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Bill Fornshell (bfornshell) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale	Southern Texas
About Me	I have been a member here since 24 August, 2003. I believe in SUL and Lighter, Backpacking, and make most of my own gear. If you have a question about something I have made you can read about most of it here or on my Blog. http://ultraliteskunkworks.blogspot.com/ Please Note: I don't make things for other people. Thanks for asking but the answer to all, is NO.
City	San Antonio
State	Texas
Country	USA

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All Forum Posts by Bill Fornshell

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	Poncho/Tarp Collar-No Hood Nathan Asks: - your tarp looks great. i'm thinking of using 1.3oz silnylon to have something a _little_ more durable (i hike on trail, but they're often really overgrown trails), so i was wonde...	In Make Your Own Gear » Super Light Weight - Make Your Own for an AT Thru-Hike July 29, 5:03pm
	Poncho/tarp Thanks Joshua, that is a very nice compliment.	In Make Your Own Gear » Poncho-Tarp July 29, 1:07pm
	poncho/tarp If you look on page 3 (about half way down) of my "Super Ultra Light - Make Your Own for an AT Thru-Hike" thread on this Make Your Own Gear Forum you can see the Poncho/Tarp I made out of Cuben fib...	In Make Your Own Gear » Poncho-Tarp July 29, 12:19pm
	Capaline weight Hi Patti and others, I cut a piece 4" by 20" which would be 80 sq inches. It weighs 6.3gr. I divided 80 into the 6.3gr and got 0.7875gr x 1296 (number of sq inches in a sq yard) and get 102.06gr...	In GEAR » bike shorts for hiking July 27, 10:11pm
	Gear Spreadsheet Hi Paul, I would be happy to comply if you could make it so it would work on my Mac without Excel. My new laptop has the current version of something called AppleWorks that has a SpreadSheet bu...	In GEAR » Excel Gear Spreadsheet July 27, 3:31pm
	bike shorts for hiking You can buy silk weight capaline by the yard if you wanted something that might be a little warmer. Sold by Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics. http://www.owfinc.com/Fabrics/NylonWoven/Misc.Woven.asp#W...	In GEAR » bike shorts for hiking July 27, 12:19pm
	The Great Kilt - For Hiking?? I did make a Great Kilt like this web site shows: url=(0057)http://www.meridies.org/as/dmir/Costume&Fashion/0924.html http://www.rampantpress.netfirms.com/AModernApproachtoMakingaGreatKilt.h...	In GEAR » skirt vs. pants July 20, 6:07am
	Cuben Amigo H2O Water Filter Thanks Paul. I decided to use a piece of my "Yellow" AirCore Pro Ultralight Dyneema "shelter guyline from BMW for the water bag cord. The yellow stuff is 3/4" grosgrain folded in half and pres...	In Make Your Own Gear » Super Light Weight - Make Your Own for an AT Thru-Hike July 16, 4:20am
	Cuben Amigo H2O Water Filter I had a small piece of the Cuben fabric left over and decided to replace the Bag from my ULA H2O Amigo water filter. The ULA bag with the fittings removed weighed 1.96oz. The Cuben replacement ba...	In Make Your Own Gear » Super Light Weight - Make Your Own for an AT Thru-Hike July 15, 9:14pm
	Sterno Can Cook Pot I scooped out the sterno and then let what was left burn away. Then I sanded the inside - bottom and sides. Then I cleaned it with comet and dish soap using a scrub pad. Boiled water has no tas...	In Gear Lists » Extreme Light Gear List... Try to make even lighter! July 13, 10:29am

All Reader Reviews by Bill Fornshell

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	BMW (BPL) UL 60 Balaclava Cocoon UL 60 Balaclava - Multi-Purpose - 5/5 I have had my Cocoon Balaclava since they first shipped. When I got it I was in the middle of several things and just looked it over, put it on, bless...	In Clothing - Headwear, Handwear July 08, 10:08pm
	OR (Outdoor Research) During the planning for my AT Hike this coming January I got out my old OR Advanced Bivy. I had used it only a few times after I bought it about 10 years ago and wanted to have a good look at it set ...	In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service) December 29, 4:41pm
	BackpackingLight.com Premium Membership 1. Being able to have a picture and a little information about us all and a possible way to send a private email to other members. 2. A list of all our replies to threads in date order. This alone ...	In Books and Media October 27, 8:16pm
	Patagonia Dragonfly pullover I have to agree with everyone about the Patagonia DragonFly. I bought 2 on a close-out sale for $29.95 each. You can't hardly beat that for a really great piece of gear.	In Clothing - Wind & Soft Shell December 19, 9:22am