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John Taylorson (heyjt) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale SoCal
About Me Backpacking since high school, trail-guided in collage, then took a 25-year break after hauling a 35-pound pack. Today, I am 25-pounds lighter (my pack that is) and now enjoying sub-10 base weight weekends and week-long treks while teaching Scouts the joy of doing more with less.
CityLos Angeles
StateCA
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://www.heyjt.com

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Lightweight Shelter Lamp
I also bought a handful of key chain LED lights from Dealextreme. I think I paid less than $5.00 for 10ea. I sewed a small bag out of white spinnaker ripstop, added a drawstring, LED light, a sm...

In Make Your Own Gear » Lantern
June 06, 11:01pm
Flimsy but functional at less than 2oz
I used to use Crocs but they are heavy and bulky. I wear trail runners backpacking and simply loosen my laces in camp. Since I use my trail shoes as part of my pillow "system," when I nee...

In Make Your Own Gear » MYOG Camp shoe
June 06, 10:31pm
Neoair for sore hips
I still own (and sometimes use) my old, 1984 Thermarest. My wife broke down and bought me the Prolite, which I liked, but my hips got sore from side sleeping. I gave it another week of sleeping and...

In GEAR » Sleep pad for side sleepers.
April 04, 8:14pm
Henninger Flats with Son, James – “Guys Night”
January, 27-28, 2012 A windy one-nighter overlooking LA with my 12-year-old son http://tinyurl.com/7f2tyjj

In Post-Trip Reports » Henninger Flats with Son, James – “Guys Night”
February 20, 10:53pm
Re: JMT ~ Tuolumne Meadows to Devils Postpile
Great report! Also love the Steve Martin reference on one of the videos...

In Post-Trip Reports » JMT ~ Tuolumne Meadows to Devils Postpile
November 22, 9:06pm

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