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Leigh Baker (leighb) - BPL Forum Member

My Locale Northeast Texas Pineywoods
About Me I am very new to backpacking, although I've hiked all my life. BPL is a great place to learn!
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re:Winter's Tone
Lucas, Thanks for sharing another great trip report. Keep them coming!

In Editor's Roundtable » Winter's Tone
March 24, 7:02am

own both
I'll echo Chris' thoughts exactly.

In Hammocks » hammock in, tent out?
March 20, 6:31pm

Ben2World
As a teacher you had me laughing out loud with that one, and I agree it would be cruel :)

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Ultralight is hurting my son's grades
March 09, 7:18pm

re: NM
Interesting this thread should become active again. I didn't make it last year but some friends and I have decided to go there this June, likely the second week (is that too early?). The plan i...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » New Mexico
March 06, 5:20pm

re: toothbrush
Ty Ty, Coincidentally I picked up a Dr. Du More's on my last trip to the store :) I did cut a bit off the end with a pair of wire cutters. In the recent past (only been backpacking about a yr ...

In GEAR » world's lightest toothbrush possibly?
February 18, 6:16am

Re: sleeping pads
Hi Donna, I too am a cold sleeper and was about to purchase the new Thermarest Xtherm, supposedly 15 oz/5.7 R factor. Unfortunately I've seen from recent posts here that now it's not comin...

In GEAR » sleeping pads for sooky cold sleeper
February 18, 5:58am

re:"Frustrated to Satisfied"
It's nice to see others are out there proposing a simpler way of living. I, like some others, began scaling back "stuff" in the past several years. I moved from a 1500 sf home to a j...

In Philosophy & Technique » Frustrated to Satisfied
February 15, 5:10am

Pairing a bivy with a Solomid in winter
I have used my Solomid with just a ground cloth on cold,clear,calm nights to the mid twenties, but have been considering that a bivy might add some warmth, not to mention a little more protection f...

In GEAR » Pairing a bivy with a Solomid in winter
February 12, 11:03am

FS: Defeet Duragloves
shameless bump :)

In Gear Swap » FS: Defeet Duragloves
February 07, 4:19pm

Printing photos
In light of the recent thread on digitalized backpacking photos, I got to thinking about printing options. I have never printed any of my pics but I do have some I deem worthy. I have also been con...

In Photography » Printing photos
February 07, 5:57am

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