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Kevin Burton (burtonator) - BPL Premium Member

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About Me 35, male. Software Engineer living in downtown San Francisco.

I'm an intermediate/advanced backpacker. In excellent shape. Love the outdoors.

Avid fisherman. I always carry my rod with me when I am backpacking.

I've climbed Mount Shasta, hiked most of Yosemite, visited Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

I'm going to do a 4 week section hike of the PCT in 2013.

You could say I'm addicted.

I have a bunch of backpacking videos over at

http://youtube.com/user/burtonator
CitySan Francisco
StateCA
CountryUS
My Website URLhttp://burtonator.wordpress.com

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wood fire.
I forgot to mention that I almost always use wood fires so packing in more fuel won't be an issue. It MIGHT be a good idea to experiment with using a neoprene or foam cozy for the 1L bottle ...

In GEAR » Using hot water bottles as 'cached heat'
December 19, 10:22am
Using hot water bottles as 'cached heat'
This is a trick I've been using for a while with pretty solid success. I thought of it independently but hammockforums has a sticky about it and it's a bit thread there. Wood is essen...

In GEAR » Using hot water bottles as 'cached heat'
December 19, 1:43am
Re: Re: The barbaric cost of your winter coat
I eat meat, fish, own down jackets, etc. I just try to make sure I'm not a monster. I need to be able to explain to my kids what is happening. If I can't go and do it myself then...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » The barbaric cost of your winter coat
December 19, 1:15am
Re: Latest, Lightest Solar Charges?
That Pico thing looks cool but 50g? No way that's the weight *including* the battery. I suspect they're playing games. Seems too good to be true. Though they DO say 14 hours to ch...

In GEAR » Latest, Lightest Solar Charges?
December 17, 11:07pm
Re: "Sparks on a Nylon Tent"
I had it happen once to my synthetic pants. It made a nice little hole.. if that is all I have to deal with , small holes, thats fine. It also seems like a wire mesh on the chimney could k...

In GEAR » 2 or 3 person snowtrekker tent? They are $1k each so I don't really want BOTH :-(
December 17, 6:26pm
Re: Dan, question about your winter setup
Well even if you install a stove jack on a tarp it isn't TOO big of an issue to just have two of them. A tarp is only about $100-200 even for the best tarps so just have two. I think I ...

In GEAR » 2 or 3 person snowtrekker tent? They are $1k each so I don't really want BOTH :-(
December 17, 6:24pm
Re: Re
I didn't realize we needed to conserve threads. Maybe I'll use them all up! Are threads flammable? :)

In GEAR » Is cuben fiber flammable?
December 16, 8:45pm
Is cuben fiber flammable?
I assume it probably is flammable because if it wasn't they would be touting it as a feature left and right. That said, I can't find any information on the Interwebs about its fire retar...

In GEAR » Is cuben fiber flammable?
December 16, 8:35pm
Re: Hot tent
I think the issue here is the fire hazard. Silnylon + fire isn't a good idea. Is this a common setup or are you a one off? Camping with fire+silnylon doesn't seem like a good idea.

In GEAR » 2 or 3 person snowtrekker tent? They are $1k each so I don't really want BOTH :-(
December 16, 8:24pm
tarp..
I guess that's a good point. I don't REALLY need the hot tent but it just looks SO inviting to be able to retire into a warm tent for 4 hours until it's time for sleep. It seems co...

In GEAR » 2 or 3 person snowtrekker tent? They are $1k each so I don't really want BOTH :-(
December 16, 7:24pm

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