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All Forum Posts by kevin davidson
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The return of PJ the Pooh Hi, PJ. Welcome back! Don't totally be BPL Forum Poster Emeritus. :-)> |
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Serious? Not very... I've comfortably used a Firstlight in the slightly more Water Resistant Spanish Pyrenees... Give a trip report after you come back, Miguel. If you've been following the Tour----that w... |
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is relative... ...естественно |
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Moving Forward, of course----дождь в Испании падает главным образом на равнину..... ...где Эпическая ткань блокирует это. Каждый получает палатку, которой они заслуживают A tent review in Sumerian is n... |
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one good non-Western writing system deserves another and can we now move... קדימה |
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bottles and bibles >>I'm not sure if I should take up religion or drinking.... How about Science? >:-)> |
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New Brasher Carbon-Fiber Collapsible Poles Perhaps a bit more refined than the Ti Goat Poles, being triple sectioned andwith something like the superlative Black Diamond Flicklock style of adjustment. Although heavier than Ti Goat, they st... |
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strokes for Miguel Sounded fair and comprehensive to me. Shame your'e not taking the Arctic Pack----imagine Customs' face when you detached the dry bag and dumped the contents all out at once on the counter. ... |
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3x bags---Truth or Dare Stephenson developed leading-edge concepts and materials in tents, packs, insulation pads and VB clothing, back in the day, but genius though Jack was, he got it wrong (IMHO) when it came to full t... |
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Bada Boom... “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” ----Samuel Clemens (as Mark Twain) |
All Reader Reviews by kevin davidson
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Mountain Laurel Designs Zip In the Sub one pound category of packs made specifically for backpacking, this is probably the finest blend of form and function---a "practical" SUL Pack that is still composed of lightweigh... |
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Backpacking Light Firelite SUL-500 Cookpot ...but I do actually own one of these puppies, so I'll chime in. It's thin, thin, thin and I could squeeze a significant dent into it, in my hand. You don't get this extreme level of light... |
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Playpus 2L Big Zip It's never leaked in it's 1 1/2 years of use and have come to trust it. I generally use this on group trips where it's nice to have larger volumes of purified water on hand in camp situati... |
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Platypus Platy Reservoir The dedicated hydration systems by Platypus are more reliable than the "retrofit" of the resevoir into one. The Big Zip is far better to the purpose. |
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BackpackingLight.com Very efficient and friendly CS from BPL. Addie (and Ryan---when A. is on vacation) runs a tight ship----my questions and requests have been handled very promptly and services like running down to the ... |
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BMW Cocoon Pro 60 Parka Another preliminary review focusing on fit, features and construction. Although many of you might be more attracted with the (on paper) 1 oz. savings of weight of the Cocoon Hooded Pullover, the Pr... |
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Patagonia Ready Mix Softshell Pants I got these to supplement my aging Golite Synergy pants---they have several things going for them. They are very light, very water resistant and have partial leg zips to ease putting on over shoes or ... |
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MiniBullDesigns SSBIT Another very fine MBD alcohol stove. This one is a pressurized top jet design that produces a flame narrow enough to use with Heine and Foster can/pots. It was ostensibly designed to retrofit Esbit s... |
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ULA Equipment Brian is not only a great designer of packs, but a great sewer, too, when the seamstress brigades of Logan, UT are fully engaged. He also has entertained us over the last few years with on-line diarie... |
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MiniBullDesigns Stealth (ver.1) This fierce but absurdly light (.23 oz.) little side-burner is great for boiling water in a Snow Peak 600 cup. Takes about 6 min. Burns for about 8 minutes or so on 1 oz. of fuel. This was an earli... |

