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    Tarp failed, looking for tents

    Hey all. I'm a Canadian who has been hitchhiking through Europe for the past 6 months, and am in Tbilisi, Georgia, at the moment. Had a silnylon tarp from a small US maker get a big rip from a bad storm in Armenia... And it's going to take a while to get a replacement from him. I've done...
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    Desert pants

    hey all, i'm on the search for some decent (and decently cheap) pants. I get hot fast, and a sweaty crotch sucks. For the past couple years I was traveling around Europe, and Morocco, wearing poly/cotton (60/40 I believe) pants which were sweat boxes. Ended up cutting them into shorts and it was...
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    A cheap roomy leather belt pouch?

    Hey all. As the title says, looking for a leather belt pouch with enough room to stick my money, passports, maybe a few other random pieces of... Stuff. Currently use a ww2 leather double magazine pouch for my fire starting kit and holding my opinel. Im currently in athens, figured i might find...
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    Swap snugpak jungle bag and tenth wonder sargasso tarp and hornet hammock

    Hey all, so its getting to be winter time and im travelling in greece. Im sleeping in constantly lower temps, it will be 0 celsius soon, and i use a wool blanket and likely soon my emergency blanket to stay warm in this thing...I would like to swap for a warmer more wintery friendly bag. If...
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    Fairly cheap boots for mostly long distance walking, some hiking

    Hey all. So as I have brought up a couple of times before, I am hitchhiking around Europe... I am using a pair of Danners "rough out" boots, but the blooy things are falling apart. Worse than any boot i've used before.... Stitching is coming loose on multiple locations, the goretex lining seems...
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    Sleeping bag for the Mediterranean

    Right now I have a Marmot Trestles 15f. I've been hitchhiking with it over the past half year. Worked great, but at almost 4 pounds, it's a bit heavy and definitely bulky. I have a place I can store my cooler weather kit, so i'm looking at lighter stuff for this spring, summer, and autumn. I...
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    A waterproof or windproof jacket for this spring and summer

    Hey all. Its been a while since I lasted posted, when I was up in Scotland. I'm now in Hungary, and will soon be heading south via hitchhiking to the lower Balkans, where I shall likely be for a couple of months, at least. I still have this Austrian M65 with me, which is a hefty bit of kit, and...
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    Various kinds of Nikwax waterproofing

    so im looking on ebay for nikwax waterproofing for a full grain leather hat, leather gloves, and danner rough out boots (which has a sort of rough leather upper with vents on the side as they are desert boots)on ebay there are various sprays for boots, gloves, hats.. but in their descriptions i...
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    Austrian goretex m65 large

    Near Mint condition Austrian goretex m65 in large. There is a couple inches of broken seam on the right chest pocket, but all you gotta do is sew it back up. Looking for an oilskin coat, 3/4 or full length. Cape preferred, and a hood would be even better. Should fit a 215 pound 6'2 guy plus a...
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    Windproof smock + waterproofing, or goretex jacket. Cheap is the key

    I do realize this has been done quite a bit, and I have looked at quite a few threads and webpages... But I have little access to the internet these days, and i'm still not too sure. So here be my situation. Hitchhiking around the UK at the moment. Have an Austrian goretex M65 with me. It's a...
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    From Canada

    From Vancouver Canada, here. I'm on the BCUSA forums as well, but... two forums are better than one?
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    Berghaus Vulcan II sizing..

    (I'll be posting in the introduction thread soon enough) So I am in need of a new rucksack, and after much research I am eying up the Berghaus Vulcan 2. I'm planning on getting it from ebay, but the seller only has sizes 2 and 3. I am about 6'1, so I should really be getting the size 4, buuut...