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mik matra (mikmik) - BPL Premium Member

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About Me Took me 5 or 6 trips to go from 20+ kilo baseweight to 6.7kg...finally I feel comfortable out in the country :).
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Re: Groundsheet Space Blanket, Polycryo not tuff enuff
I am not sure if you guys there in the U.S. have this product but here in Australia we have a thermal paper that by law every house has to be wrapped in to meet energy ratings. What this is is a ri...

In GEAR » Groundsheet Space Blanket, Polycryo not tuff enuff
September 15, 3:11pm

Re: Why no bivy love?
I don't own a bivy and I don't think I ever will. Getting changed, having a 'shower' (wet-wipes wipe down), cooking/eating and waiting out rain I cannot imagine doing in a bivy. I h...

In GEAR » Why no bivy love?
September 15, 1:56am

Re: Do you have a fully-nested cookset?

In GEAR » Do you have a nested cookset?
September 14, 4:10pm

Re: Lightweight Thermal Base Layers
Craft make super thin yet insanely warm thermal gear. My short sleeve thermal top from Craft weighs in at 80g. Here is the one I got but I got mine on a special and I think I only paid about $35 ht...

In GEAR » Lightweight Thermal Base Layers
September 12, 10:47pm

Re: Is there any gear that your don't go light on?
Everything is under scrutiny, everyrhing. It's almost an addiction!! Every time I am at the shops the eyes are scanning and when I see something the hand reaches out uncontrolably and is bobbin...

In GEAR » Is there any gear that your don't go light on?
September 11, 8:41pm

Re: Ultralight knives and multi tools?
I've thinking of this knife/multi tool issue for a bit. I don't need half the stuff for daily affairs in the wilderness and am thinking that pliers a good knife and maybe a flat blade screw...

In GEAR » Ultralight knives and multi tools?
September 11, 4:06pm

Re: Croc-offs
Awesome Erik thank you! :)

In GEAR » comfy UL 'in camp' footwear after long day hiking
September 10, 3:20pm

Re: Newbie With Questions
Both my camping buddies just bought the Eureka spitfire SUL shelter (that's the 1.2kg option) and are yet to use it but setting it up in the bak yard it seems to be a good tent. I went from the...

In GEAR » Newbie With Questions
September 10, 3:06pm

comfy UL 'in camp' footwear after long day hiking
We do do off track type of hiking and so I wear a high necked pair of boots. Now when we make camp it would be so nice to be able drop these boots and slip into something that is an open toe type o...

In GEAR » comfy UL 'in camp' footwear after long day hiking
September 10, 2:38pm

just got back from a trip and I see this thread!!
JUst got back from a (to us here in balmy sunny QLD Australia) cold weekend of camping at about 1200m. The ambient temp wasn't that bad around the zero-3 or 4 degrees celcius but the windchill ...

In GEAR » Pee bottle?? best practices
September 10, 2:31pm

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