>> I do. Must be a good idea: My completely anti-gearhead, totally stubborn paddling buddy Gary (he's from North Dakota -- it's cultural) poked fun at my use of THREE mesh gear bags, until the day I made ONE trip across 100 yards of deep, deep sand to our campsite, to his SIX trips! I was casually lolling about, sucking down my second beer as he completed his last gear ferry. Next trip, he had *two* gear bags. Snork! LL Bean seems to have the best ones. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR >> ************************************************************************** * I spent 10 of my first 11 years in North Dakota, and I always bring a light-weight Duluth pack with me, which I made especially for carrying bags on sea kayak trips. This is partly because on my first-ever sea kayak trip, we had to carry our gear from the beach a couple hundred yards up a hill to the campground. That first time, I used a real Duluth pack, but it is too bulky to stow in smaller kayaks. I sometimes also carry ropes and pulleys for hoisting our food into the trees in that same Duluth pack. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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