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Nick Gatel (ngatel) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Southern California
About Me Started backpacking in the 1960's and still going strong.
CityPalm Springs
StateCA
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.popupbackpacker.com
My PDF Gear ListSub 4 lb

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All Forum Posts by Nick Gatel

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Re: I just love it when people post medical advice...
"The cheapest and easiest way to start, especially if you aren't too far down the road to injury, is to be fitted for shoes at a good running store. The best ones watch you walk, maybe eve...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Metatarsal Pads and other Foot Woes
April 18, 9:58pm

Re: Re: Metatarsal Pads and other Foot Woes
Ignore ALL the adverts for arch support, pronation control, gell soles, etc. Yep, that should fix things.

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Metatarsal Pads and other Foot Woes
April 18, 6:44pm

Re: Re: ZPacks Hexamid Pocket Tarp
"I like to sleep nude. This may be a problem." Not if you hike solo or come across a group of nymphomaniacs.

In GEAR » ZPacks Hexamid Pocket Tarp
April 18, 6:42pm

Re: "Idaho family sues USFS for $1M after tree hit son"
"The latter would not surprise me. Maybe we should stop calling them "parks" and start calling them 'wilderness areas'" Better yet, lets change them from Parks into a...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Idaho family sues USFS for $1M after tree hit son
April 18, 6:38pm

Re: Re: Clove hitch
"for hiking and other bear bagging ... well you arent taking a factor 2 off the belay so i wouldnt overly worry ;) " My point in the beginning -- most of us only backpack ;)

In Philosophy & Technique » Knots
April 18, 3:45pm

Re: Organic Honey
"Unless you keep track of which flowers the bees pollinate, its pretty hard to say that honey is organic." Oh, I am sure it is marketing voodo at the health food store. I asked my wif...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » What do you carry you butters in
April 18, 3:41pm

Re: Facepalm.
Now I get it. I thought you folks were talking about that Facebook thingy.

In Philosophy & Technique » Knots
April 18, 2:25pm

Re: Waste of Money?
This shelter sets up easily, more so than similar types of shelters. One night Craig W and I camped in pretty windy conditions - we got plenty of sand in our clothes and food. I wouldn't tr...

In GEAR » ZPacks Hexamid Pocket Tarp
April 18, 2:20pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you carry you butters in
Well lubricated innards should clean out the sludge and carbon build-up?

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » What do you carry you butters in
April 18, 2:10pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you carry you butters in
Supposed to be some sort of "organic" honey from a health food store. Come to think of it, it did taste funny.

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » What do you carry you butters in
April 18, 1:34pm

All Reader Reviews by Nick Gatel

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BPL Beartooth Merino Wool Hoody
Cool enough in 82F weather, warm in cool weather. Hood replaces light cap and light baclava. One piece of gear replaces several single items! Sizing is not 'standard.' But... if you review ...

In Clothing - Baselayer & Fleece - WOOL
March 09, 11:38pm

ULA Equipment
5/5 It seems that from earlier reviews, ULA has solved the communication issues with the addition of Casey to the staff, which must have solved that void. Not only was the communication great (t...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
February 23, 1:49am