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Ryan Jordan (ryan) - BPL Staff
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Gratefulness We are remarkably blessed to have had the privilege to work with Will and Janet. Their work quality, professionalism, enthusiasm, knowledge, and willingness to sacrifice personal time to help BP... |
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Re: (sorry to play shameless self-promoter) In response to Mike's claim that 20 pounds is too much for 10 days of consumables, I'll play devil's advocate. IF you adhere to the rigid UL philosophy of maximizing the caloric dens... |
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UL Pack Comfort A quote from above: "According to the Backpack State of the Market Report 2011, the most comfortable of the lightweight frameless backpacks are the Gossamer Gear Gorilla and Mariposa Plus, ... |
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BPL Ads Please keep your comments coming, and offer suggestions. Public forum traffic eats up vast amounts of bandwidth that not even subscriptions can support - thanks for your patience as we try to wo... |
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Jetboil SOL Ti The Jetboil SOL Ti offers significant advantages over the Gnat, or another lightweight system. The advantages aren't clear until you use the system. I think its greatest advantage is the ... |
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Re: URGENT: Final LOT of BPL Gear Shop Liquidation Sale in Bozeman Available to Ship Lot is SOLD... Happily, to one of our friendly cottage manufacturers, so we should see the goods back in our community in one form or another! Thank you! Ryan |
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some modifications to last LOT OK, now the sale in Bozeman is closed, above contents have been edited and represent the final lot and price. Thanks for considering! Ryan |
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URGENT: Final LOT of BPL Gear Shop Liquidation Sale in Bozeman Available to Ship *** UPDATE 10:28 PM MDT 8/19/11 -- LOT HAS SOLD *** Hello All -- We are entering the final hours of our Bozeman garage sale and I'd like to make our final lot of gear available for ONE pe... |
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"Barefoot" vs. "Minimalist" for backpackers I love Damien's articles, and I love talking minimalist footwear with him. The amount of trail time we've had together talking about this topic now numbers into the "hours" and I ... |
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Membership, BPL, Forums, My Oh My OK, wow, y'all have been busy. First, thanks for the feedback. I'm blown away. Second, I've not read it all yet, but I promise I will. Unfortunately, I'm not able to respond t... |
All Reader Reviews by Ryan Jordan
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Jolt Gum You guys are rookies. Look at the times at which you are posting. I consumed four pieces of Jolt two hours ago and look at me, still going strong at 2 am. There is a weird flavor to it, but I ca... |
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Mike Clelland! GOO Energy Gel I've used Mike's, and made my own per his recipe. It's nasty. The color, I mean. Like a pukey green. But then again, that may very well provide some of its social appeal when hiking or skiing in... |
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) OK, I'm partial. I grew up in Seattle. For a kid who dreamed about the wilds endlessly, my Dad taking my family from our home in the burbs to Capitol Hill was a real treat for me. I have fond me... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher If you love to WALK and you haven't read this book then you are (1) not only missing out on a rite of passage that qualifies you to even claim that you're a backpacker, (2) but also ignoring what may ... |
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Black Diamond Winter Bivy I have a few Epic bivies, one from Oware, one from BD (Lightsabre) and one from Bibler (this one, the Winter Bivy). They are both great in the summer, especially in rainy weather, where the Epic treat... |
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ULA Equipment I've known Brian Frankle for a few years. Recently, Brian made backpacks for us for the Arctic 1000 expedition. He was very attentive to our feedback, delivered on time, made adjustments as needed, an... |
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Six Moon Designs Essence Welllll, I must say, I think PJ did a fine review above, but if you're looking for additional reading insight, I don't think I can follow up. I feel like the local coffee shop guitar player with a bad... |
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ULA Equipment Relay I love the Relay. It's my favorite pack for multi-day mountain running because it's so small (tucks into the lumbar) and shaped so well (hourglass) for running. Improvements could be made by adding... |
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Montrail Vitesse This is my go-to shoe for all of my longer unsupported/no resupply treks where I absolutely cannot have a shoe fail en route. I've worn through about six pair of Vitesse now, all of them had more t... |
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Inov8 Mudclaw O'330 Far and away my absolute favorite light shoe for what the Brit's call "fell running" but what I might call "tundra" trekking. It's great in soft ground (tundra, mud) but abysmal on trails and slickroc... |
