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#185584 - 06/06/14 12:16 PM Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers? [Re: Gershon]
JPete member Registered: 05/28/09 Posts: 304 Loc: Eastern Ontario	Ryan, Before you set out to reinvent the wheel, look Mark Verber's website. Also, the last edition of (originally) Colin Fletcher's book, The Complete Walker (last edition,IV, co-written by Chip Rawlins). best, jcp
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Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	04/17/14 01:33 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	aimless	04/17/14 02:27 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	wandering_daisy	04/17/14 02:43 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	04/17/14 03:11 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	OregonMouse	04/17/14 03:43 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	balzaccom	04/18/14 01:20 AM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	TomD	04/18/14 04:45 AM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	Gershon	04/18/14 11:47 AM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	04/18/14 01:19 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	aimless	04/18/14 02:28 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	04/18/14 04:17 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	OregonMouse	04/18/14 05:08 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	billstephenson	04/18/14 06:16 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	04/19/14 01:18 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	wandering_daisy	06/05/14 11:15 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	4evrplan	08/25/14 01:06 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	08/25/14 10:53 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	Glenn Roberts	04/18/14 04:05 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	04/18/14 04:12 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	06/04/14 11:30 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	Gershon	06/05/14 06:44 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	OregonMouse	06/06/14 02:19 AM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	Gershon	06/06/14 08:44 AM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	JPete	06/06/14 12:16 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	OregonMouse	06/06/14 05:02 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	06/09/14 11:08 PM
Re: Any interest in a gear manual for new backpackers?	ryan54	08/24/14 07:56 PM