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Lightest at the END of a trip? Yes, the WM Summerlight may be one of the lightest at the start of the trip. But what about after 5 nights of use? How much moisture has it collected aand what does it weigh? And I do like WM prod... |
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Freestanding tent Vic, The TT Moment is freestanding with the optional crossing pole. Also look at Big Agnes Fly Creek for freestanding. |
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30 " length My preferences from both eastern and western experience: >30" length minimum >MSR lightning Ascent (Might as well get the best once and not have to "upgrade" later.) &... |
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Mitten time Ryan, The time to break out your mitten shells is when your gloves no longer keep you warm. Simple as that. It will usually occur in camp, especially in the morning at around "0 frigid t... |
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Search & Rescue drone applications A lot of money and danger to aircrews could be spared with S & R drones out covering grid patterns searching for missing persons with optical and IR cameras. Could save a lot of lives. OTOH,... |
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Thanks Hendrik, Thanks for this effort. It is very useful to bring all the latest backpacking cottage industry info together in one place. Great idea and its time has come. |
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"Better" than Caldera Cone?? Maybe a teensy bit faster to deploy than a CC but I'll bet money it's definitely NOT better in heat efficiency than a Caldera Cone. |
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DWR down As I stated in teh other sleeping bag thread here, any bag that has DWR treated down, like Marmot's Dri Down, is the best bet. See my post there. |
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down and "DWR down" Personally my next bag will be DWR treated down. I believe Marmot sells DriDown bags. Yeah, I love my WM Megalite but I would love it a lot more if its down was DWR treated. DWR treated down is ... |
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Balance... As a Boy Scout in the '50s we were taugh "Pioneering", which meant using large saplings and various lashing techniques to make "structures", like semaphore towers. (YES!!) ... |
All Reader Reviews by Eric Blumensaadt
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Allen and Mike's Backcountry Ski Book "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book" is the very best book on teh eop I have ever read - and I've read most of them in the last 40 years of backcountry skiing and ca... |
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REI Kimtah Recently got the REI Kimtah eVent parka and on a Ruby Mountains, Nevada backpack found it to be as good a wind jacket as it is a rain parka. The sale price was $159.95 which is 30% off the regular ... |
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Eddie Bauer Down Sweater I purchased an Eddie Bauer Down Sweater (their term) on sale this summer for $89. It was reviewed by Will Riveted in his extensive articles of light down jackets and got a favorable, "middle-o... |
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Thermarest Trail Pro Regular I won my Trail Pro regular at a Sierra Club Outings leaders training seminar, otherwise I would not have spent the money B/C I seldom car camp. But now I have an alternative for a winter ski camping m... |
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Brunton Crux I bought the Brunton Flex because of its wider burner ring for better heat distribution so I wouldn't get a hot spot on the bottom of my pot when cooking. I was not aware that there was a Brunt... |
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tarptent moment I give the Moment a "5" because I feel it is currently the best solo single wall tent design. It has great quality, innovative design and excellent attention to detail. My previous solo ... |
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Carbelas GORE-TEX® PacLite® Rainy River Parka Cabela's Rainy River GTX PacLite parka (and pants) are THE bargain in good quality, lightweight, breathable rainwear at the 2010 regular $99. price. The Taslanized fabric is a matte finish, unlike... |
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Vargo Triad XE The XE version of Vargo's Triad is an improvement in several ways. 1. After I complained of the original removable alcohol burner being too small the company owner responded by making it larger... |
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Brunton Flex This is the newer version of the Prumus/Brunton Crux canister-top stove and appears to have corrected faults reported by Crux owners. First the number of fold-out pot supports has increased from 3... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a Regular (72") Neo-Air mattress from REI in April of '09. In backyard "camp" testing at 40 F I found it to be definitely more comfortable than either my lightweight ... |
