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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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StateCA
My Website URLhttps://sites.google.com/site/backpackthesierra/home

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Thrift Shops
Everything I wear on the trail comes from thrift shops: fleece, hiking pants, shirts, etc. Oh--you mean you WANT to spend a lot of money?

In GEAR » In need of new clothes...
May 09, 9:12am
how rough do you want to be?
We've carried our NeoAirs in our packs for the last couple of years--about 250 miles worth of hiking. They go right in the bottom of the pack, next to our sleeping bags. Everything else goes ...

In GEAR » Neoair robust enough to shove into pack?
May 04, 9:43pm
Re: Re: Are more backpackers a good thing?
What elliot said. Every person in the backcountry is a voter who can help move this country towards a more respectful policy. We need as many as we can get!

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Are more backpackers a good thing?
May 03, 7:09pm
Clarence King
Mountaineering in the SIerra Nevada. And it's out of copyright, so it's free on a Kindle or Nook. Great story about one of California's first geologists. He climbs several peaks in th...

In Chaff » Stuck in bed for a week, help me find a book!
April 25, 9:54pm
Tyvek Wallet
Now you are really hard core. You can buy a Tyvek wallet from MOMA in NY...The photos on our blog is the superman version, but my daughter bought me the map of Manhattan version---just in case I g...

In Make Your Own Gear » Just for fun: Cuben Wallet
April 25, 9:33am
None taken!
Grin

In Gear Lists » Price per piound
April 22, 9:26pm
I didn't assume
In fact, one of the things I tried was to put together the equipment I used forty years ago to go backpacking: A cheap external frame pack that didn't weigh much more than three pounds, a tube...

In Gear Lists » Price per piound
April 22, 1:44pm
Re: Re: Marketing Slogans
Have you drunk.... That way English teachers won't hate you.

In Chaff » Marketing Slogans
April 21, 9:41pm
Re: Re: Cost vs. Weight
Hi David I am not sure they are mental health items....but they certainly give us joy. And while I am in the wine business, we usually don't take wine on our trips. But if someone brought ...

In Gear Lists » Price per piound
April 18, 9:05pm
Cost vs. Weight
David, I have to admit that I thought of you half-way through writing the original post. It seemed like something you would have some insight into... And yes, I made some of our gear, which aff...

In Gear Lists » Price per piound
April 17, 9:54pm

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