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Richard Nisley (richard295) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale	San Francisco Bay Area
About Me	My outdoor hobbies include hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, snow shoeing, skiing, fishing, and hunting. I enjoy continuously refining my equipment and techniques with the emphasis on less weight and volume.
City	San Carlos
State	CA
Country	USA
My PDF Gear List	Protocol B Aging Chart Source Detail

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All Forum Posts by Richard Nisley

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	Caloric value per oz Einstein X, Paul and Robert are correct in their recommendations. I will just expand on what they told you. Your prior hike’s Cal per oz = 3477.5/29.2= 119.5 cal/oz not 145 cal/oz. This die...	In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Caloric value per oz May 21, 6:04pm
	Will bugs bite through a Montane Lite Speed Wind Shirt? Will this wind shirt material (PERTEX® Microlight), worn over bare skin, prevent mosquitoes, flies, white sox, and no-see-ums from biting my torso? Last year I treated it with Permethrin and I ...	In GEAR » Will bugs bite through a Montane Lite Speed Wind Shirt? May 20, 10:42am
	POD 30 Good but will be an 18F difference between man and woman Dear Ms Anonymous, Thank you for your polite and comprehensive explanations. Based on this information, I think I can explain why our assessments were slightly out of sync. Although the Army...	In GEAR » WM Pod 15 & Pod 30? May 18, 9:11pm
	POD 30 Good Dear Anonymous, In my original post I said, “With 2.8" average single layer loft, this bag is conservatively rated. The average sleeper should be fine to about 0F with an ADEQUATE PAD.” F...	In GEAR » WM Pod 15 & Pod 30? May 16, 12:15pm
	Sleeping Pad Advice with Quilt If you will be sleeping on snow and want comfort use two Exped Down7 Down Air Mattresses or the Stephensen equivalent. With this much insulation you probably won't need the closed cell foam beneath...	In GEAR » Sleeping Pad Advice with Quilt May 15, 12:00am
	Fabrics / principles There is a boundary layer out to 6 mm from the insulation fiber that is “still” or a boundary layer between two fibers of up to 12 mm. The tangled nature of the polyester wadding provides th...	In Editor's Roundtable » 2006 Unconventional Sleep Systems Manifesto May 14, 1:38pm
	RER Al, You are quite welcome. If you have that test done also talk to them about the RER drift with time. For example assume you test that you are burning an equal amount of fat / CHO at 65% of...	In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Diet for High Mileage Long Hikes May 14, 8:35am
	Patagonia Micro Puff should be warmer See http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/montbell_ul_thermawarp_parka_spotlite_review.html for the Montbell parka review. The loft is .375". The loft on the Patagonia Micro Puf...	In GEAR » paagonia vs Montbell May 14, 8:00am
	Fat V Carb Al, Calories as you have given. To optimally dial in your on-the-trail-diet prior to the attempt you can go to a physiology lab and have your RER curve (ratios of fat/CHO burned at different ...	In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Diet for High Mileage Long Hikes May 10, 10:47pm
	Pod30 0F not 0C.	In GEAR » WM Pod 15 & Pod 30? May 10, 3:08pm

All Reader Reviews by Richard Nisley

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	Lite my fire firesteel scout firelighter I went back to the Midwest, this month, for a family reunion and fishing trip. I took my fire steel with me. My two nephews are 10 and 12 and they love to fish. The 12 year old asked me if I would tea...	In Cookware - Other July 21, 1:37pm
	Jetboil Personal Cooking System My piezo failed after a couple of days. It took one second to fix it by bending down the ignitor rod to make a slightly smaller gap (1/8" smaller). I then used it in Alaska for 1 1/2 months twice a da...	In Stoves - Canister August 25, 5:17pm