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John Donewar (Newton) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Southeastern Louisiana
About Me Bitten by the hiking bug in 2008. The "infection" persists and I am not in search of cure. :-)
Reinfected by the MYOG bug in 2009 and I am still not in search of a cure. :-)
If I am not hiking I am reading about it or working on my gear.
Became a BPL Lifetime Member 5/1/11.
CityGretna
StateLouisiana
CountryU.S.A.

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All Forum Posts by John Donewar

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Re: RE: Trail Trash
Jerry, On the silnylon version of your tarp with the catenary curves, are there 3 seams on the top section of silnylon? In the picture the material seems to "gather" in the center o...

In Editor's Roundtable » MYOG: 3mm Plastic Tarps
February 08, 8:47pm

Re: Discounted Materials
Lawson, All of the above! See my recently posted thread on BPL. Party On, Newton

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Material Suggestions
February 08, 11:15am

American Silnylon not Acceptable?
Copied and pasted from a post by Roger Caffin on another thread. "Stock American silnylon is just too porous to be acceptable any more..." I have seen this and statements like it po...

In Make Your Own Gear » American Silnylon not Acceptable?
February 08, 11:02am

Re: Feedback
Lawson, "It sounds like there is not much which really surprises me..." Get it up and running on your site and I'll be there to place an order. The projected prices in your post...

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Material Suggestions
February 07, 6:51pm

Re: hmmmm
Eric, "funny thing is that after not weightlifting for quite a while ... I went back and was able to lift within 10% of what I used to ..." "I'm not as good as I once was, ...

In Philosophy & Technique » Training & Workout
February 07, 12:46pm

Re: "Want To Do A MYOG Winter Tent"
Sam, I have also considered this as a shelter project. I don't believe there would be much of a condensation problem with this shelter. From what I've read about it so far it see...

In Make Your Own Gear » Want To Do A MYOG Winter Tent
February 06, 8:41pm

Re: link
Jack, Try this; target string There should be a space between a and href, ...L" and target, > and target, string and URL is your intended link and the target string is what you w...

In User Test Forum » POST A LINK
February 05, 9:51am

Re:The reflective stuff
Larry, "I'm not sure how many times I've tripped over the reflective stuff at night - I find it a bit gimmicky." FWIW I had bright yellow Kelty Triptease on my Hennessy hamm...

In GEAR » Best cord for tarp
February 05, 7:06am

Re: "Want To Do A MYOG Winter Tent"
Hi Sam, I'm on bit of a snow day myself right now. It's 40 degrees with a wind chill down to 33 degrees and wet and rainy. I'm not sure that I'll attempt his design anytime so...

In Make Your Own Gear » Want To Do A MYOG Winter Tent
February 04, 10:47am

Re: "Want To Do A MYOG Winter Tent"
Sam, I like how you spend your snow days. Thank you very much for the translation of the webpage. Imagine that a picture with a thousand words! ;-) Party On, Newton PS I didn'...

In Make Your Own Gear » Want To Do A MYOG Winter Tent
February 03, 6:36pm

All Reader Reviews by John Donewar

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Under Armour Men's UA Escape 7" Solid Shorts
Here are the particulars. Ultra-lightweight woven fabric. Mesh internal liner. 360° Reflectivity Hand pockets for your essentials. 7” inseam 2.2 oz. Polyester Men'...</td>          
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In Clothing - Baselayer & Fleece - SYNTHETIC
September 29, 10:56am

Scope Outlast
This is a first for me as I have never posted a gear review before. The Scope Outlast Minibrush probably isn't really even considered as hiking gear. Scope Outlast Minibrush

In Backpacks - External Frame
August 13, 12:14pm