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Gordon Smith (swearingen) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Irrigate with water My understanding is that the current preferred method of cleansing a wound is with clean water or saline solution, NOT alcohol or other antiseptic products. Antiseptics can kill living tissue and h... |
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plastic straw I take a plastic straw, cut off about a 2 inch piece and wrap a couple feet of leukotape around that. G |
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Game Changer Justin writes: "Most people never get out of cell range anyways." That just is not true in the mountains of the western US. I'm almost always out of cell range on backpack trips. ... |
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Camera I'm a serious amateur photographer, so my list is likely upside down compared to most: 1) Image Quality - I'm not just talking megapixels here, in fact 6MP would be ample. I'm more c... |
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Aquamira Tony Wong writes: "Frankly, to me the biggest draw back is that there is no active charcoal/carbon in the unit....then again neither does Aqua Mira, right?" That depends on if you&#... |
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I suck I tried one of these "bottle with integrated filter" units from Sawyer. Neat idea but in practice I found it too much work to draw water through it. Sometimes you just want to guzzle a dr... |
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Trip Line A while back I watched an episode of Man v Wild where Bear Grylls was in a bear intense area. He was concerned enough about them that he set up a trip line around his camp by stringing a lightweigh... |
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Ambien CR I don't care what anybody says or thinks. I have a lot of trouble sleeping on the trail and the only thing I've found that works really well for me is Ambien CR. It works amazingly well. A ... |
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Inflation I agree, I think some of the difference in opinions on drop off are related to how firmly the Neo is inflated. I'm a side sleeper, 5' 8", and I've used the small Neo with a Vapor T... |
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Sog Field Pup On my last trip I carried my Sog Seal Pup Elite for the very purpose you describe. A very nice knife, but at 9ozs including sheath it's a bit heavy. Since then I bought a Sog Field Pup. This kn... |
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Trail Designs Caldera ULC Cone for Snow Peak 600 mug The Caldera ULC Cone is the compact version of the original Caldera Cone that Trail Designs has been making for several years. The great benefit of the ULC Cones is that they're designed to fit in... |
