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Re: Re: Tarps Chris I ended up going with a Six Moon Designs Gatewood Cape instead of a tarptent or tarp + bivy. For bug protection while sleeping I use the a baseball cap + BPL headnet. The nice thing abo... |
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Re: Why so many used Tarptents? I sold a Contrail earlier in the year. An awesome tarptent that I had a hard time parting with. But I needed to cut weight because I carry camera gear. Ended up going with a Six Moon Designs G... |
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Bug Report - Large Font Size I am using FoxFire 2.0.0.6 and the font size for headings and forum text under the "New Posts Since Last Visit" link have increased in size. I.e. I have to decrease the font size twice i... |
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Re: Re: Lightweight down hooded jacket? Lightweight fleece vest? Adrian, I think BPL did a spotlight (or things to come) write up of the MB Alpine Light Hooded Down jacket. If I remember right the hood was suppose to add 2 oz to their existing jacket. The MB... |
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Re: vest Michael, add an email address to your BPL profile. Then click on the person's name and use the "Email this user" link to send a PM. |
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Re: Spinning Rod and Reel Frank, for non-fly fishing I like the Daiwa MiniSpin. At $40 for both the rod and reel I think it is a good value. They come in both closed reel and open reel versions. I use the open reel ver... |
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Re: Cape/Wild Oasis John, I should point out that for a bug net I use the BPL headnet along with a lightweight cap. Together they add up to about 2 oz. The nice thing about the BPL headnet is that it can be used out... |
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Re: Re: Re: Pole Height Should have clarified. Bottom of the pole angled toward the doorway zipper. |
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Re: Pole Height John, I don't have my log with me but I believe it was 125cm. I know the pole was angled toward the doorway. Also, there was a huge rock where the line from the harness line would usually s... |
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Gatewood Cape Taut Pitches On another thread Jhaura mentioned he had problems getting a taut pitch with his Gatewood Cape. Here are pictures of my cape with what I consider a taut pitch. This was after it rained all nigh... |
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Driducks rainsuit Tested: - size: small - jacket weight: 5.5 oz - pants weight: 4.4 oz Pro: - price - weight - functionality Con: - fragile - zipper Having used Driducks for 2 years in ... |
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Darn Tough Vermont Socks Customer Service Had a small hole form on the ankle of one of my Darn Tough Full Cushion Boot socks that I use mostly for fishing. Surprising since I have a pair of Micro Cushions that I have hiked the heck out of wi... |
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Backcountry.com Learned about BackCountry.com here and have dealt with their customer service twice. First time I purchased a Granite Gear Vapor Trail on sale and the waist belt was out of spec - this true for all... |
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Granite Gear Vapor Trail Overall a nice pack with the exception of the huge extension collar and the fact that the Men's Medium waist belt length significantly differs from what Granite Gear says it is. Granite Gear sp... |
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Sahalie Men's Ultralight Tights I ordered a pair of the Sahalie's Men's Ultralight Tights (medium, 1.8 oz) and the siz... |
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Inova Microlight Last summer I lost a Photon that had faithfully served me for several years and hav... |
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Jim Wood SuperCat Although I haven't used it in the field yet it works great in the house. Brings 2 cups of cold tap water to a rolling boil in about 6 minutes (prime: 1 minute; cook 5 minutes) using less than 1oz... |
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TarpTent Ordered a Contrail during the holiday sale. Followed up with an email asking for some scrap material. Communication was great. Order was perfect. Delivery exceeded expectations. If the tent i... |
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Lighten Up! by Don Ladigin Lighten Up is an entertaining introduction to lightweight backpacking. Lots of good material for the beginner and a nice review for experienced lightweighters. The illustrations really make the book... |
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Mont Bell 13 years ago I purchased a lightweight Montbell Parka. It served me well until the Gortex started to delaminate this year. I called the Boulder office hoping to find a place to have it repaired. Th... |
