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Eric Blumensaadt (Danepacker) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Eric Blumensaadt
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"...things I haven't done." I once saw an "off-off-Broadway" play in which the middle aged cop character said,"You know it's not the things I HAVE done that I regret, it's the things I haven't done.... |
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Combo I like to take my REI Kimtah eVent parka and Eddie Bauer Down Sweater (in my avatar) for higher altitude hiking in western mountains. This combination is very versatile. The eVent parka is good ... |
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Trail Designe Sidewinder & Inferno insert I have what I feel is the most compact, efficient and lightest gassifier wood stove in the Caldera Cone ti Sidewinder with the Inferno insert. I use the 3 cup aluminum pot & lid for solo ba... |
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Sidewinder I have a Sidewinder W/ 3 cup anodized aluminum pot & lid. Plenty light enough IF you use the Gram Cracker tab holder and ESBIT fuel instead of alcohol. (Also use the included small aluminum... |
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YEP! Peter, Welcome to "The Light Side". I've been using the Trail Designs Sidewinder with ESBIT and the TD 3 cup pot for 3 years now and love it. I was an "ESBIT tinkere... |
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"Smoke & mirrors"... Henry, OK, OK so my smoke idea sounds wacky. But, hey, how else are you going to find out which mesh/ripstop configuration works best? Bless you my Son. May all your venting be successful. ... |
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Big Endians and Little Endians Like the debate in Gulliver's Travels between two groups on which end of an egg should be opened first (big or little) the tarp/groundsheet/netting v.s. tent debate will never end. For me, w... |
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Living to eat and eating to live Like the French and Italians I LIVE TO EAT. I always take tasty meals, mostly Freezer Bag style. Keeeping food weight down AND having great meals is my quest. But to do this I sometimes cook in... |
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Silver Bullet machine & soylent meals Seems like the "max blender" known as The Silver Bullet could whip up a combo of fresh fruits snd veggies into a balanced meal. |
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Your FAVORITE trail meal ever What is THE tastiest, most favorite trail meal you have ever had? Could be breakfast lunch or dinner. (Sorry, no fresh food allowed in this trail meal question, please.) ** Mine is Pad Thai wit... |
All Reader Reviews by Eric Blumensaadt
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Allen and Mike's Backcountry Ski Book "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book" is the very best book on teh eop I have ever read - and I've read most of them in the last 40 years of backcountry skiing and ca... |
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REI Kimtah Recently got the REI Kimtah eVent parka and on a Ruby Mountains, Nevada backpack found it to be as good a wind jacket as it is a rain parka. The sale price was $159.95 which is 30% off the regular ... |
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Eddie Bauer Down Sweater I purchased an Eddie Bauer Down Sweater (their term) on sale this summer for $89. It was reviewed by Will Riveted in his extensive articles of light down jackets and got a favorable, "middle-o... |
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Thermarest Trail Pro Regular I won my Trail Pro regular at a Sierra Club Outings leaders training seminar, otherwise I would not have spent the money B/C I seldom car camp. But now I have an alternative for a winter ski camping m... |
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Brunton Crux I bought the Brunton Flex because of its wider burner ring for better heat distribution so I wouldn't get a hot spot on the bottom of my pot when cooking. I was not aware that there was a Brunt... |
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tarptent moment I give the Moment a "5" because I feel it is currently the best solo single wall tent design. It has great quality, innovative design and excellent attention to detail. My previous solo ... |
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Carbelas GORE-TEX® PacLite® Rainy River Parka Cabela's Rainy River GTX PacLite parka (and pants) are THE bargain in good quality, lightweight, breathable rainwear at the 2010 regular $99. price. The Taslanized fabric is a matte finish, unlike... |
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Vargo Triad XE The XE version of Vargo's Triad is an improvement in several ways. 1. After I complained of the original removable alcohol burner being too small the company owner responded by making it larger... |
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Brunton Flex This is the newer version of the Prumus/Brunton Crux canister-top stove and appears to have corrected faults reported by Crux owners. First the number of fold-out pot supports has increased from 3... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a Regular (72") Neo-Air mattress from REI in April of '09. In backyard "camp" testing at 40 F I found it to be definitely more comfortable than either my lightweight ... |
