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Piper S. (sbhikes) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale Santa Barbara (Name: Diane)
About Me I hiked 3000 miles of the PCT over 2008 and 2009, about half the trail each time. I now hike in the backcountry of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. I'm a Trail Ambassador for Gossamer Gear.
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Re: coconut cream brick
Timo, I got started on this diet when I saw the video on http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf. When he said it would calm my hunger I had to try it. More than a year after hiking the PCT I still couldn&#...

In Philosophy & Technique » Ketogenic diet as a way to lighten pack?
February 20, 2:13pm

Re: Re: Re: How Do You Pack Differently When Traveling?
When my boyfriend and I go car-camping or on trips in the car we just bring our UL backpacking gear. To that gear we add a cooler of food and drinks and I'll usually bring a gym bag of cotton c...

In Philosophy & Technique » How Do You Pack Different When Traveling?
February 17, 4:02pm

Re: Thruhiker mentality
"But a thruhiker continues hiking even when he does not like it any more." This is so true. I spent a month continuing hiking even though I didn't like it anymore. It's funny t...

In Philosophy & Technique » Thruhiker mentality
February 17, 3:55pm

Re: Re: Anyone have any AT/PCT DVDs I can borrow?
Seriously do the youtube search because all these videos are basically the same and the only difference is the production quality.

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Anyone have any AT/PCT DVDs I can borrow?
February 17, 3:23pm

Re: Backpacking with animals? How about a cat?
I've heard of people bringing cats on the AT. I wish I could bring my parrot but that would be a disaster.

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Backpacking with animals? How about a cat?
February 17, 3:18pm

Re: Target knows if you are pregnant and wants to sell you everything you need
There was an article I read recently where a woman created a phoney child's name on a form once and it ended up becoming a "real" person as far as advertisers were concerned. She got ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Target knows if your pregnant and wants to sell you everything you need
February 17, 3:16pm

Re: Anyone have any AT/PCT DVDs I can borrow?
http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2009-April/026207.html Also, just do a youtube search. There are millions of them.

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Anyone have any AT/PCT DVDs I can borrow?
February 15, 8:18pm

Re: Re: Pemmican bar
Whew! The bars came yesterday. I was a bit afraid to try one. I had one for breakfast this morning and was happy to discover that they are pretty good. The texture didn't bother me. The flavor ...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Whats your favorite backpacking breakfast bar?
February 15, 9:34am

Re: John Muir in Late April
When I was a kid we did at least one trip in the Sierras in April. It wasn't the JMT, though, so probably not worth traveling all the way from back east for. I believe we hiked out from Courtri...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » John Muir in Late April
February 15, 8:30am

Re: Re: Re: Music is your only friend
Those are all great bands. Stuff I listened to as a kid. My first date was to some kind of all night Jimi Hendrix movie marathon. These days I listen to Lunasa, Altan, Danu, Taeda, Matt Molloy, ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Music is your only friend
February 15, 8:21am

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