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Einstein X (EinsteinX) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale The Netherlands
About Me Started hiking somewhere around Y2K, with a 50 pound pack, incl. food, water and fuel.
That dropped down to ~37 pounds incl. f, w & f, which wasn't that bad concidering traditional gear and food for ten days!
Than the UL bug bit me and my gear weight dropped and dropped to a baseweight of ~10 pounds for my Scotland-16-day-Solo.
Going solo for 3 days two nights max, baseweight is down to 4lbs2; Going solo for longer baseweight is down to 8lbs2.
CountryThe Netherlands
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Re: Re: Re: Transportation
Hmmm. Pretty happy to hike in Europe from this persepective. At the end of a hike it's always possible to catch a bus or train back home or back to the car. The downside is off course there isn...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Transportation
May 18, 11:50am
Re: Re: Foot growth
My experience as selling shoes is that older people always give me a size too small. This is because with age the foot gets bigger. Most of those customers are surprised about that, but I know it h...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Have your feet grown?
May 18, 11:39am
Re: Re: Poles
When hiking without poles my hands and fingers get thick. I can put my thumbs in thumbloops but that gets old really fast, so I'm keeping my poles for now. Though on my last hike I did hike a w...

In Philosophy & Technique » SUL packs & trek pole usefulness?
May 18, 11:31am
Re: Waterproofing Maps
Reginald, Nikwax makes a product for map proofing: Eins

In Philosophy & Technique » Waterproofing Maps
May 18, 11:22am
Re: 2 person space blanket
I would like to second the space blanket. If you're carrying one anyway, why not use it as a groundsheet? I'm using mine while camping or on picknicks and it's still going strong. Eins

In Make Your Own Gear » Best Material for Groundsheet?
May 18, 9:50am
Re: Re: Re: Cuben shelter
>...Suppose you quadruple or quintuple that for the shelter you propose? You are still at or under 10 ozs and have a shelter that breathes...< Breathability in any breathable fabric can on...

In Make Your Own Gear » Shelter Brain Storming Ideas ??
May 18, 9:25am
Re: Re: Compact titanal
I just had a couple of Belgian beers so i'll keep it short. Just put my trekking poles on the scale. They weigh in at 430 grams for the pair. Sorry for the confusion. Eins

In Editor's Roundtable » Make Your Own Gear: Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles
May 10, 4:01pm
Re: Komperdell Contour poles
Hmmm, looks like I made a mistake. I'll put them on my scale the moment I'll get home tonight. Probably it's 7 oz per pole. We'll see. Eins

In Editor's Roundtable » Make Your Own Gear: Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles
May 10, 7:57am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: making poles
>Is the 7 oz you quoted per pole or for the pair? If it is for the pair that's awesome for adjustable poles.< The pair weigh in at 198 grams on my scale, that's 6,98 oz! And indeed...

In Editor's Roundtable » Make Your Own Gear: Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles
May 10, 2:07am
Re: Re: Re: Re: making poles
Steve, It says titanal compact on my poles, so I guess that's the name of the model. Hope it helps. Eins

In Editor's Roundtable » Make Your Own Gear: Carbon Fiber Trekking Poles
May 09, 3:10pm

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