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#268560 - 03/26/14 05:13 AM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: AKSAR]
buckeye Offline
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Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Originally Posted By: wildman800
..... Life is too short to go without coffee.
You got that right!


+1.

If there's one thing I really like it's coffee. Not that I need fancy stuff, Eight O'Clock, Sam's Club brand, even store brand is fine with me. I grind mine in a burr grinder daily. I think that makes a big difference in the taste and use a one cup french press. Usually a minimum of two cups a day (used to be minimum of two pots a day), more in winter.

When we used to go camping with the scouts, I bought a JetBoil just so I could make that quick cup of coffee in the AM. I tell you, it made me an instant hit with the moms. grin

I actually tried a cup of tea for the first time in years, several nights ago, and it just doesn't do anything for me. Always too watery for my taste, even if I use two tea bags.

Coffee just seem to have a 'body' to it. Maybe it's the oils.

-b
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#268575 - 03/26/14 01:18 PM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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Coffee in the morning is proof that I am still in a civilized world!!!
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#268938 - 04/10/14 06:44 PM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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Well thought out:

another GHB article -

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#268976 - 04/11/14 04:43 AM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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One thing I am not seeing listed or mentioned in the get home supplies is a map.
It does not need to be too fancy but it should have major landmarks and obstacles marked on it.
Knowing where bridges are might save you a few miles hiking if you have to cross a river.

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#268988 - 04/11/14 04:58 PM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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I have both road and VFR (aviation) maps/charts.
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#269258 - 04/19/14 08:54 PM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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+1 on the map. They are getting harder to find; and I like to have city, state( atlas) and public transit maps available in paper.

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#269264 - 04/19/14 11:47 PM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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You can get VFR charts at the Flight Services Desk at any decent sized airport.
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#269270 - 04/20/14 01:11 AM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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Since a good percentage of the get home scenarios involve travel over paved surfaces, what are everybodies thoughts on folding adult kick scooters, i.e. the Xootr Street? I haven't been able to get any good data on speeds and calorie expenditures, but it seems that they would be more efficient then walking and portable enough for mass transit.
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#269275 - 04/20/14 04:57 AM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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I find the city maps to be OK so long as I take the time to make a few notes on them. Most of my notes are landmarks, bridges, distances, and alternate paths.
I often just use tourist or transit maps because they are cheap, often free. Sometimes I just do a sketch map in my fieldbook.


You can download topo maps from USGS and use them to make your own maps.
http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/index.html

or for Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

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#269286 - 04/20/14 04:10 PM Re: Building a Get Home Bag GHB [Re: TeacherRO]
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I'm in South Lousy-anna and I find the most important item missing from most city maps are the large drainage ditches or Coulees as we call them. I have started making mental notes of those and will soon start tracing them out on my city map.
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