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Eugene Smith (Eugeneius) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Nuevo Mexico
About Me Addicted trail runner, desert rat, and I love backpacking whenever I can. The Gila Wilderness in Southern New Mexico is my fortress of solitude.
CityLas Cruces
StateNew Mexico
CountryUSAish
My Website URLhttp://desertpaincave.blogspot.com
My PDF Gear List2 year old outdated gear list that needs to be updated badly

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All Forum Posts by Eugene Smith

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Re: Re: 5 Years of Bikepacking Lookouts
Casey, this was a very cool project you took on. Thanks for sharing this. We have some fire lookouts in the area, but bike access is limited for all of them. Not sure if you've read the boo...

In Bikepacking & Bicycle Touring » 5 Years of Bikepacking Lookouts
January 17, 2:57pm

Re: Re: Shrooms & Placenta Pills
Thanks everyone for the kind words. Never knew a black man could blush. ;-p. These are fun to put together. I had been sitting on this album of photographs for months now, with a draft typed...

In Post-Trip Reports » 'Shrooms and Placenta Pills
January 17, 8:50am

Re: Rolling reviews
A few years back when I was going through the growing pains of navigating lightweight gear and techniques, the Members only gear reviews were a tremendous resource. It was the access to past and c...

In GEAR » What happened to "rolling" reviews
January 16, 3:44pm

Re: Re: Re: What happened to "rolling" reviews
I am not optimistic. Unfortunately, I don't see those reviews being concluded. New gear has probably already replaced them anyways. Forget logic, how about just following through BPL...

In GEAR » What happened to "rolling" reviews
January 16, 10:59am

Re: Re: Anatomy of a 24: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Loved this tremendously Ike. You've progressed your outings quite a bit over the years, it motivates me to think outside the box more. I should ask myself, "What would Ike do?" ...

In Post-Trip Reports » Anatomy of a 24: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
January 16, 10:13am

'Shrooms and Placenta Pills- BPL Group trip Rd. #2
I reconnected with friends, and gained new ones, for a return trip into the Pecos Wilderness in NM this past June. Once again our original plans to explore the canyons of the Gila Wilderness were ...

In Post-Trip Reports » 'Shrooms and Placenta Pills
January 13, 1:56pm

Re: 5th Annual Bay Area G.G.G. aka GGG 5.0 1/25-27, 2013 Henry W Coe
I've started an amazing and promising Kickstarter to fund my trip to Henry W. Coe for the GGG 5.0 on Jan 25. Thanks for your consideration people! So far, I've raised .5% of my goal, but ...

In Hiking Partners / Group Trip Announcements » 5th Annual Bay Area G.G.G. aka GGG 5.0 1/25-27, 2013 Henry W Coe
January 13, 1:18pm

Re: Like it
I'm looking forward to more of your reports Ike as you develop your craft in the photo dept. Great avatar photo btw.

In On the Web » Hike It. Like It.
January 13, 8:38am

Re: Re: 2013 PLANS
"I plan on doing the JMT using old technology, like canvas and wool. No synthetics. That has been a goal of mine for a while. This would be sometime in July. Getting the gear together for that...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » 2013 Plans
January 13, 8:36am

Re: Re: quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
Drone On

In GEAR » quadcopter/drones for backpacking (the future is coming)
January 12, 7:10pm

All Reader Reviews by Eugene Smith

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Mountain Laurel Designs
Ron had my MLD Spinnaker Monk tarp repaired and improved upon free of charge with reinforced tieouts in 1 week, from shipping to Rons' shop, sewn, and shipped back to me, one week! This would nev...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
June 10, 9:43pm

Golite Shangri La 1
I have owned the Golite Shangri La 1 for several months now and have used it on about 3 trips so far in the desert southwest with variable weather conditions in the mountains and lower regions. F...

In Shelters - Tarps & Floorless
May 16, 7:20am

Western Mountaineering Megalite
I recently used the WM Megalite on a 5 day trip through the Gila with temps at night ranging from the mid 20's to the lower 40's. Light wind was present each evening and the bag and draft tub...

In Sleeping Bags - Mummy & Other
April 13, 10:00pm