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Miles Barger (milesbarger) - BPL Professional Member
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All Forum Posts by Miles Barger
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Fantastic Fantastic photos and nice style. Just the right balance of narration and geography vs. vagueness and pure aesthetics. The Colorado Plateau is a mystical place. You capture that feeling well. |
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Pitch Yeah, the high airflow compared to a completely enclosed shelter surely helps. I've had it pitched fairly low on near-windless nights close to freezing, though, and had zero condensation (not m... |
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Cuben = Low Condensation? I recently bought my first cuben shelter (an MLD Patrol in .74 oz/yd green cuben). I got it for the weight savings, but there seem to be other benefits. The most welcome change I've noticed is ... |
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Foot balm I like the salve that Andrew Skurka sells. Works very well. |
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Reducing water carried Jake: "with that same premise with the Squeeze you could presumably have sources close enough that you don't need to carry any water at all." Yep. On my last two trips, I knew ther... |
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Ground sheet Dr. King Shultz: "Do you use a ground sheet with the floorless shelter? I find that floorless shelters tend to trap condensation if the ground is really wet, making everything wet anyway."... |
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Make that 11 pounds Just reviewed my wet weather gear list. It's right at 11 pounds, and I updated my earlier post accordingly. |
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I'll start with a few GearFleece: As I mentioned in the fleece thread, fleece works well in wet weather. It keeps you warm when very wet (as opposed to synthetic puffies, which work well when damp but not soaked), you c... |
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Cold and wet Rick M: "Being out in cold continuously wet weather for days on end does not sound like recreational Type 1 hiking fun to me! Sounds more like work or an endurance journey where circumstances ... |
All Reader Reviews by Miles Barger
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Montbell Peak Shell I was a guide in Denali NP during the summer of 2008. It rained almost every day for all of July and the first week of August this year, and I was out in it all day, every day. My MontBell Peak She... |
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Darn Tough Vermont Socks Customer Service I bought two pair of Darn Tough's 1/4 Mesh Merino socks in size Large on closeout at an internet retailer. After wearing one pair for a short, 8-mile hike, a hole formed by the big toe on my righ... |
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Bent Gate Moutaineering Customer Service Bent Gate Mountaineering I ordered a Western Mountaineering Summerlite from them. The price was very good, the item shipped quickly, and the bag arrived just... |
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ULA Equipment This review is really a 4.5. Brian has always thoughtfully and informatively responded to my emails. His products are absolutely top notch, and I have no doubt that he would stand firmly behind hi... |
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Marmot Ion Man, what a disappointment. I, too, got stuck with the Campmor version of the Ion. I'm quite thin and short-waisted, so the Ion's athletic cut and short length were great for me. The fit of... |
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Gossamer Gear I've ordered a handful of pads and small items from Gossamer Gear. The products have always shipped out the next day, I've been kept up to date with good emails, and things have always arrive... |
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ULA H2O Amigo I've owned the H20 Amigo for about one year, with most of my use concentrated in Yellowstone and the Tetons during the summer of 2006. When I'm by myself, I tend to stick to AquaMira becaus... |
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Grand Prairie Knives Customer Service Grand Prairie Knives I bought a Gerber Microlight LST from the site. The price was great. I entered an incorrect digit when putting in my credit card info. ... |
