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Bruce Tolley (btolley) - BPL Premium Member
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Patagonia Das Parka: Polarguard vs Primaloft I am looking to replace my old das Parka with Polarguard insulation. I see the new ones with the latest Primaloft insulation are on sale. Does anyone know if Primaloft packs smaller, more compa... |
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University of Scouting dissertation Great stuff, I would think a bit more on who your audience is, the scouters leading trips or the scouts. I am not sure it is possible to address to the two different audiences in the same "... |
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Links to resources for day snow hikes Many of the shorter routes listed here can be day hikes on snow shoes Www.backcountryskitours.com Also check the resources list at Www.snow lands.org |
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Backcountry Sat Phone or SPOT To the original poster, what problem are your trying to solve, communicate back to worried parents or notify authorities that someone is in need of rescue and or evacuation? If the latter, if yo... |
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Montbell Dealer Near San Francisco If you have access to a car, you can try Santa Cruz. Call the DownWorks on River Street in Santa Cruz. I know they carry Montbell jackets and pants. They might carry Montbell sleeping bags. |
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4th Season Performance of Scarp 1 I have been looking at Henry Shires TarpTent Scarp 1 for winter snow camping. There are numerous reviews on the web and I have seen photos of the augmented use of the extra poles under the fly... |
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Son Does not Like backpacking .... boring To the original poster, it is not clear that your son has any friends in the troop but what worked for me was the following - We Joined the troop at the same time as a number of his friends and ... |
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sunglasses I had my optician put Rx lenses into a pair of $100 Oakley wrap around frames that i bought at an airport shop. The frames had to have a full rim for the progressive lens to be made. The Julbo w... |
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Canon s95 +1 198 grams with the cloth wrist loop. This little camera has almost all the functions of my DSLR and most of the functionality of my G11 in very tiny package. If you are a beginner, you can... |
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Parent & Son Tent Buddies As other posters have noted, it is permitted and sometimes encouraged. Philmont does not want any scout in a solo tent and appears to tolerate adults in solo tents. Our crew of 12 had two dads w... |
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... |
