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Paul Wagner (balzaccom) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale Wine Country
About Me Decades of hiking and backpacking in the Sierra...and beyond. Check out our website for fun, stories, trip reports, photos and philosophy!
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Mokelumne Wilderness
There are not a lot of great loops in that area. We've done a ton of hiking there, but most day trips and overnights. But the time you get ten miles in, you are already pretty close to the ot...

In Pre-Trip Planning » Mokelumne Wilderness Early July 2012
June 06, 4:18pm
life expetancy?
Man--I would give these about twenty minutes in camp, before those straps break. And if there is any current in that water, my guess is that they will be gone in seconds. We use Crocs for our c...

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Camp shoe
May 29, 5:25pm
Bear cans
Since Emigrant is right next to Yosemite, and the cans are required in Yosemite, we've just got into the habit of using them, even when they are not required. To be sure, it's easier than ...

In Pre-Trip Planning » Emigrant Wilderness
May 25, 5:30pm
wives
And my wife is my backpacking partner. Can't beat that.

In Chaff » Gripe!
May 24, 11:04pm
Annular eclipse
Since I am an enthusiastic amateur astronomer, I drove up to a wide spot in the road between Red Bluff and Lassen so that I could watch the moon eat the sun...and have a little sun left over. ...

In Post-Trip Reports » Annular eclipse
May 20, 10:38pm
Yosemite books
Sierra North has good info, as does Jeffrey Schaffer's book on hiking in Yosemite. And you can find some nice trip logs on our website, as well! backpackthesierra.com

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Yosemite backpacking
May 20, 12:46pm
Why we haven't posted any trip reports
Normally by this time of year, we would have done at least one or two backpacking trips into the Sierra. And this year, with the lower snow levels, we had plans to really hit the mountains early a...

In Post-Trip Reports » Why we haven't posted any trip reports
May 20, 7:41am
Fishing>
Do you want lake or stream fishing? Most people prefer to hike to lakes, but that also means that the lakes often get more fishing pressure. What about Clark Fork off 108 in the Carson-Iceberg Wil...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » northern california trip recommendation please
May 13, 6:51pm
Everybody is perfect on line!
Have you ever noticed this? The minute a story comes out about someone who needs rescuing in the mountains, the internet message boards are filled with people who never, ever make that mistake, an...

In On the Web » Everybody is perfect on line!
May 10, 9:57am
Persian Limes
yeah--but imagine the energy it takes to fly those limes all the way from Persia!

In Chaff » Recipe For Safer Drinking Water? Add Sun, Salt And Lime
May 09, 9:15am

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