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Tim Cheek (hikerfan4sure) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Tim Cheek
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class I water PFD? Dan, Do you feel that you need a PFD on a lake? I'll confess I didn't use one last summer on a trip in the Wind River Range. I pieced together a route that was arguably safer on the wa... |
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microspikes Hey, I broke one of mine on a glacier last year, so I'll take it! Sending a pm. |
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Dinwoody Creek Thanks, Eric. This photo had given me hope: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/18383598 |
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Dinwoody Creek - Wyoming Does anybody know if the Dinwoody Creek is navigable/floatable by Alpacka Scout raft in late August/early September? I'm considering a route from Blaurock Pass to Downs Fork. Thanks! |
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Really really waterproof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPM8OR6W6WE&feature=youtu.be |
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Fastening paddles with compression straps Ryan, I guess I'm in the pocket or "slot" camp for packs. When I tried blade up the blades were so wide they kept the compression straps from compressing the pack. Not an issue in... |
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Fastening packraft paddles to pack without pockets Ryan, Would you post a picture of how you lashed or secured your packraft paddles to your pack? I have alpacka's Sawyer paddles and used one of McHale's bottle pocket with success, but ... |
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Google trail views Something about planning a trip with this much information in advance strikes me as wrong. I remember Colin Fletcher complaining that guidebooks were a step in the wrong direction. http://www.... |
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Knifepoint Glacier in Wind River Range I'm sympathetic to your partner. I went ahead with my trip notwithstanding a head cold and I'm still recuperating... The glacier was slick. I was on it at noon on a partly cloudy day. Th... |
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glacier microspikes I needed mine! Did you? |
All Reader Reviews by Tim Cheek
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Mountain Laurel Designs 850 ml Cup Perfect because it does what the advertisement says it will do. It holds enough water to reconstitute your freeze dried food, and your hot drink. Boil the water for both, pour whatever is needed for t... |
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Honey Stinger Organic Energy Chews I feel like I have to choke down energy bars. They are just too dry for me. And, these things didn't seem appetizing to me because they had the consistency of gummy bears and the political cor... |
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Amazon Kindle Some people fish, fly kites, chat with their hiking mates, or mull over their route and equipment when they aren’t hiking. Some hike from dawn to dusk and have no time for such weighty pass times. If... |
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Garmin Oregon 550t This review is by a first time GPS user, so I can’t offer a comparison to other units. I’m also not familiar with the technical aspects of GPS units, so I can’t offer you performance data. What I ca... |
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Ultimate Survival Technologies Sparkie Firestarter Plastic broke while trying to use it the first time. Apparently, the spring wasn't strong enough for the plunger to pop out when I squeezed the case. Super gluing it back would likely prevent m... |
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Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure by Peter Stark Okay, maybe this is engaging and educational, but it gave me the creeps. How many ways can you kick the bucket in slow motion? |
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Alone Across Alaska 1,000 Miles of Wilderness DVD DVD www.bucktrack.com $24.95 plus $5.00 shipping. This is a DVD of a solo hike from the east end of the Brooks range to the west. Six hundred miles of hiking and four hundred on an inflatable canoe. ... |
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Inov-8 Roclite 390 XCR I bought my pair from REI in case I needed to return them. I'd have preferred a pair without gore tex, but it was fun to splash through water without drying out. I was worried that the description... |
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Cocoon Vest Vest I ordered the medium because that is what I wear in a Patagonia Micro-Puff, but the neck was too big for me, too. I have replaced it with a small, and the fit is perfect. I prefer the zipper over t... |
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Equinox Lite Tripper Organizer Pouch The irony of repackaging stuff into smaller containers is the accumulation of a whole lot of little containers. I have tried to keep track of them all a variety of ways, but always feared I'd mis... |
