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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.
CitySan Antonio
StateTexas
CountryUSA

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All Forum Posts by Bill Fornshell

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Converstion - Metric/US
Backpack Gear Test.org at http://www.backpackgeartest.org/convert.html has a excellent Conversion thing. You might want to look at it. It is my number 4 Bookmark I use it that much.

In GEAR » ultra-tall, ultra-lite?
May 12, 4:47am

Water Belt
I spent Monday morning till Thursday afternoon in the hospital. All the tissue, a lot of lymph nods and digging was sent off to be checked for active cancer. Everything was negitive so the chem...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Hydration and water sources
May 08, 3:29pm

A long time ago in a galaxy far away.....
A long time ago in a galaxy far away...... "Spoon Wars" Episode I - Attack of the Spoon Saber The two part spoonsaber(LED) weighs a total of 11 grams or 0.39oz. ...

In GEAR » The Gears Wars Begin:
May 08, 3:03pm

Water Belt
Making a Hip Belt/Water Belt would be easy. What may not be as easy is carrying the extra 5 pounds for your 2 liters of water around your waist. I will assume you are using one of those light wei...

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Hydration and water sources
May 01, 10:29pm

Orikaso Flat Fold
I received 2 of the new BackpackingLight.com Long Handle Ti Spoons. They look so nice I took a few new pictures of the Ti Spoon with my Ti Cup Cozy and the Orikaso Flat Fold Dish.

In Photo Gallery » How to use photo posting features in the forums
April 29, 6:40pm

"Orikaso" Flat Fold stuff
Hi, I want to say first that I have nothing to do with any company selling this stuff. It seems I was able to get some of this before it was being sold here. I had emailed Axis Outdoor askin...

In Photo Gallery » How to use photo posting features in the forums
April 25, 10:03pm

Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
The stuff is called "Thermoplastic". You can see it on these two web sites: Link1">Themoplastic Link 1 I can't make Link 2 work. Do a "copy/paste" and put it in the address block and it sho...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
April 23, 8:24am

Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
I have been wearing my pack about everyday for a 4.5 mile hike. Since doing this I have tweaked the Moisture Wicking System some. The changes haven't been big, just to make it more comfortabl...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
April 23, 12:37am

Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
With the different changes I have made I am calling this Version 4. If you remember what looked like a double set of plastic pieces for the hip belt, well those were for the shoulder straps. I ma...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
April 23, 12:29am

Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
Subject: Re:Moisture Wicking System If you have to get Radiation Treatments in the head/neck area they first make a mask for you to put on for each treatment. The mask, on your head, is clamped...

In Make Your Own Gear » Ultra-Light External Frame Pack
April 23, 12:21am

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