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Nick Gatel (ngatel) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Southern California
About Me Started backpacking in the 1960's and still going strong.
CityPalm Springs
StateCA
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.popupbackpacker.com
My PDF Gear ListSub 4 lb

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All Forum Posts by Nick Gatel

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Re: Re: Re: Light stream-crossing / camp shoes?
> it is often easiest to just walk through the stream crossings without removing shoes > or socks or anything. +1 This IS BPL, afetr all. ----------------------------- Yeah, but th...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Light stream-crossing / camp shoes?
April 07, 9:30pm

Re: Purification v.s. Filtration
No filtration here. I don't want another larger item to carry or something that can break. 1. If water isn't suspect, I don't treat. 2. If water is suspect, I use AquaMira drops (or...

In GEAR » Water treatment
April 07, 9:26pm

Re: Re: "Hat Options"
I only use a hat to: - keep cool in deserts (Tilley) - keep head dry in rain (REI eVent baseball cap) - keep warm (beanie) Most of the time head wear is in or attached to pack, so I can...

In GEAR » Hat Options
April 07, 8:35pm

Re: Re: Purification v.s. Filtration
Yak dung?

In GEAR » Water treatment
April 07, 8:26pm

Re: New backpacking friends
"Do you look forward to making new backpacking friends and getting together with long time BP'ing freinds as much as I do?" No, not really. Rather backpack by myself. Couple of...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » New backpacking friends
April 07, 8:24pm

Re: Re: "Beginner" Sierra Cross Country route
"There may be trip reports, either recent or historic. If there are no recent trip reports at all, then that may be a bad sign that nobody goes there at all, or else nobody goes there who surv...

In Pre-Trip Planning » "Beginner" Sierra Cross Country route
April 07, 7:38pm

Thoughts on fuel and a note to Max at the end of the post
THOUGHTS ON FUEL Almost everything we carry has the "potential" for disastrous results. One could accidentally hang themselves or decapitate their head on a bear hang cord. One could c...

In GEAR » Canister failure: has this happened to you?
April 07, 6:09pm

Re: Huge fan
Huge fan of wrightsock. +1

In GEAR » Wrightsocks & Fire-starting
April 07, 5:46pm

Re: prejudice much?
Nancy, From David's past posts (especially in Chaff) maybe he didn't word this right... sometimes we rush when typing a post. I have seen many passionate posts by him defending many grou...

In GEAR » Adventure Medical Kits
April 03, 8:54pm

Reasons why you should never spend time in "my" deserts
Earthquakes, boulder avalanches, landslides, flash floods, freezing temperatures, triple-digit temperatures, rabid rodents and mammals, poisonous snakes, poisonous insects and spiders, predatory pa...

In Philosophy & Technique » 10 Reasons why you should never spend time in the backcountry
April 02, 4:45pm

All Reader Reviews by Nick Gatel

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BPL Beartooth Merino Wool Hoody
Cool enough in 82F weather, warm in cool weather. Hood replaces light cap and light baclava. One piece of gear replaces several single items! Sizing is not 'standard.' But... if you review ...

In Clothing - Baselayer & Fleece - WOOL
March 09, 11:38pm

ULA Equipment
5/5 It seems that from earlier reviews, ULA has solved the communication issues with the addition of Casey to the staff, which must have solved that void. Not only was the communication great (t...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
February 23, 1:49am