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jerry adams (retiredjerry) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Oregon and Washington
About Me I started hiking about 45 years ago. My first backpack was 40 years ago. I currently try to do one backpack trip of 5 nights every month (which can be tricky in the winter) 20 to 50 miles. Mostly I stay around Mount Hood, Columbia Gorge, Mount Adams, Goat Rocks, and the Olympic Peninsula. In recent years I have shifted to lightweight - my pack weight without food and water is about 15 lb (7 kg). I make a lot of my own gear - silnylon tarp-tent, bivy, synthetic bag, simple bag style pack. My sleeping pad is a Therm-a-Rest air mattress.
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Re: Re: Re: End of April in California... Where do I go?
Lost Coast http://www.igorkoltunov.com/maps/lostcoast/KingRange_LostCoast_small.jpg

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » End of April in California... Where do I go?
April 12, 3:30pm
Re: waterproof zippers vs. storm flaps?
I use regular zipper without stormflap. I get lot's of opportunity to test it : ) If the zipper is vertical, water will tend to run down it rather than inside so it doesn't matter a lot...

In GEAR » waterproof zippers vs. storm flaps?
April 12, 11:29am
Re: Another refiller
To avoid overfill you could do it by weight. Make sure re-filled canister is 13 ounces (or whatever) or less. Weigh the from and to canisters to see how much they each have and calculate if it&...

In GEAR » Refilling Gas Canisters
April 12, 11:22am
Re: Re: Re: Canister failure: has this happened to you?
">What do you guys do for shirts???? Shirts? I don't need no stinking shirts. I hike topless." I sometimes hike topless. Some younger lady referred to someone as t...

In GEAR » Canister failure: has this happened to you?
April 12, 11:15am
Re: Re: Enjoying Continuously Wet Weather
How miserable Nick Above 80 F or so, I just stay home in air conditioned space so I'de only be good for 4 months out of the year

In Philosophy & Technique » Enjoying Continuously Wet Weather
April 11, 6:25pm
Re: Zip-Offs are Gimmicky
I agree with Max - zip-offs gimmicky, but maybe that's just my bias, lot's of people like them I take nylon pants and nylon shorts. I wear one and the other is spare in case the worn on...

In GEAR » Lower Body Clothing System
April 11, 6:10pm
Re: Similar test, opposite results!
You could do an experiment with bears - leave out a number of OP sacks and regular bags, spread around in a wild bear area and see which ones get broken into - but then you would be teaching bears ...

In Editor's Roundtable » How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
April 11, 10:22am
Re: scent
After the fact, you can always come up with differences in an experiment that might make it better. You have to decide on something, do the experiment, publish results, repeat if you want. The ...

In Editor's Roundtable » How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
April 11, 9:14am
Re: Sawyer Squeeze vs Aquamira Drops. The argument.
Can you carry a 2 liter bladder full of water in your pack without risk of it breaking? Normally I carry 1/2 liter. I was just on a trip where there was no water so I had to carry it. All I ...

In GEAR » Sawyer Squeeze vs Aquamira Drops. The argument.
April 09, 10:57am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Svea 123 vs. Canister Stoves
New Reactor is 172 g = 6 ounces My Ti pot plus windscreen is about the same I wonder what the improved fuel usage saves That's sort of like Jetboils - original ones were ridiculously h...

In GEAR » Canister failure: has this happened to you?
April 09, 10:50am

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