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ROBERT TANGEN (RobertM2S) - BPL Premium Member
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Fabric drains sweat Non-Wetting Fabric That Drains Sweat Invented May 20, 2013 — Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the ... |
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Glen's heavy pants His pants look like they weight 8 lbs. Has he ever heard of RailRiders bone flat pants? |
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Vultures eat hiker What if she had fallen only 20 feet, and wasn't dead, would the vultures have eaten her anyway? The body of a woman who died after falling off a cliff in France was devoured by vultures in... |
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Pair with FF Wren? Perhaps the arm holes of the bivy line up with the arm holes in Feathered Friends Wren sleeping bags: “The zippered arm holes of the Wren series allow you to essentially wear your bag like an ub... |
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Are those two sleeve-holes to stick your arms out of the bivy? Look at the picture on Prolite Gear, the Rab Andes eVent bivy, 1.22 lbs. The text says “arms free arrangement,” but I’m not sure what that means. Is this so you can sit up in the snow and sl... |
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Patagonia explains Patagonia Part of P-Gucci’s explanation: http://www.thecleanestline.com/2013/03/the-patagonia-encapsil-down-belay-parka-an-origin-story.html “Perhaps the biggest design accomplishment of the jacket is i... |
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Damage from backpacks sciencedaily.com Heavy Backpacks May Damage Nerves, Muscles and Skeleton, Study Suggests Feb. 21, 2013 — Trudging from place to place with heavy weights on our backs is an everyday reality, ... |
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Key error? Ike said… “Put on damp base layer bottoms with shell pants on top. Put soaked base layer top on top of R1 top and hiked until warm and dryish, then flipped them and hiked some more. By 11 am, a... |
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Too dangerous Don’t go on this trip solo, it’s too dangerous. Something like this might happen: “On a smooth slope with a gentle grade, I unexpectedly slipped and fell through a snow bridge, my left leg ... |
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winter gear Diane said said: “I do carry puffy jacket and pants with me, plus balaclava, extra socks, extra gloves, an extra hat, and extra long sleeve shirt and long-johns… I always carry a shovel in the ... |
All Reader Reviews by ROBERT TANGEN
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Rab Boreas extremely thin soft shell 1. David Chenault: “I'm a huge fan. It's been a great layer for BC skiing thus far. I expect it to be fairly bug proof too.” 2. Noted mountain climber Nils Nielsen: “The last month I’ve be... |
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WalMart / "Starter" compression shorts (Others have written that they like these, and I agree.) The WalMart / “Starter” compression shorts are: 1. Long enough to prevent abrasion, even if you have massively muscled, Greek God-like thighs... |
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MLD 2009 Revelation Five Stars! I love the new 2009 Revelation from Mountain Laurel Designs! I haven’t wrung it out like Ryan Jordan did for the pack he recently reviewed, so I don’t have his detailed data base, but th... |
