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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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New to the site-with a question I've used a plastic tube for several years now. The first one I picked up at work, but since then I've gotten a couple at BPL (don't know if they still sell them). As the post above s... |
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Value of M-Life Yeah, I just had the same problem and opted for M-Life. I'm not sure I'll use BPL that much longer since my backpacking days may be numbered, but, in spite of seeing less useful stuff i... |
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Titanium projects I wouldn't mind seeing a source of titanium stakes that were longer than 6 inches and had better holding power than the skinny ones on the market. Something on the order of maybe 7.5 to 9 inch... |
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Looking for a good light tent This was on BPL a few hours ago. https://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/process#forumtop I used a Virga 2 for a couple of years. Good solid tent. |
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FS: Bivies Stephen, I'm interested in the TIGoat Ptarmigan Bivy w/ full net hood. I live in the Bay Area so I can save you the shipping. Richard |
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British Army Ration Packs Is there any indication of who the manufacturer is on the packages? Sometime the military gives contracts to the same freeze dried food manufacturers you see elsewhere. For example, I had a bunch... |
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Re: Wowzers! >>I wouldn't bother with ethanol, but I've been thinking about making concentrated sodium hypochlorite. I think "Pool Chlorine" hypochlorite can run to ca. 15% while regu... |
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Sierra Nevada backpacking next weekend "What you are overlooking is that you will be on US395 for more than an hour just getting back south to Lee Vining, so CA Hwy 108 offers no time advantage." Hwy 395 is a high speed rou... |
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Sierra Nevada backpacking next weekend I'd recommend using Sonora Pass Hwy 108 to get to Hwy 395 from the Bay Area. It usually takes me 3.5-4 hours vs. 4.5-5 hours to go thru Yosemite. Sonora Pass is very spectacular and once you ... |
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Labeling mini dropper bottles I use 98-100% DEET. Maybe that's the reason the marking pen and tape don't work for me. If the other 70% of the 30% DEET is water that would make it a lot less of a problem with the tape. |
All Reader Reviews by Richard Gless
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ZPacks Hexamid solo tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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ZPacks Hexamid Solo Tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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Snow Peak LiteMax Snow Peak LiteMax Stove I bought a Snow Peak LiteMax this spring (2009) to replace my MSR Pocket Rocket and have been really happy with it, having used it for about 20 days now. Pros: 1. W... |
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Black Diamond Orbit I saw this advertised in Backpacker Magazine (yes, I still subscribe. Every once in a while I find something useful), and thought I’d check it out. I picked it up at REI since I was going on a hike ... |
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Therm-a-Rest Neoair I recently bought size small ThermaRest NeoAir Pads for both my wife and I. We were particularly interested in reducing pack weight while retaining or improving comfort. My wife went from a ThermaRe... |
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Merrell Chameleon Wrap GoreTex XCR About twelve years ago as part of my journey to lighten my backpacking load I went from my second pair of Galibier Mountaineering boots (really heavy) to a pair of relatively lightweight Merrell leath... |
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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove I've used my BPL Esbit stove for 2-3 day solo trips for two years now. I think its a great compromise of lightweight and efficiency. You do have to recognize the stove's limitations and use ... |
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Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt I purchased the Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt in large part based on the review by Shane above. I'd been looking at the possibility of using a quilt to cut weight for some time, and when J... |
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Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite 3 It's interesting how some products work for some people and not for others. I've tried the TorsoLite and the POE UberLite. They are just too short for me (I'm 5' 11"). On duff ... |
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Zpacks Z1 I have to agree with all of Jonathan's comments. I bought this pack after seeing it mentioned on BPL and checking it out on the web. It only took about a week to arrive after I ordered it. ... |
