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Tim Cheek (hikerfan4sure) - BPL Lifetime Member
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beware of the cooking frog problem The first time I moved it took me an hour or so to pack my 1970 Chevrolet. About 20 years later it took multiple trips with an eighteen wheeler and several men. I'm so "heavy" now, ... |
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Re: Cacoon Pull-over Medium $90 Douglas, Let me know how to reach you, I'm interested. I'm |
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Go on a hiking trip with gentle weather You have to deal with the fear of bad weather and the concern that you will not be comfortable or, in a worst case, unsafe. These are legitimate concerns. There is real merit in being prepared for... |
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Re: Re: The last SHR column Aaron, have you used the Golites in mud? Seems the lugs would carry a lot of mud with them. Kevin, have you used the Namche? |
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Roper's Sierra High Route The last couple of podcasts in Howe's series describes the equipment and route he took based on his experiences. Listen here to his post trip review for his recommendations: http://rodale.ty... |
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Re: Roper's Sierra High Route - Solo Steve Howe did a solo hike of the Sierra High Route and a daily podcast of his trip in August and September of 2006. See, http://rodale.typepad.com/backpacker_podcasts/2006/08/index.html I ha... |
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Cocoon UL 60 pants I'm happy with my pair. I sleep in them and wear them when I arrive at camp as the sun goes down, or while packing up in the morning. I've not tried to hike in them, and I doubt that w... |
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"diluting" 100% DEET I've been adding a few drops of water to my 100% DEET to stretch out my supply of it. I'm not really sure if that is effective or not. Oil and water don't mix. I don't remember... |
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DEET concentration effectiveness? At the risk of losing 0.50 of my BPL ranking for citing Backpacker magazine here (just kidding), the June issue at page 87 reports that they found from their testing there was no discernable differ... |
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Re: Synthetic puffy vest Patagonia's micro puff vest. It has a full zip now, mine from a few years ago has a half snap. Integral Designs has the Logan Vest. And, BPL will be offering to the public this Summer a C... |
All Reader Reviews by Tim Cheek
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Mountain Laurel Designs 850 ml Cup Perfect because it does what the advertisement says it will do. It holds enough water to reconstitute your freeze dried food, and your hot drink. Boil the water for both, pour whatever is needed for t... |
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Honey Stinger Organic Energy Chews I feel like I have to choke down energy bars. They are just too dry for me. And, these things didn't seem appetizing to me because they had the consistency of gummy bears and the political cor... |
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Amazon Kindle Some people fish, fly kites, chat with their hiking mates, or mull over their route and equipment when they aren’t hiking. Some hike from dawn to dusk and have no time for such weighty pass times. If... |
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Garmin Oregon 550t This review is by a first time GPS user, so I can’t offer a comparison to other units. I’m also not familiar with the technical aspects of GPS units, so I can’t offer you performance data. What I ca... |
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Ultimate Survival Technologies Sparkie Firestarter Plastic broke while trying to use it the first time. Apparently, the spring wasn't strong enough for the plunger to pop out when I squeezed the case. Super gluing it back would likely prevent m... |
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Last Breath: The Limits of Adventure by Peter Stark Okay, maybe this is engaging and educational, but it gave me the creeps. How many ways can you kick the bucket in slow motion? |
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Alone Across Alaska 1,000 Miles of Wilderness DVD DVD www.bucktrack.com $24.95 plus $5.00 shipping. This is a DVD of a solo hike from the east end of the Brooks range to the west. Six hundred miles of hiking and four hundred on an inflatable canoe. ... |
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Inov-8 Roclite 390 XCR I bought my pair from REI in case I needed to return them. I'd have preferred a pair without gore tex, but it was fun to splash through water without drying out. I was worried that the description... |
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Cocoon Vest Vest I ordered the medium because that is what I wear in a Patagonia Micro-Puff, but the neck was too big for me, too. I have replaced it with a small, and the fit is perfect. I prefer the zipper over t... |
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Equinox Lite Tripper Organizer Pouch The irony of repackaging stuff into smaller containers is the accumulation of a whole lot of little containers. I have tried to keep track of them all a variety of ways, but always feared I'd mis... |
