Ok, it is official we have a tent. I picked up a Sierra Design Antares 3 person, 3 season tent. I hope that it works because this all we have. It has 49 square feet of living space so I hope it is big enough. Insane deal on it! I will tell you about it later.
I also picked up a new stove. The MSR Simmerlite. The deal on it was incredible! They retail for $125 and I got it for $25. Can't pass that up....it was like garage sale price. It will work well. My good buddy took the same one on the canoe trip I went on it and it worked awesome.
I also got a killer deal on the MSR MIOX water purifier. This doubled up with my water filter will make sure none of us are looking for bushes to squat in.
One of the last big purchases for me was the gaiters. I picked up some Outdoor Research gaiters. They originally weren't the ones that I was looking at, but I got a discount on them so I couldn't pass them by. I hope they are ok. My only concern is that they are too rigid and give me a hard time rubbing against my skin. They are really heavy duty, gortex, expidition style, so I need to walk around the house for a few hours with them on to see if they are going to be ok.
Now I just need to get my plane ticket and we are good as gold.
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The gaiters I purchased are Outdoor Research (OR) and they are the Crocodile model. It also says Alpine on the packaging I am not sure if that makes a difference. I know that you can get Crocodile Exihibition, which is not what you want. I purchased a XL (10-13) which turns out are too big. I need to exchange them for L (9-11). I called OR to discuss with them if they would work on the WCT. The company is out of Seatle, and the rep said that he is familiar with the trail and that these would work great.
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