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M G (drown) - BPL Lifetime Member

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About Me Climber. caver. Cartographer. Have hiked, caved, climbed and mapped in Asia, N. & S. America.

Currently planning on 10 days on the SHR and JMT this September.

Recently visited Abel Tasman NP on the South Island of NZ.

Last big trips stateside were Grand Gulch Utah and Lake Superior Trail.
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Re: Re: "Nothing New Under the Sun?
"How about monitoring and reporting on water quality?" I'm not sure how to read your question but if you mean as part of a device, yes absolutely. Perhaps a simple test dropper kit...

In Philosophy & Technique » Nothing New Under the Sun?
June 22, 5:44pm

"Toe Injuries"
Likely going downhill you are bruising your longer toe. Longer shoes could help. As could toenail removal ( extreme option) or hiking in flatter areas or with less steep downhill sections. I lo...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Toe Injuries
June 22, 12:36pm

"Nothing New Under the Sun?
Avenues for development IMHO: 1. A perfect lightweight remote canister stove that doesn't require a machine shop modification in order to work well in winter and is at the same time light en...

In Philosophy & Technique » Nothing New Under the Sun?
June 22, 12:29pm

401 features
The 401 does look nice if you don't already have a watch with an altimeter, which I do. I'm not a fan of electronic compasses so that feature is useless to me. With the USB cable thrown in ...

In GEAR » new garmins foretrex 301 and 401
June 21, 6:37am

WTB: Lightweight semi-auto crampons
Looking for a pair of lightweight crampons that are decent shape. C.A.M.P brand and ideally they would have anti-bailing plates or the ability to add some.

In Gear Swap » WTB: Lightweight semi-auto crampons
June 17, 7:21pm

"new garmins foretrex 301 and 401"
Yes I did notice that the manuals were not there yet. I will likely try to buy a 301 from REI to do a real world test for a few weeks to see how the interface is. If it's not working as I ne...

In GEAR » new garmins foretrex 301 and 401
June 17, 4:05pm

Re: gecko replacement
"Or perhaps, you don't care about routing or displaying raw coordinates" Does anyone know if the new Foretrex 301-401 will have the ability to display raw UTM coordinates? Thi...

In GEAR » new garmins foretrex 301 and 401
June 17, 1:49pm

Salomon XA Comp 4
I was at REI this past weekend and saw what appears to be the new Salomon XA Comp 4. The XA Comp is my favourite Salomon shoe because it fits me so well. unfortunately they did not have a lot of si...

In GEAR » Salomon XA Comp 4
June 16, 7:26am

Scoop to fill dirty bag
What is the rationale for this "scoop"? Is a cook pot not a good scoop that most of us already. It can be rinsed with clean water to decontaminate and I'm guesing that boiling water w...

In GEAR » Most efficient gravity filter system - need market update
June 10, 7:36pm

"Need a lighter backpack"
New REI packs. Reviewed here recently sounded OK. I looked at them at REI last week, they seem well made, versatile in terms of how they can be configured... More affordable than the Offsprey, but ...

In GEAR » Need a lighter backpack
June 08, 7:47pm

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