Haha @fiona_reed I just got sick of seeing the same number every day and decided to switch it up. One day I hit the gym an extra hour and suddenly the scale moved, weird how that works. Also stopped eating pizza for breakfast, which was probably helping but not in the way I wanted. Honestly the real trick was just getting annoyed enough to do something about it.

Honestly I gotta disagree on this one. I've done three seasons in the Sierras with a 0.75 oz silpoly tarp and a polycro groundsheet, about 8 ounces total, and I've never had a night like that. I think the key is picking your campsite right and knowing how to pitch low and tight with storm mode. Ngl your buddy was lucky he had a tent that handled the wind but a 5 lb tent is over a pound heavier than my whole sleep system which adds up fast over 20 miles a day. I've been in sideways rain at 10k feet and stayed bone dry because I set up in a sheltered spot with a taught ridgeline and the tarp close to the ground. Tbh the weight savings is worth the extra 5 minutes of setup for me every time.

A buddy of mine had his helper use a razor blade on a car's rear defroster lines after tinting. Scraped the lines right off. That was a way bigger bill than two hundred bucks, had to replace the whole back glass. Those ammonia cleaners are no joke though, they'll ruin a job in seconds. Makes you want to just throw all the wrong stuff away and only keep the safe spray on the truck.

What did the library say about the coffee stains, @faitha40?

Yeah, I read that too, @andrew_nguyen64, the pacing gets wild later.