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Bruce Tolley (btolley) - BPL Premium Member
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SOTO Muka LF Stove for Snow Camping Well I had an REI gift certificate and bought the stove. After one trip, here are my initial impressions. After second trip I will write up a review for the review section Positives -Very li... |
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recommend a camera A Canon G11, G12, or S100 would fit your requirements. Some of theses cameras are now shipping without a printed manual. whatever you get, make sure you have access to the complete user manual o... |
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Getting Gear to Philmont Our crew packed our internal frame packs into duffle bags which we checked. TSA does not like stoves or fuel bottles new or otherwise. Stoves and fuel bottles were shipped surface to Philmont an... |
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How to automatically generate declination Lines with TOPO! I want to combine some map and compass with a snow camping trip next month. To obviate the need to correct for declination in the field, I have been hand drawing declination lines on paper maps. ... |
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REI and Evernew To Roger's point My Evernew titanium is stamped "made in Japan." A newer aluminum pot is stamped "made in Korea." That being said, obviously contract manufacturers play... |
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REI and Evernew and Tiware Does anybody know what happened to Evernew and REI. Evernew used to sell Evernew branded products in REI. Then REI sold TiWare which appeared to be manufactured by Evernew. Now the Tiware stuff se... |
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Insulated hard shells Just to pile on, just say no to insulated hardshells. It sounds like what you own would suffice for the times you are moving. You said you were hiking not camping or backpacking or ski touring.... |
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4 season tent with hole in floor During really big storms, use it for cooking. During really big and long storms, if you forgot your relief bottle, as a latrine....you might want to also use your shovel. You should look up t... |
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Pack Less Be More Web Strategy Thanks for the comments. I was not speaking so much about the actual coding of the pages as the evident desire, goal, strategy to use new editorial content to drive traffic to what looks like a ... |
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Pack Less Be More Web Strategy Maybe this has been discussed somewhere else. The pack less be more content appears to be taking traffic to a completely different domain and not a subpage nested under BPL.com. Is this int... |
All Reader Reviews by Bruce Tolley
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Big Agnes Sting Ridge 2 My usual solo snow camping shelter is a MLD duo mid with bivy sack. But last year I started doing base camping so I started looking for an affordable, relatively lightweight 4 season tent. After exa... |
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Black Diamond Ultra Distance The new BD poles need to be praised for applying design principle of avalanche probes to hiking poles to create a lightweight, foldable pole. The 120cm carbon fiber pole has a manufacturer's claim... |
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Arc'Teryx Gamma LT pants I bought these pants because out of the pletora of sub 16 oz. softshell pants on the market, they were about the only model that seemed to come with multiple zippered pockets (3), a built in belt, and... |
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Lightweight Backpacking and Camping by Ryan Jordan et al. I found Lightweight Backpacking and Camping for $24.95 in REI before I discovered the web site, so cannot fault it for repeating material on the web site. I had already read Ray Jardine's books so... |
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ULA Equipment After much comparative shopping, I bought a Relay Pack from ULA. It arrived only a few days after placing the order. After four short trips, the haul loop ripped out. I wrote a short email to ULA (... |
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Suunto Vector I bought this watch primarily as a watch and as an aid to navigation. More specically, my goal was to possess for a trek in the Rocky Mtns of New Mexico to have a compass to discretely double check b... |
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Osprey Aether 60 While other reviewers have noted that this pack is not truly lightweight, some of that extra weight is due to features that come in handy for winter treks. This pack has shovel pocket that you can act... |
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Hilleberg Akto The Hilleberg Akto is a relatively lightweight, one-person, double-walled hoop tent weighing in at a minimum 2 lbs. 14 oz., packed 3 lbs. 5 oz. (manuf claimed weights). I bought this tent for solo hik... |
