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Don Wilson (don) - BPL Professional Member
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Music for videos The music came from Garageband (from Apple). With some practice, you can generate a lot of different music fairly easily. I supplement the built in loops with their World Music Jam Pack, which gi... |
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Re: Sierra Prime: Off Trail in California's High Country Hey everyone - Thanks for all the feedback. Some responses and comments below: Andy is correct that MS Excel is definitely part of our planning toolset. The tools we mentioned here were pr... |
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Re: Sierra Prime: Off Trail in California's High Country Hi Brad - The bearvault fits into the Ohm reasonably well. It takes up a lot of space, but there's still plenty of space for what I need. I have a 1/4 closed cell foam pad in my Ohm, and th... |
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Earliest digitized photo - AT 1975 That's my dad and my brother and me (second from left) and a couple of friends. On the AT in PA in about 1975. Gotta love the 70s. I'm pretty sure I bought that pack I am wearing at KMar... |
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Re: Where's Don? Hey Pete - I'm still here. Just got too busy to send in my picks. My picks for 2009 would probably be: Montrail Mountain Masochist Trail Running Shoes. Light. comfortable, durable.... |
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re: Thought so I'd say go with a 30 degree bag, and wear more clothes at night if you need it. A 20 degree bag is overkiil on the JMT in summer - assuming you use your clothes as part of your sleep system. JMO. |
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Exit survey Hey all - Two comments. First, the survey was sent to the wrong mailing list, so it included a number of current subscribers - that's our fault. It was meant to go to expired premium memb... |
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Tuolomnes Meadows Post Office It is worth nothing that the TM post office is located in the same canvas building as the TM store, and the packages are frequently stored in the store area. What that means is that it is some... |
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Yosemite or Joshua Tree Hi James - Having spent ludicrous amounts of time in both Joshua Tree and Yosemite, I'll comment. I lived in Joshua Tree, just outside the NP boundary, for many years. Joshua Tree will ... |
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Update from Ryan re Ken Knight Here's an update from Ryan: Ken walked out of the woods on his own near John's Hollow, several miles south from where we was last seen near Bluff Mountain/Punchbowl. He was met on his... |
All Reader Reviews by Don Wilson
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Western Mountaineering SummerLite Agreed. A superb bag - at the top of the pile for light mummy bags. See our review at: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/western_mountaineering_summerlite_sleeping_bag_r... |
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Nike Lava Dome Thanks for that blast from the past Randy. I wore a pair of Lava Domes for several years, including over 20 days of climbing on El Cap in Yosemite. Nothing is tougher on shoes than time spent aid cli... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher His writing is unforgettable. In The Man Who Walked Through Time he describes a day spent lying naked on a beach along the Colorado, in a remote section of the Grand Canyon. I'll never forget his desc... |
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Montane Featherlite H2O This jacket certainly caught our attention at BPL. We recently obtained a test sample from Montane and we'll be doing a full review. I'm anxious to get in into some nasty conditions. If it even has re... |
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Western Mountaineering Flight Jacket I agree but of note for potential buyers - the XL is 13 ounces, more additional weight than I would have expected. But it is an excellent jacket. I'm still giving it a 5 also. |
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GoLite Virga We'll be taking a closer look at the Virga in the near future. But the prototype version we tested was an exceptionally light jacket at 6 ounces, and performed reasonably well. It is lacking in du... |
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Nunatak SkahaPlus Hope you all have seen our SPOTLITE review of the SkahaPlus, published last December. The Skaha is really a superb performer in loft per weight. And the new optional features give you a chance to mak... |
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Patagonia Micro Puff Pullover I've had mine for 6 months or so. I find I use it more than any other piece of insulating clothing. I've used it in the desert, mountains, rain forest - you name it. It stuffs easily into its own pock... |
