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Joseph Williams (deadogdancing) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale SW England
About Me Musician of sorts (thats the website). Enjoys a lowly job in a special education school. Getting into lightweight hiking. Has painful knees.
CityBristol
StateBristol
Country(dis)United Kingdom
My Website URLhttp://www.joewilliams.org.uk

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vindication for MYOG approach
Well, Erin and Hig have finished their journey. I won't blurble on this practical part of the forums about how much they've inspired me, and how much of the Right Stuff I think they've ...

In Make Your Own Gear » vindication for MYOG approach
July 11, 5:38am

Re:New Solo Hiking Thread
I go alone, but am happy to meet people. My friends are not the same kind of odd, and also the company of strangers is liberating. My knees usually stop me before loneliness or safety worries do-th...

In Philosophy & Technique » New Solo Hiking Thread
May 06, 10:22am

be realistic
This comes with the territory of ordering from small companies- be realistic about how they are run- one person covering most or all bases. When something happens, the guy who does the sewing/packi...

In GEAR » oware - is anyone there?!?
March 13, 1:36am

I cares not...
In fact the original joke brings up a genuine advantage of lightweight backpacking- if you are overweight, it helps the weekend trips and training runs become much less daunting, as the total weigh...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Why people gotta hate on the UL crowd?
March 06, 12:19am

a decision and a subsidiary question!
Thanks very much for your input folks- I have decided to make a 7X9 flat tarp, simply because I am at the beginning of my sewing appreniceship, and I would like to continue my apprenticeship in tar...

In Make Your Own Gear » minimum tarp size for bivvy-less camping
March 04, 2:58pm

back to the drawing board
mike, your post has just blown open my debate about my next shelter project again...Ron Bell surprised me by bringing out exactly the shelter I had designed in my head as a solution to the bivvy-le...

In Make Your Own Gear » minimum tarp size for bivvy-less camping
March 03, 1:29pm

thanks for the input!
Many thanks for the input guys. I like many I have spent time under a 5x8 without a bivvy in a storm, and it can be weather worthy, but not comfortable! I'll take on the suggestions to base it ...

In Make Your Own Gear » minimum tarp size for bivvy-less camping
March 02, 11:40pm

minimum tarp size for bivvy-less camping
It's time to bite the bullet and make another tarp! It'll be flat, multi-pitch job, made of silnylon, and my hope is to use it with a down bag and without a bivvy. So the question is, wh...

In Make Your Own Gear » minimum tarp size for bivvy-less camping
March 01, 11:05am

good save
David, that's a smart save, will you share with us a little more of the process by which quilt becomes trousers? I have a similarly tiny quilt looking for a second use!

In Make Your Own Gear » Insulated Pants- an abomination to the LNT gods?
February 26, 11:33pm

simpler than that
I personally do the rolled sleep mat thing to structure my rucsack, so the sleeper just forms a plug at the bottom of the tube. There's not much pulling force on it anywhere, so I'm not wor...

In Philosophy & Technique » remove stuff sack- and gain space!
February 26, 11:22pm

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