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Mary D (hikinggranny) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Wild Oats Max, you mention shopping at Wild Oats? This surprises me, because the Wild Oats stores in the Pacific Northwest, and, I understood, nationwide were all bought by Whole Foods aka Whole Paycheck (h... |
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Packrafting, Kickstarter and BPL For the info of non-life members, yesterday each of us MLIFErs received a "personal" email from Ryan asking us to contribute to this project. That's the occasion for this thread. ... |
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Hypothermia prevention...horrible story Eric, your posts on this thread are excellent and should be read by all! |
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What happened to "rolling" reviews? The same question could be asked about a number of other features, even this week's articles! I'm still waiting for the inclement weather testing of shelters, too, that was promised a yea... |
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Gear Deals is appropriate John, I've seen a number of announcements, mainly from Roger Caffin, that BPL requires businesses to use only the Gear Deals section for product announcements. Thanks, Ron, for letting us ... |
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Hypothermia prevention...horrible story Even some experienced hikers who should know better have been caught out with insufficient gear, as witness this BPL article (free for everyone--thanks, BPL!) posted just last week: http://www.bac... |
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2012 Backpacking Light Staff Picks There is a female on the BPL staff, and (as already pointed out) a black female, at that. She's also very comely. Unfortunately she's lacking an opposable thumb and her vocabulary is limi... |
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Hypothermia prevention...horrible story The "Ten" Essentials (originally, I believe, developed by the Seattle Mountaineers) include enough extra clothing (insulation and rain gear) to stay warm and dry if caught out overnight. ... |
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Keeping TOPO! software At some point your computer's operating system will either be outmoded or, if kept up to date, will no longer function with TOPO! software. This has already happened to me--new iMac for Christ... |
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So....how do you all feel about Oregon? Interestingly, I haven't seen a lot of what Mr. Hope is talking about in the 14 years I've lived in the Portland area. There is lip service paid to getting people out of their vehicles but... |
All Reader Reviews by Mary D
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a short NeoAir in late May of 2009 from REI (using the 20% off coupon, which made it a less exorbitant purchase). The prospect of an air mat that was considerably lighter than my POE Insu... |
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Gossamer Gear ThinLight insulation pad 1/8" approx. 2 oz. So far I have found several uses for the 1/8" GG Thinlight pad: (1) Dog sleeping pad (cut to 36" long). It's just right for my 80-lb. dog who sleeps curled up in a ball. He's ... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets I used these back in the mid-1980's to disinfect drinking water (that's about all that was available then other than filters or boiling). After one month, using them only on weekends, I broke... |
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Big Agnes Pumphouse Multi-Use Dry Sack and Pad Pump I purchased a Big Agnes Pumphouse soon after they came on the market in the summer of 2007. It is advertised on the BA web site as a "...pad pump, dry sack, stuff sack, pillow, water carrier, ba... |
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack In the past, I've read in a number of places (including Jim Wood's excellent article on "Keeping Your Critical Gear Dry") that these sacks have failed the submersion test. This prob... |
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Pacific Outdoor Products Insul Mat Max-Thermo My POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo, but I got the old model on closeout) just finished its second backpacking season. I'm in my early 70's so these old bones and joints ain... |
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Big Agnes Clearview I know that this pad is supposedly the same thickness as my POE InsulMat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo). However, it has more tubes, which seem to make it effectively thinner. The Clearview has t... |
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SteriPen Adventurer My big complaint with the Steripen Adventurer is that I could not work the switch! It's fine for those with big strong hands (the kind who regularly open jars for their SO), but not for me (I can... |
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Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo (e) in June of 2007 and used it through two backpacking seasons. First of all, I need to point out that my Labrador retriever backpacks with me (he's part... |
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Backcountrygear.com I am a relatively recent convert to lightweight backpacking (I didn't know all this wonderful stuff existed--you'd never know it from a trip through REI or by reading Backpacker) and this is m... |
