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Less => Fewer => Lesser
Well, you could get by with "No, I mean will the low snowpack result in LESSER mosquitoes?" if you use "lesser" in the old sense of "less important."

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » CA Snowpack: 17%
May 04, 7:30pm

Re: Re: Mystery links between PCT hiker and mosquito populations?
No, you mean "will the low snowpack result in FEWER mosquitoes?"

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » CA Snowpack: 17%
May 03, 8:24pm

Torte vs. Tort
I'm all for tort reform--I say this as an attorney--because the system is out of whack. On the other hand, I'm even more strongly in favor of torte reform. In my opinion, the best torte...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Idaho family sues USFS for $1M after tree hit son
April 12, 8:03pm

Multiple Thoughts
1. Jack said "Backpacking amongst youth aged 6-17 decreased from 4.8% to 3.5%." That seems to be a drop of one-fourth and looks ominous. But the 4.8% is from 2006, before the survey chang...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Outdoor Recreation Report - 2.5% went backpacking
September 27, 7:57pm

Us vs. Them
I checked with an online cost-of-living calculator. It reports that if someone lives on $100,000 in America, he would need only $85,470 in Australia to provide an equivalent standard of living (U.S...

In GEAR » American manufacturers ripped off by Aussie greed
July 18, 7:26pm

Blame it on James Fenimore Cooper
"The Indians didn't have GPS, compass, and probably not even maps. They didn't get lost." In fact, we have no good reason to believe Indians didn't get lost. Most Americans...

In GEAR » GPS , topo maps or both? What do you bring?
July 16, 8:06pm

But can you fill it?
The accompanying video shows how the canister opens but not how it closes. From the looks of the thing, I presume you fill each half and then try to press the halves together, without having any fo...

In GEAR » "Bearier" bear cannister
January 22, 7:17pm

The South Butt
This thread led me to the Wikipedia entry for The North Face, which in turn led me to the web site of a parody started by a 16-year-old: The South Butt. The young entrepreneur is being sued by The ...

In GEAR » The North Face sucks
January 31, 6:24pm

Another Aye
I have used the Exped Downmat directly on snow, and it's kept me warm--and I'm a cold sleeper.

In GEAR » Exped DownMat for Winter?
September 11, 5:53pm

Clarification
Kevin: Thanks for your elaboration, but you did write this near the begging of your article: "I typically split my hangs in high bear traffic areas such as Tuolumne Meadows." In Tu...

In Editor's Roundtable » Turbo Bear Bag Hanging
September 11, 5:50pm

All Reader Reviews by Karl Keating

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Exped Downmat 7
Sorry to ruin the five-star party, but I had trouble with my pad. It developed a slow leak at a seam; this wasn't a matter of a puncture. I used the repair kit multiple times but wasn't able t...

In Sleeping Pads - Inflatable
April 19, 9:11pm