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David Lewis (davidlewis) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale Nova Scotia, Canada
About Me Hiker. Surfer. Yogi. Web Designer. Wannabe Programmer. Been backpacking for about 7 years. Only ever did one traditional trip and that was enough. So I've essentially always been ultralight. I also volunteer with my local ground Search & Rescue team.
CityHalifax
StateNova Scotia
CountryCanada
My Website URLhttp://uniondesign.ca

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All Forum Posts by David Lewis

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Re: Bushwhacking pants
Tough AND light eh? Hmm :) I don't know of anything really... but two ideas that come to mind are heavy duty gaiters (would protect and streamline the area that's taking the most abuse) or ...

In GEAR » Bushwhacking pants
October 08, 11:00am
Re: knife.
To get useful search results, use Google instead of the built-in BPL seach tool. Just go to google and start your search with "site:backpackinglight.com" then enter your search terms as u...

In GEAR » What knife do you carry backpacking?
October 08, 10:45am
Re: Re: Tarptent Recommendations?
ANd the Squall is a PALACE for one. I have a Squall. Love it.

In GEAR » Tarptent Recommendations?
October 01, 1:06pm
Re: Re: Lid
Do you mean the bottom of the cat food can... for making a lid? It you get an aluminum cat food can... just use plain old scissors. No special tools required.

In GEAR » ULTRALITE SICKNESS
October 01, 12:02pm
Re: Lid
Hey John... I'm afraid I don't understand the question. Take off the rounded botton of what?

In GEAR » ULTRALITE SICKNESS
October 01, 12:01pm
Re: Lid
Greg: My lighter is a piezo. I don't recall the brand and it's in the trunk of my car right now... but it do love it. I live and hike at or close to sea level tho'. I can see the ocean ...

In GEAR » ULTRALITE SICKNESS
September 29, 4:30pm
Re: ULTRALITE SICKNESS
I made my stand fit inside the bottom of the pot. It's much smaller and I find it's still stable enough... as long as you can find a nice flat rock somewhere. For lighting Esbit, I use a...

In GEAR » ULTRALITE SICKNESS
September 29, 10:12am
Re: Re: Amazon Kindle
Just thought I would point out that the one big difference between the Kindle and Sony reader and other e-book solutions for other platforms... is that the Kindle and Sony reader have e-paper displ...

In GEAR » Amazon Kindle
September 25, 4:44pm
Re: Amazon Kindle
I would buy one now. The current one has been out for some time and my guess is that it's due for a refresh soon. A touch screen would be nice.

In GEAR » Amazon Kindle
September 24, 10:52am
Re: GG One - What's wrong
Ha ha ha :) I just got a newsletter about all the new tweaks and I was like... d*mn! And for a second... I was one of those wennies who considered selling my current "one". But no... I...

In GEAR » GG One - What's wrong?
September 13, 6:33pm

All Reader Reviews by David Lewis

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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove
It's a sweat little stand / holder... but it's too big for a small cup or my beer can pot. I wish they'd make a smaller version. p.s. Despite the photo below, I still would never use this stand wit...

In Stoves - Other
March 16, 6:11am