Contributions by jesskis (4)

I bought this Mountain Hardwear bivy this weekend. I was so smitten with it that I had to sleep out on my lawn just to test it out. I like almost every thing about it. I can zip it onto my bag and put it in a stuff sack. I can thrown my sleeping pad in between the bag and the bivy, and it dosn't move around at all. If your into the whole ultralight minimalist approach, it is a great choice. It is as light as a tarp but with the protection of Gore (not Al, Tex). While sleeping out on the lawn I couldn't help but think what happens if the sprinklers come on or it starts to rain? With this bivy you can't really close up the face area, which is why I ultimately gave it a 4 instead of a 5. If you're thinking of getting a bivy, I think this is a great one, especialy if you're still learning how to live in a bivy--I think this can be a great learner.

I bought this sock, and it is the best sock ever.

I bought this watch. It is the best watch ever.

I used this pack this weekend on an overnighter, and well it was good I guess. I had heard that the "ultralight" packs were good what they were designed for and not much else; this was my experience. The G pack is super light, maybe even ultralight. It carried what I needed, maybe it carried a little more than I needed. The weight I saved by using the G pack was lost by me just packing more crap that I didn't need. While the G pack saves on weight it lacks luxury. My back and shoulders still hurt like hell. I thought it was cool that even though the packs main compartment wasn't huge Gregory added the out side netting stuff. I could fit all my essentials in the main compartment and then every thing else on the out side. I put one of my sweet ass moonstone shell in the netting stuff on the hike up and I think that zipper must have rubbed or some thing cause when I got home there, there was a hole in the ultra light fabric where my coat was. I think this pack is good if not great for what it was designed for but you may have to re-think some of your ideas about backpacking before using it.