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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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FS: Pocket Rocket, REI Ti Teapot Prices reduced on Ti Teapot and Pocket Rocket |
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FS: Tarptent Virga 2, Pocket Rocket, REI Ti Teapot The Virga 2 has been sold. |
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Where and When to Get Rid of Heavier Gear One thing you might consider is to make a charitable contribution to the local Boy Scouts or Explorer Scouts. They can often use the gear to help equip scouts who can't afford to buy new gear. |
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FS: Tarptent Virga 2, Pocket Rocket, REI Ti Teapot Items for sale. PayPal only. Price includes shipping CONUS Send me a PM if you're interested. 2006 vintage Tarptent Virga 2 with sewn in floor - $140 - SOLD 2 lbs 1 oz w poles and stuff sa... |
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WTB- Tarptent Cloudburst 2 I have a vintage 2004 Tarptent Cloudburst I can give you a good price on. It has been used about 10 nights. It's in good shape but does have a ca. 1 inch slit in one of the tent sleeves. Thi... |
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Mineral King Marmots I've seen people put a big blue tarp on the ground in the Mineral King trailhead parking lot, drive their car onto it, and then pull the corners and edges up and tie it up around the car to kee... |
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Bad Behavior The worst behavior I've seen over the years include: 1. Used disposable diapers left unburied in the Lyell Fork area in Yosemite. 2. A kid target shooting with his rifle just south of S... |
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Coffee/Whiskey cup If all you want is to drink your whiskey from a UL cup, various hotels have transparent plastic cups in their rooms where they are used as water glasses. They weigh between 0.3-0.6 oz. You can pr... |
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trip suggestion The Grand Canyon of the Toluomne River in Yosemite can be pretty spectacular. The 4000 ft climb out of the canyon (if you go downstream is a grind, but you might consider going up stream. |
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3rd Annual Bay Area BPL Hike Ken, If there's room I'd like to get my name on the list of people attending. Thanks, Richard |
All Reader Reviews by Richard Gless
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ZPacks Hexamid solo tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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ZPacks Hexamid Solo Tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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Snow Peak LiteMax Snow Peak LiteMax Stove I bought a Snow Peak LiteMax this spring (2009) to replace my MSR Pocket Rocket and have been really happy with it, having used it for about 20 days now. Pros: 1. W... |
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Black Diamond Orbit I saw this advertised in Backpacker Magazine (yes, I still subscribe. Every once in a while I find something useful), and thought I’d check it out. I picked it up at REI since I was going on a hike ... |
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Therm-a-Rest Neoair I recently bought size small ThermaRest NeoAir Pads for both my wife and I. We were particularly interested in reducing pack weight while retaining or improving comfort. My wife went from a ThermaRe... |
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Merrell Chameleon Wrap GoreTex XCR About twelve years ago as part of my journey to lighten my backpacking load I went from my second pair of Galibier Mountaineering boots (really heavy) to a pair of relatively lightweight Merrell leath... |
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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove I've used my BPL Esbit stove for 2-3 day solo trips for two years now. I think its a great compromise of lightweight and efficiency. You do have to recognize the stove's limitations and use ... |
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Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt I purchased the Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt in large part based on the review by Shane above. I'd been looking at the possibility of using a quilt to cut weight for some time, and when J... |
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Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite 3 It's interesting how some products work for some people and not for others. I've tried the TorsoLite and the POE UberLite. They are just too short for me (I'm 5' 11"). On duff ... |
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Zpacks Z1 I have to agree with all of Jonathan's comments. I bought this pack after seeing it mentioned on BPL and checking it out on the web. It only took about a week to arrive after I ordered it. ... |
