of whether the local water
    is any good and also the amount of time it takes food to hydrate (Snack Pots anyone?)

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