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Miguel Arboleda (butuki) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Miguel Arboleda
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Re: The "I don't get it" thread" Miguel: yep,you're right, I haven't tried very thin merino socks in the summer. But I like a bit of padding. I don't "get" why I would give that up for the "benefit"... |
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Re: the desert But for most of us anything over 120F is going to mean death if we go hiking for a few days. So... 134, 137, 139 really doesn't mean a lot. Last summer when I was in the Pyrenees I had to de... |
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Re: "The "I don't get it" thread" : Merino socks in summer. Jeffrey, are you wearing very thin merino wool socks? That's the key. Many people turn to wool sock liners instead of regular socks, as their main sock in the summer. Even a little thicker, and... |
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Re: the desert Bob is correct on the highest recorded temperature, at least from the last time I checked. People do tend to exaggerate temperatures. Well, it's a bit unfair to quote statistics that for the... |
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Re: "The "I don't get it" thread": Short Jackets I've been trying to think what it is that I really don't get, and this morning, while browsing for waterproof shells, it came back to me... I don't get outer shells that are shorter tha... |
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Re: I don't get...... Justin, I agree with you 100%. Cotton is overly demonised in backpacking circles. And I like silk too :) Definitely agree with both of you. I wonder, sometimes, how many people in the backpackin... |
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Re: Cameras When you do it right, either with a camera or with a pen and paper (they are very different in execution), photography and drawing can bring an incredibly rich "seeing" of the world aroun... |
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Re: Toothpaste.. Windshirts really hit home for me on one trip in the Alps in Switzerland when it was freezing and raining and my Montane Superfly eVent jacket started wetting out and leaking, even though I had rec... |
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Re: New product that radically shifts how backpackers approach field hydration Intravenous Kidney Filter? Save weight by using your own kidneys* instead of a separate, artificial filter. Includes optional, portable mini-dialysis machines for use in industrial areas. *ki... |
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Re: Ray Jardine examines Cuben Fiber Steve, didn't you know that Jardine won't allow you to copy that URL and post it without his permission? Just wait. He's going to come after you! |
All Reader Reviews by Miguel Arboleda
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Gossamer Gear The One These are comments I made in the forum, just added here for easy reference: I just got back from a three day walk with the One yesterday. It was great, just what I wanted. It's still very much ... |
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ULA Equipment I just received my Arctic Pack yesterday, a pack that I wasn't going to buy at first because of the expense, but after reading other people's reviews and my just not having enough time to make... |
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Mountain Equipment Co-op (Canada) I became a member of MEC in 1992, paying the membership fee and enjoying buying things at great prices and getting very well made gear that you couldn't find anywhere else. Ever since the regul... |
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TarpTent I have three of Henry's creations, the original Squall, the Squall 2, and the Rainbow. All of them have performed wonderfully and have changed the way I go backpacking (along with Glen van Peski a... |
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Mont Bell (well, what do you know, I can't use the word "f*nny pack"!) I've been using MontBell gear since 1977, two years after they started, when I bought my first rain poncho. I still ha... |
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Shires Tarptent Rainbow|
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