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Erik Basil (EBasil) - BPL Premium Member

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Re: concerns with hatchets
I noted the use of the hatchet and foot-placement, too. I forgot all about that, after I chased the link for the hatchet and nearly died: $160 dollar hatchet?? I was upset about the Estwing ...

In Editor's Roundtable » Winter Firebuilding Techniques (Video)
February 20, 5:05pm
Re: Re: Re: Hillbilly heading to LA
Jerry says, "Tommy's" and indeed. The one on Rampart (@ Beverly or so?) is the OG one. Also, if not from SoCal, In-N-Out burger. Those are iconic L.A. food. Oh, but what of Phil...

In Other Activities » Hillbilly heading to LA
February 20, 4:13pm
Re: Hillbilly heading to LA
I agree with the suggestion about the Natural History Museum and also the La Brea Tar Pits. If you leave the denim overalls home and actually wear shoes, you won't have any problems walking a...

In Other Activities » Hillbilly heading to LA
February 20, 3:04pm
Re: Re: Carbon fiber poles at Costco
Art, I noted the same thing. That package includes bunch of plastic, all the baskets and tips, etc..., though. My wife and son are coming off of aluminum poles with rubber grips that weigh ab...

In Gear Deals » Carbon fiber poles at Costco
February 20, 2:46pm
Re: posting just to post
+1 :)

In GEAR » Do it all pad combo
February 20, 2:43pm
Re: Who has a husband who backpacks with them who always has cold feet?
What does he do to deal with it, Franco?

In Chaff » Who has a husband who backpacks with them who always has cold feet?
February 20, 2:41pm
Re: Re: Re: Carbon fiber poles at Costco
San Diego CostCos have big boxes of these, right now. Screaming deal for poles this light, and with cork handles.

In Gear Deals » Carbon fiber poles at Costco
February 20, 1:24pm
Re: Why gray?
Yeah, the ho-hum grey silnylon in my Copper Spur isn't "bad", but it's the one part of the tent I had to get most used-to when I had to hunker down in a daylight storm. From the...

In GEAR » Why gray? A completely superfluous question about silnylon shelters.
February 19, 3:19pm
Alps Zephyr 3
We're using the Alps Mountaineering Zephyr 3 as our troop tents and this 5.5lb tent is "backpackable": it splits into three roughly equal components and will fit three Scouts. It...

In Backpacking Light with Scouts » tents for scouts
February 19, 3:03pm
Cannonballsy
I hadn't read that commentary before (in fact, I've read very little of Ray Jardine), but I love the metaphor and the message even if I have to "spit a few seeds" (borrowing from ...

In GEAR » Which cannonballs should I be looking at?
February 19, 7:04am

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