Hey Opie

“When we did the Fall Creek Falls trip in Sipsey last fall you and the Mrs. showed me some very compact vacume-packed freezed-dried food. I'm going on a trip later this year that could use the compact-ness of the food you showed me.
What was the name of the company, please if you can tell me.
'Got any links? Thanks.

Miss you guys and Sipsey crew.
t.”

“precision - I think he had an enertia meal. You can search on enertia on this website and get a critique of all of their meals.”

“Thanks.

Ahh man, you're still alive after posting the photo of your son; Whew! I'll bet that was another "bad mustard" moment.

Cheers.”

“Yes precision it was an enertia meal. They are great! Switchback speghetti is my favorite and we always add dehydrated meat to it. The cheesecake is really good too. We started out with a sample pack and you get one of almost every meal.”

“$85 seems kind of steep for 24 meals... :| I guess I should learn to dehydrate my own eh?”

“Yes you should.
It isn't difficult and it's pretty darn cool.”

“Brandon sells it cheaper. It seems like it was around $50.00 when we bought it but now he's selling it for $69.80.

http://www.backpackingdeals.com/”

“If you go to Brandon's site and clip on the sampler, it LISTS at $69.80, but is selling it for $59.99.”

“I am planning a January or early Feb trip up LeConte. Has to be snow, and cold!!!”
OPIE
5:59:23 PM
9/21/05

Let me know when you do this. I would be interested in joining you. You gonna post a trip?”

“ME TOO!! I didn't get a chance to do it this year with the house hunting & stuff.. but I'm in for the trip.”

“Ok..i'll look into some dates, and look at some past temps and snow depths...i want this to be a semi FYOA trip,...but not a freaking trip through the andes with my soccer buds.

january or febuary too far away?..or sound good?”

“With snow, I would go.

With ice, I will stay at home.

Icewater springs was a real mother #&%!$er to get down after a sleet storm last Feb.”

“well with the seeps and creeks there is some ice...you'll want some sort of traction device, and if you bring "ice walkers" i'll push you down myself...lol...and we won't be going up Rainbow Falls.”

“I can second that Icewater Spring to Newfound Gap with ice on the trail is a #&%!$. The ice was approx 1-3" thick the week after Christmas.

Jan or Feb is fine so is the end of Dec”

“nope... not the end of December. Christmas, Michelle's birthday, and New Years.”

“gee, get married and the wife does your talking for you. I am sure if your nice he might let you go
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“I'm probably not going but even if I was the last week of December wouldn't be an option!”

“You guys have mail.”

“Dub, they live in Atlanta. The correct venacular is, "Yall have mail."”

“I had to get a new phone. send me your #, and Michelles. I'll call you this weekend.”

“Any news on Le Conte?”

“Yeah. I shoot a bit of billiards and toss pointy objects.”

“Gonna be busy until the middle of december, i might have to make that trip a january trip.”

“Opies, you got mail.”