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All Forum Posts by Brian Maynard
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RE: UL Sustainable, Materials and Methods Micheal, On that outing we were building shelters to sleep in. Im no expert but I know of about 3 ways to go pad free, -hot bed, where you sleep on buried hot coals/rocks -construct a cot from v... |
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ube. I don't think sticking with what I have is enough, in that Im thinking about the fact that there are always more backpackers born every day and more people get into backpacking all the time. T... |
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Re: Re: back to packing "Anybody miss the good ol' days of having only one trusty stove, shelter, pack, and bag? I do. This UL thing sure complicates everything with its "simplicity". AMEN... I ... |
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Re: Re: Materials for sustainable hiking Interesting that relatively heavy cotton duck could be so water resistant. I wonder if it is the way its weaved i.e. -"Duck fabric is woven with 2 yarns together in the warp and a single yar... |
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Materials for sustainable hiking I've been working on a MYOG project for a while now. Its taking a long time partly because its just a side project hobbie/ partly because its research intensive. I try to find the best all nat... |
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Re: Materials for Sustainable hiking -"I'd love to see someone put together a a sub-20lb. fully functional kit without using any plastics/synthetics. Is it even possible? Sub 15? Sub 10?" I've been working on jus... |
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Re: Ultralight Backpacking Ethically (UBE) In (overly)simple terms: the babyboomers rebelled against their depression era parents/grandparents who believed in conserving, pinched pennies, saved and reused packaging, had a small wardrobe, ... |
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Re: Ultralight Rifle Also found this site for going all out stone age in UL style. http://slinging.org/ The disadvantage with slingshots and slings is the high amount of skill involved compared to rifles and bows rel... |
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Re: Ultralight Rifle Anyone interested in sling shot hunting, here are a couple of sites: http://www.huntercatapults.co.uk/index.html -UK site http://bunnybuster.com/ -US site |
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Re: Ultralight Rifle For small game I would think a simple sling shot is lighter cheaper and has less moving parts so is more reliable. Sling shots have always been used by country farmers to hunt rabbits, Grey squir... |
All Reader Reviews by Brian Maynard
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Trail Designs Ti-Tri Inferno The Inferno stove is 4 separate pieces. An inverted ti cone, a ti floor, a grate support and a grate insert: | ||
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Mountain Laurel Designs Zip This pack carries like, and has the same amount of features as packs 2 or more times its weight! I have to remind myself that the Zip only weighs a hair over 10 oz.(w/optional hipbelt). Its light eno... |
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MLD Carbon Fiber Tarp Pole set 2007 I ordered these along with my MLD Zip pack (review on that in future). It only cost me 50.00 USD as I ordered them at the introductory price on the first month they were released. These are geat for p... |
