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David Bonn (david_bonn) - BPL Forum Member
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All Forum Posts by David Bonn
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Re: advice on sleeping bag requested First off, you don't need a pillow. Second, there are quite a few excellent synthetic-insulated jackets available from Patagonia, MEC, and others. The Patagonia Micro Puff Pullover weighs in at... |
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Bulk Foods http://www.maryjanesfarm.com/ -- Spendy, but excellent food. All organic. http://www.adventurefoods.com/afsearch.asp -- Has a lot of bulk dried vegetables and meat like REI sold when I was a kid. |
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Re: What did it cost? There are lots of good books on hiking the AT. There isn't any one book that has everything. I like Wingfoot's hiking guide. It is at times opinionated and there are some errors in it, but it... |
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Re: What did it cost? I'd probably say that your consumables costs (mostly food, but also things like fuel) will probably be around ten dollars per day, maybe a little more. Yes, you can get that number down quite a bi... |
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Re: Waxing Waxless Skis?? Putting glide wax on the grip section of a waxless ski is a good way to make a mess in the very best case, and might ruin the ski in the worse case. There are various goops and jellies (MaxiGlid... |
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Re: dead person on the trail More about the dead person I found... I was skiing very early on a Sunday morning in February. Left the trailhead just as the sun was coming up. I was following a logging road in the valley fl... |
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Re: Bad Trail Encounters I've had way more problems with people at trailheads than on the trail. I've had way, way more problems with people in certain towns than with people on the trail. On trailhead thefts, I've had... |
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not funny at all I find no humor in this post. Having ran a business myself, I know how hard everyone has to work to make a business, well, work. The folks at BPL provide (in my own experience) great products a... |
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Re: Neoprene socks versus Neoprene boots Ooops! Try: http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?memberId=12500226&productId=74248 aka "Seirus Neoprene Super S-T-R-E-T-C-H Socks" Sorry 'bout that. dwb |
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Neoprene socks versus Neoprene boots Neoprene socks have a lot more flexibility for me. I can use them with running shoes, mountaineering boots, or cross-country ski boots as conditions warrant. I can also switch to more conventiona... |
All Reader Reviews by David Bonn
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Western Mountaineering Summer Coupler I think the big killer for me and my so was that it was made of cotton. It needs to be made of some very light synthetic instead. Once again, a great idea with poor execution. |
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Patagonia R1 Balaclava One other thing that I think is good is that the stretchy fabric is relatively thin -- this means that if you are exercising you can still wear the hat in quite cold weather, and if it is wicked cold ... |
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Superfeet Performance Green Thirty bucks is a lot of money for an insole. But it is way cheaper than knee surgery. I've been using them religiously for four years in everything but rock climbing shoes and backcountry ski boots... |
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Patagonia Micro Puff Pullover Lightweight, simple, doubles as a pillow. This pullover is a wonderful evolution of the original puffball pullover. |
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GoLite Phantom Jacket Awesome light jacket. Enormous pit zips help ventilation a lot. High pockets let you stash gloves and trail mix where you can get them without taking your pack off. A little heavier than some more ... |
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Patagonia Dragonfly pullover I don't go anywhere without this pullover. For everything from groomed cross-country ski tours to weeklong climbing trips to long-distance backpacks. This is probably the most useful item of clothin... |
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Patagonia Specter Jacket Wonderfully light. Waterproof. Reasonably breathable. More expensive than my first car (and more waterproof too). The big pockets help venting a bit, but it doesn't (in my opinion) vent particul... |
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ULA Equipment P-1 I've used my P-1 since March, with several trips up to two weeks (with resupply) and trips as long as seven days without a resupply. I like the side pockets a lot. I'd like them better (and give t... |
