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Eric Blumensaadt (Danepacker) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Eric Blumensaadt
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Spot Messenger Is the Spot Messenger (black SPOT, W/ Bluetooth for yer cell phone texts) a "bentpipe" or sat network setup? Seems the SPOT Messenger and yer cell phone gives the best combo for sendin... |
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Patagucci's $700. Belay down parka So if you need THE highest tech down park Patagonia is your guy. The Encapsil DWR treated down in the Belay parka is supposed to take 800 fill down to 1000 fill. Probably does as Pagagonia is kn... |
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Scarp 2 mods photos I posted photos of the modded Scarp 2 on the GEAR page. It's "stout" and I'm satisfied it will take a lot of wind. |
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Winter Pack I have an original Dana Designs Terraplane. (7.5 lbs!!) My recommendation would be something from Granite Gear in the 4,500 cu. in range with exterior straps on the bottom for truly huge synthet... |
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Dividend? Dividend? What Dividend? You mean I'll have to dig through my trash to get that REI board voting flier? All these years since the '70s and I'm just NOW finding out about this divid... |
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Comfort v.s. weight Max, Osprey's take on this problem is that a bit of extra weight for a frame and good harness and back suspension is much better than a lighter "frameless" cylinder of a pack in term... |
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BLADDER? Nope! The EVERNEW is nothing more than a light(er) Platypus collapsable bottle. It is most certainly not a true water bladder with attatchment points for your pack. I'll stick with my Platy bottl... |
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CUTTING EDGE Now THIS is an advance in backpacks materials and design. >Internal frame >good hip belt >state-of-the-art fabrics >intelligent design (Osprey, do you SEE this pack? Time to st... |
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Hmmm... Cut the EXOS pack off and sew the Kumo pack on, leaving the great Osprey suspended mesh back panel. (This sounds like mutilation and it is but you asked.) OR, try to get REI to send you their... |
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My "experienced" advice I'm 5' 10" and use a regular length Western Mountaineering Megalite because I have wider shoulders. To make it good to 20 F. I sent it back to WM and had it overfilled with 1 oz. of... |
All Reader Reviews by Eric Blumensaadt
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Allen and Mike's Backcountry Ski Book "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book" is the very best book on teh eop I have ever read - and I've read most of them in the last 40 years of backcountry skiing and ca... |
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REI Kimtah Recently got the REI Kimtah eVent parka and on a Ruby Mountains, Nevada backpack found it to be as good a wind jacket as it is a rain parka. The sale price was $159.95 which is 30% off the regular ... |
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Eddie Bauer Down Sweater I purchased an Eddie Bauer Down Sweater (their term) on sale this summer for $89. It was reviewed by Will Riveted in his extensive articles of light down jackets and got a favorable, "middle-o... |
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Thermarest Trail Pro Regular I won my Trail Pro regular at a Sierra Club Outings leaders training seminar, otherwise I would not have spent the money B/C I seldom car camp. But now I have an alternative for a winter ski camping m... |
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Brunton Crux I bought the Brunton Flex because of its wider burner ring for better heat distribution so I wouldn't get a hot spot on the bottom of my pot when cooking. I was not aware that there was a Brunt... |
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tarptent moment I give the Moment a "5" because I feel it is currently the best solo single wall tent design. It has great quality, innovative design and excellent attention to detail. My previous solo ... |
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Carbelas GORE-TEX® PacLite® Rainy River Parka Cabela's Rainy River GTX PacLite parka (and pants) are THE bargain in good quality, lightweight, breathable rainwear at the 2010 regular $99. price. The Taslanized fabric is a matte finish, unlike... |
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Vargo Triad XE The XE version of Vargo's Triad is an improvement in several ways. 1. After I complained of the original removable alcohol burner being too small the company owner responded by making it larger... |
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Brunton Flex This is the newer version of the Prumus/Brunton Crux canister-top stove and appears to have corrected faults reported by Crux owners. First the number of fold-out pot supports has increased from 3... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a Regular (72") Neo-Air mattress from REI in April of '09. In backyard "camp" testing at 40 F I found it to be definitely more comfortable than either my lightweight ... |
