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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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Tarp Poles Quest Outfitters sells just about everything you could need to made your own custom poles. http://www.questoutfitters.com/tent_poles.htm |
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A little UL Philosophy I go UL because it lets me still do what I did many, many years ago. My favorite part is having people ask me where I day hiked to when I've been out for a week or more. |
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"March-Henry Coe" Jay, Thanks for the invite, but I think I'd like to get an earlier start. It usually takes me about 90 min to get to the park headquarters so I'm assuming the same amount of time to H... |
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March-Henry Coe - who's going I plan on being at Hunting Hollow about 9 am on Saturday and plan on leaving from there with whoever else shows up. |
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"Tales of a Glaciated-Scorched Earth" Jay, Great Pics as usual. Where is slide bluffs? Richard |
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sauces for dinner (pre-made) - vinegar Vinegar is dilute acetic acid (bp ca. 120 deg C), I think ca. 3%. If you try to dehydrate it, it will either evaporate completely or leave a residue of a higher concentration of acetic acid that m... |
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Bad Experience with Mountain House Dinner? I have used Mountain House dinners for years and only had one that went bad. Some taste better than others, but I see that as a matter of personal preference. How long do they last? When I got... |
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Tales of a Glaciated-Scorched Earth Franklin Pass - Mineral King High Sierras Looking West ascending to Franklin Pass from Franklin Lakes Last switchback to Franklin Pass Looking East from Franklin Pass |
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Tales of a Glaciated-Scorched Earth Emigrant Wilderness View of the N Fork Cherry Creek Drainage from Mercur Peak View of cross country from Hyatt Lake to Big Lake |
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March-Henry Coe 27/28 I'm in for the 27/28th. I could drive/carpool from North Oakland or Rockridge BART. |
All Reader Reviews by Richard Gless
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ZPacks Hexamid solo tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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ZPacks Hexamid Solo Tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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Snow Peak LiteMax Snow Peak LiteMax Stove I bought a Snow Peak LiteMax this spring (2009) to replace my MSR Pocket Rocket and have been really happy with it, having used it for about 20 days now. Pros: 1. W... |
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Black Diamond Orbit I saw this advertised in Backpacker Magazine (yes, I still subscribe. Every once in a while I find something useful), and thought I’d check it out. I picked it up at REI since I was going on a hike ... |
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Therm-a-Rest Neoair I recently bought size small ThermaRest NeoAir Pads for both my wife and I. We were particularly interested in reducing pack weight while retaining or improving comfort. My wife went from a ThermaRe... |
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Merrell Chameleon Wrap GoreTex XCR About twelve years ago as part of my journey to lighten my backpacking load I went from my second pair of Galibier Mountaineering boots (really heavy) to a pair of relatively lightweight Merrell leath... |
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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove I've used my BPL Esbit stove for 2-3 day solo trips for two years now. I think its a great compromise of lightweight and efficiency. You do have to recognize the stove's limitations and use ... |
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Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt I purchased the Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt in large part based on the review by Shane above. I'd been looking at the possibility of using a quilt to cut weight for some time, and when J... |
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Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite 3 It's interesting how some products work for some people and not for others. I've tried the TorsoLite and the POE UberLite. They are just too short for me (I'm 5' 11"). On duff ... |
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Zpacks Z1 I have to agree with all of Jonathan's comments. I bought this pack after seeing it mentioned on BPL and checking it out on the web. It only took about a week to arrive after I ordered it. ... |
