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John Frederick Anderson (fredfoto) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale Spain About Me I was born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1964, and have lived all over the world including India, Africa, the UK and Australia, where I worked on a cattle station in the Kimberley before starting work as a photographic assistant in 1988. I started working as a freelance photographer in London in 1991, worked in India and South East Asia for two years in 1998/9, then lived in Bristol for three years between 2000 and 2002 completing a Master of Arts. I have been based in Barcelona, Spain since 2003. City Barcelona Country Spain My Website URL http://www.fredfoto.net My PDF Gear List Gear List 2010

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All Forum Posts by John Frederick Anderson

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	Hot Summer Sleep System I travelled around the tropics for a couple of years including some mountain spells, and the best sleep system I found was: Silk bag liner- 100g Pashmina blanket- 300g mosquito net. I just wore...	In GEAR » Hot Summer Sleep System June 22, 2:42pm
	Cheese Manchego is great, wrapped in wax paper, or newspaper, and kept in the insulating jacket. Dry, fatty, salty cheese is rich hiker food. The jacket insulates against the heat. You can keep larger mea...	In GEAR » Cheese June 15, 2:53pm
	Cilo Gear 20l worksack http://www.cilogear.com/20lws.html love mine. cheers, fred	In GEAR » Daypack Suggestions Wanted June 15, 4:36am
	Collapsible 20-25l daypack Cilio Gear 20 Liter WorkSack http://www.cilogear.com/20lws.html cheers, fred	In GEAR » Collapsible 20-25l daypack June 13, 9:18am
	Tarptent for Himalaya I'd take a pyramid type tarp. The Golite Shangri La 3, Oware or other make. The local porters used pyramids to camp on the 10 day hike I did up to 5000m, and it worked for them. Have a great...	In GEAR » Tarptent for Himalaya? June 11, 10:20am
	trailstar bugnet +1 SMD Serenity Bug Net- 7oz, groundsheet and bugnet, variable pitching in a tipi tarp. I use mine in my ShangriLa 3, which I bought before the Trailstar came out, but I'm sure it would work j...	In GEAR » MLD Duomid or Trailstar June 08, 2:57pm
	ultralight one man enclosed shelter Hi David, 'Anyone make a large lightweight (8 - 10 oz) tarp that could make a crude rain / wind shelter for 1 - 2 with some hiking poles and sticks/trees for a reasonable price? Or better...	In GEAR » ultralight one man enclosed shelter? June 03, 1:26am
	Aarn Pack Mountain Magic 55 L Hi Dont, The MM 55 looks like a great pack, congratulations. I've been playing with the idea of the MM 33 for a long time, as my pack weight and volume have decreased a lot (like my bank bal...	In GEAR » Aarn Pack Mountain Magic 55 L June 03, 1:12am
	Pitching the SoloMid- this time it worked!! Hi all, This time it worked- superb shelter, I'll be out for a few nights real soon. Thanks to Ron for the instructions. I found using the guy lines much easier than staking the shelter stra...	In GEAR » Pitching the SoloMid- HELP PLEASE! May 24, 12:47pm
	thanks to Ron Thanks for posting Ron. I wasn't going to bother you in the trail days week, but your insight is much appreciated. Maybe put this on the webpage for the product? Great shelter- love the weigh...	In GEAR » Pitching the SoloMid- HELP PLEASE! May 17, 3:05pm

All Reader Reviews by John Frederick Anderson

	Review	Category
	Mountain Laurel Designs SoloMid Cuben MLD SoloMid Cuben Review I like my SoloMid, especially the weight, but it is a compromise, but a compromise that specialist equipment requires the user to understand and live with. I have the yell...	In Shelters - Tarps & Floorless August 23, 4:00pm
	Golite Ion Golite Ion Review I know you can't buy this any more, but it really deserves a 5 out of 5 as it is easily the best pack I've used for UL adventures, if you can get all your gear in. It is ...	In Backpacks - Frameless August 23, 3:48pm
	ULA Circuit Circuit review: I've used the new Circuit for only day hikes so far, with all my 3/4 day gear (weight: ± 9 kg, including 1.5l of water- about 20 lbs) to see how it was, and it has been really ...	In Backpacks - Internal Frame May 17, 1:49am

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