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Tim Cheek (hikerfan4sure) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Tim Cheek
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video camera Ryan, Were you happy with the video camera and the equipment you used to keep it dry? |
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optio w60 tease Franco, Amazon.com says it is not available until 8/5/08: "Pentax Optio W60 Waterproof 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Optical Zoom (Ocean Blue) Buy new: $329.95 Available for Pr... |
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Hard Drive's at altitude My source was the Sony manual. I saw the same warning in my apple ipod manual, but had no trouble up to 12,000 feet. I suppose there is some leeway, but these things are so expensive I'm not w... |
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High definition storage and playback I'm in the hunt for a high definition camcorder that I can take hiking. Seems the latest versions that have hard drives are limited to 3,000 meters (9800') or lower. The low pressure someh... |
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Everybody is going lighter http://www.onebag.com/ |
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Bear canister Everything with an odor, including chapstick/lip balm, sunscreen, toothpaste, freeze dried food should go in the canister and away from where you are sleeping. Trash and toilet paper can be kept s... |
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Google Maps Adds Topographic Information This is really cool. I just checked out an off trail route in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness. Somehow I feel like I'm cheating, by scoping out the location of small saddles and passes to get a... |
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Inov-8 Roclite 390 owners-boot fit Boot fitting is so personal, I'm not sure my experience will help you. My feet swell over the course of the day, so I have to get at least a half size or more. If I go too far though, I en... |
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Trails.com experience? I was googling a route in the Wind River Range for this Summer, and came across this site. Anybody used it? Good? Bad? Not helpful if you already know what you are doing? |
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The Beast in the Garden I spent a night being visited by a black bear in my campsite last August after a lifetime of no problems with black bears. I posted a message about my experience on these forums. Over the holida... |
All Reader Reviews by Tim Cheek
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Mountain Laurel Designs 850 ml Cup Perfect because it does what the advertisement says it will do. It holds enough water to reconstitute your freeze dried food, and your hot drink. Boil the water for both, pour whatever is needed for t... |
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Honey Stinger Organic Energy Chews I feel like I have to choke down energy bars. They are just too dry for me. And, these things didn't seem appetizing to me because they had the consistency of gummy bears and the political cor... |
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Amazon Kindle Some people fish, fly kites, chat with their hiking mates, or mull over their route and equipment when they aren’t hiking. Some hike from dawn to dusk and have no time for such weighty pass times. If... |
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Garmin Oregon 550t This review is by a first time GPS user, so I can’t offer a comparison to other units. I’m also not familiar with the technical aspects of GPS units, so I can’t offer you performance data. What I ca... |
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Ultimate Survival Technologies Sparkie Firestarter Plastic broke while trying to use it the first time. Apparently, the spring wasn't strong enough for the plunger to pop out when I squeezed the case. Super gluing it back would likely prevent m... |
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Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure by Peter Stark Okay, maybe this is engaging and educational, but it gave me the creeps. How many ways can you kick the bucket in slow motion? |
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Alone Across Alaska 1,000 Miles of Wilderness DVD DVD www.bucktrack.com $24.95 plus $5.00 shipping. This is a DVD of a solo hike from the east end of the Brooks range to the west. Six hundred miles of hiking and four hundred on an inflatable canoe. ... |
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Inov-8 Roclite 390 XCR I bought my pair from REI in case I needed to return them. I'd have preferred a pair without gore tex, but it was fun to splash through water without drying out. I was worried that the description... |
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Cocoon Vest Vest I ordered the medium because that is what I wear in a Patagonia Micro-Puff, but the neck was too big for me, too. I have replaced it with a small, and the fit is perfect. I prefer the zipper over t... |
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Equinox Lite Tripper Organizer Pouch The irony of repackaging stuff into smaller containers is the accumulation of a whole lot of little containers. I have tried to keep track of them all a variety of ways, but always feared I'd mis... |
