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Research Overload: Multi-Fuel Stoves

So here I am, finally getting around to getting a new Research Overload up!

Let me first start off by saying, that researching Stoves had to be one of the most arduous tasks I’ve done in a long time. I thought that researching a tent was hard, but it seemed like everyone loved their brand-x stove more than any other stove for xyz reasons over and over.

I stumbled across many articles such as this one that you see before you, of first time buyers who wrote up comparisons of their findings and continued on with information they found here, or there, and before long I realized after reading a million of them (ok, maybe like 20), that a lot of it was just terrible information. Information, that even myself, not knowing a thing about these stoves, knew wasn’t right.

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Research Overload – Tents

In my continuing research for my trip planning I have focused on shelter. Now, I am by no means even slightly educated when it comes to tents. Anything camping really. So my research, criteria, and decisions were based on talking with more knowledgeable friends, taking note of their criteria, then picking out the most important features that appealed to me.

Shelter, along with food and water, is an important aspect of survival, so I figured I better spend some time researching tents.

I actually started researching tents awhile back, and come across a couple I thought fit the bill.  Over the last week, I have continued to read sites, reviews, and peoples personal experiences.

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Research Overload – Food

There are so many thing that one needs to do a successful trip on 2 wheels. The most needed among those things, is well, the 2 wheels that will carry you, then everything else can be debated.

I’ve been spending a large amount of my free time with research. Research of pretty much everything one will need for an extended trip.

Being that this is my first true “Adventure” ride that I will take part in, I need a lot of supplies. And with needing supplies comes the age old question “Which one?”.

I have been researching everything from sleeping bags, tents, to even clothes and bags.

My latest bit of research got me looking into food supplies.  Food and Water are two very important things one must need to survive!

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