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Fred eric (Fre49) - BPL Lifetime Member
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melting snow What is someting surprising is having a look at pot dimensions / theorical volume according to the maker. calculating this with water up to 1cm from max height gives : brand / theorical volum... |
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BPL 1.1 isnt big enough for 2 people My wife and i have been using a BPL 1.1 pot for this for the last 3 winters. Its too narrow when on my primus spider, and not big enough when i use the bushbuddy for melting snow. I plan to buy... |
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Fabric Same fabric as the tipis from what i read on kifaru forum. But my english isnt good enough : i am not sure if its 2 layers or double thickness, |
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Mld sale I learned about it with Ron post on BPL forum. I even created a facebook profile to attend it ! I was secretly hoping for an inner net between the duo and supermid to fit in my shangri la 5, 2 pe... |
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Snow stakes When snow stakes are needed i bring suluk46 ones. If i am not sure there will be snow i bring regular stakes and a few feets of dynema to bury what i have : snowshwoes, stuffs sacks filled with sn... |
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shedding snow Its more complicated but i think the design of the twin sisters, with the 2 ridges on each side from the top to the middle anchorage points,is better to held both sides tight than the above one. ... |
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socks Socks are priority 1 for me, and i carry 2 pair. In the day the one i dont wear is if not dry on my shoulders under my pack straps, seems i dont sweat that much there and it dry them a bit. If t... |
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new msr the new msr twin brother could o when its released ? http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/mb_post_form.html?forum_thread_id=38924 if you dont want skirts you can cu... |
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customs BTW when you ship them abroad please dont include the tip in the item value :p. |
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plb Fast find isnt totaly free once you bought it. Some countries requires a fee, from memory it costed me about 50€ to declare it for my hike in Greenland. |
All Reader Reviews by Fred eric
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Mountain Laurel Design FS exodus After a few overnight with this pack ( he was too big , but i wanted to try it asap, planning for 2013 TGO ), i just did my first one week snowshoeing hike with it. - first as i have complained on ... |
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Black Rock Gear Hadron I ordered an XL Hadron, because the previous blackrock hat i had was a slightly tight fit in L. Evan questionned me by mail to check if i really needed an XL. I ended with a slightly larger than nor... |
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MLD Trailstar After some week end uses ill give it a 5 as a 2 adults plus 4 year old son shelter. With a ground cloth and stakes i am at about 550+150+100= 800g for 2 1/2 people. I like the simplicity , no ve... |
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Backcountrygear.com I wanted some dry bags for packrafting and to try shipito I bought 2 POE pneumo ltw 50l the last model with rounded bottom They sent me the 2009 model with square bottom that was on sale on their w... |
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PHD minimus down socks sizing is strange, my wife feet are 5/38 so i ordered Small in fact i can use them and my feets are 10 /44. The loft is impressing, but due to the construction you have a lot below the feet and b... |
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Watchful Eye Designs Aloksak i usualy use a ziploc for my money, visa card and id card while hiking this time when i left for 3 weeks in Greenland i decided to use the small aloksak that was given me with some other purchase o... |
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Thru-Hiker.com Had after thought and sent a mail to change order. 30 min after it i recieved answer and refund so i could redo order : Hello Frederic- No problem at all with regards to the order changes. I&#... |
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TarpTent Double Rainbow DR in the snow! Its a great lightweight 2 persons tent. First i like the headroom and 2 larges entries . My wife and i... |
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Garmin eTrex Legend I bought one and only use it for snow hiking out of trails. Otherwise as i cannot hike close to my home, i dont hike often in the same place, so i wouldnt buy a 100€ map for only 5-6 days of use. ... |
