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Mary D (hikinggranny) - BPL Lifetime Member
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what am i doing wrong (AKA I am cold and wet :( Probably a combination of all the above! Definitely insufficient food (take more snacks), possibly insufficient hydration, altitude may contribute. I suspect your biggest problem may have been t... |
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40 Below overboots The 40-Below overboots (I have the short ones) are quite flexible and therefore packable, and they are nice and warm, too. Also great customer service! However, they have a smooth sole, becau... |
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Dry down Considering the investment I already have in down (WM Ultralite sleeping bag, bought 6 years ago for $325, now costs $405; Montbell Ex Light jacket, bought 2 years ago for $180, now $200; a pair of... |
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BPL Forum Posting Policy Revision in Light of Recent SPAM Attacks" More spam is hitting the backpacking.net forum, too, but nothing like here. Again, we have lots more moderators as well as alert members. I received ten spam notices (an unusually large number) i... |
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Backpacking in SEVERE weather (hurricanes/storms) etc. Roger is correct. I've seen a tree branch go right through a tent, through my 3-year-old son's sleeping bag and well into the ground in 60 mph winds. Fortunately, we were not in the tent ... |
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Blogs I'm not a blogger, but here are some I regularly check: Hiking in Finland (see above) Jolly Green Giant (see above) Section Hiker (Philip Werner) http://sectionhiker.com/ PMags http:/... |
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Any guess as to where we'll wind up? We've had some BPL posters come onto "The Lightweight Backpacker," www.backpacking.net. It has been around longer than BPL but (at least in the 7 years I've been on it) doesn'... |
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No longer missing hiker in the North Cascades It seems he walked into Stehekin today, a week overdue, after 5 days of no food. Still not much detail, but lots of sources including the PCT Class of 2012 Facebook group with posts from Chelan Co... |
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I'm Fine reported found! It was reported on nwhikers.net this afternoon that "I'm Fine" has been found. No details yet. It will be interesting to hear his story. |
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Missing PCT hiker-more info The thread on nwhikers.net now contains more info, including a photo of the missing hiker and a post from the last people to have seen him. The URL is in my post just previous to this. |
All Reader Reviews by Mary D
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a short NeoAir in late May of 2009 from REI (using the 20% off coupon, which made it a less exorbitant purchase). The prospect of an air mat that was considerably lighter than my POE Insu... |
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Gossamer Gear ThinLight insulation pad 1/8" approx. 2 oz. So far I have found several uses for the 1/8" GG Thinlight pad: (1) Dog sleeping pad (cut to 36" long). It's just right for my 80-lb. dog who sleeps curled up in a ball. He's ... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets I used these back in the mid-1980's to disinfect drinking water (that's about all that was available then other than filters or boiling). After one month, using them only on weekends, I broke... |
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Big Agnes Pumphouse Multi-Use Dry Sack and Pad Pump I purchased a Big Agnes Pumphouse soon after they came on the market in the summer of 2007. It is advertised on the BA web site as a "...pad pump, dry sack, stuff sack, pillow, water carrier, ba... |
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack In the past, I've read in a number of places (including Jim Wood's excellent article on "Keeping Your Critical Gear Dry") that these sacks have failed the submersion test. This prob... |
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Pacific Outdoor Products Insul Mat Max-Thermo My POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo, but I got the old model on closeout) just finished its second backpacking season. I'm in my early 70's so these old bones and joints ain... |
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Big Agnes Clearview I know that this pad is supposedly the same thickness as my POE InsulMat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo). However, it has more tubes, which seem to make it effectively thinner. The Clearview has t... |
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SteriPen Adventurer My big complaint with the Steripen Adventurer is that I could not work the switch! It's fine for those with big strong hands (the kind who regularly open jars for their SO), but not for me (I can... |
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Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo (e) in June of 2007 and used it through two backpacking seasons. First of all, I need to point out that my Labrador retriever backpacks with me (he's part... |
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Backcountrygear.com I am a relatively recent convert to lightweight backpacking (I didn't know all this wonderful stuff existed--you'd never know it from a trip through REI or by reading Backpacker) and this is m... |
