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Mina Loomis (elmvine) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Central Texas
About Me I have been backpacking on and off in the western US since college in the early 1970's. Summer 1970 a bunch of us spent a week in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon barefoot with blankets, book bags, and no proper gear at all. Now I coordinate youth backpacking for our Camp Fire USA council, and enjoy taking the kids to the mountains. I hope to take up more long distance walking after retirement.
CityAustin
StateTexas
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.camp-fire.org
My PDF Gear ListJMT 2011 Gear List

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plastic bag
"Lastly even though this may be very low tech it is also very low cost. What about a plastic trash bag over the foot end of your bag during a night of rain?" I tried a plastic bag (my ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Newbie with a question
August 31, 11:04pm
tarps, no bivy
I have several tarps and no bivy. A tarp is my favorite way to go, nice and light and, if it's not too stormy, open to the surroundings. First tarp was a little flat no-name one my son left...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Newbie with a question
August 30, 11:21pm
Chacos
+1 on the Chacos. You mention you work on a concrete floor all day. I work at an REI, on a concrete floor all day, and I and a substantial portion of my coworkers wear Chacos on the job. They ju...

In GEAR » Insoles and cushioning
August 22, 6:09pm
Hanging food in pack
I tried that last year on our Wonderland trip. Seemed like a good idea at the time--why bring an extra sack when at night my pack is empty. Might as well skip a food hanging sack and hang the pac...

In GEAR » BPL headnet question
July 16, 9:26pm
put the knot into the pole end first
It's hard to be sure without a picture, but what you are describing sounds like the way a lot of shock-corded poles are designed. If the tip has pulled out, or if you have taken it apart to re...

In GEAR » tarptent pole end problem
July 08, 10:01pm
Backpacking Shepherd's Pie
Here is a version for Shepherd's Pie I worked up for our Camp Fire trip to Pecos Wilderness last week. It is for a lot of people so recalculate as needed. Wheatsville is our local food coop. ...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Backpacking Shepherd's Pie
July 06, 12:08pm
I think I've got it
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions! I am trying to come up with something that uses the tomato powder, and that doesn't involve going through dehydrating the complete sauce and then bre...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Spaghetti sauce from tomato powder
June 16, 1:54pm
leather vs. powder
Thanks for all your ideas. I haven't ever tried putting the leather in the blender. It's never seemed like it would be brittle enough to work. (I have another backpacking casserole the k...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Spaghetti sauce from tomato powder
June 14, 2:53pm
Spaghetti sauce from tomato powder
I am working on the food for a 5-day youth backpacking trip, 13 kids and 5 adults, including some vegetarians and vegans, so a lot of food to make. The kids are doing a lot of the preparation so I...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Spaghetti sauce from tomato powder
June 14, 10:54am
REI dividend and always shopping on sale
Maybe you already know this. But just in case: If you get the REI Visa card and use that for your REI purchases, you will earn an additional 5% in your dividend. And that additional 5% even go...

In Chaff » So what did you do with your dividend?
March 29, 8:56pm

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