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John Donewar (Newton) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale	Southeastern Louisiana
About Me	Bitten by the hiking bug in 2008. The "infection" persists and I am not in search of cure. :-) Reinfected by the MYOG bug in 2009 and I am still not in search of a cure. :-) If I am not hiking I am reading about it or working on my gear. Became a BPL Lifetime Member 5/1/11.
City	Gretna
State	Louisiana
Country	U.S.A.

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All Forum Posts by John Donewar

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	Re: bottles Sam, The only question that is "dumb" is the one that goes unasked! It never gets to "hear" the answer. For every question that goes unasked and therefore unanswered we un...	In Make Your Own Gear » My New XPAC Pack June 12, 8:25am
	Carrying Extra Water, What Container Do You Use Let me preface this post with the fact that I have tried, used and do not care for hydration reservoirs. On our upcoming section hike there is a stretch of trail where the water sources are infr...	In GEAR » Carrying Extra Water, What Container Do You Use June 12, 7:25am
	Re: With black rings around the orange for contrast Roger, Your titanium stake is moving. That should make it easy to find but are they hard to set into the ground? ;-) I'll think twice about helping you break camp! ;-) Seriously au...	In GEAR » Idea to make those expensive titanium stakes more visible. June 11, 4:32am
	Re: Pics of my new custom pack Justin, From what I see you had quite a good recipe for this pack of yours. I'm quite sure that you are tired already of looking at the pictures on the menu. You're probably quite rea...	In GEAR » Pics of my new custom pack June 10, 8:34pm
	Re: water bottles Hi Sam, "BTW the bottles are recycled from empty Great Value or Shurfine peanut "jars". They have just the right size, ridges and mouth openings for use as an UL water bottle.&quo...	In Make Your Own Gear » My New XPAC Pack June 09, 2:59pm
	Re: "MYOG: Backpack Design" Hi Luke, Ahh, the wisdom of experience! Isn't it amazing how much we learn from our mistakes? So much of what you described in your article relates to my own MYOG pack building experience...	In Editor's Roundtable » MYOG: Backpack Design June 09, 5:04am
	Re: nice Grey is not in stock at Rockywoods at this time. Not interested in ordering from Germany. Does extremtextil have a US based outlet? Info below copied and pasted from Rockywoods website. &q...	In Make Your Own Gear » My New XPAC Pack June 08, 9:38pm
	Re: thx Raul, I got my XPAC from rockywoods.com Look for it under the heading All Ripstop Nylon Fabrics Thank you for the source for the grey XPAC at extremtextil. I didn't know they existed a...	In Make Your Own Gear » My New XPAC Pack June 08, 7:39pm
	Re: What type of thread Raul, Thank you for the kind words. I used standard Gutermann 100% polyester with a stitch spacing of 8 stitches per inch on all of my packs except my first MYOG pack. On that pack I used 100...	In Make Your Own Gear » My New XPAC Pack June 08, 5:27pm
	Re: Re: 4.8 oz. Day Pack Shane, "It definitely wasn't meant to be bombproof, but I wanted some reinforcement." We are of similar minds in design and fabrication of our MYOG projects. ;-) It sounds to...	In Make Your Own Gear » 4.8 oz. Day Pack June 08, 7:21am

All Reader Reviews by John Donewar

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	Under Armour Men's UA Escape 7" Solid Shorts Here are the particulars. Ultra-lightweight woven fabric. Mesh internal liner. 360° Reflectivity Hand pockets for your essentials. 7” inseam 2.2 oz. Polyester In Clothing - Baselayer & Fleece - SYNTHETIC September 29, 10:56am
	Scope Outlast This is a first for me as I have never posted a gear review before. The Scope Outlast Minibrush probably isn't really even considered as hiking gear. In Backpacks - External Frame August 13, 12:14pm