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Roleigh Martin (marti124) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale JMT Hiker from NY--see my profile About Me Formerly from Minnesota, now in Upstate NY, I have been hiking every summer in the High Sierra since 2000. From 2000-2007, we did the High Sierra Trail (HST). Been doing the John Muir Trail since then, every year. I am the lead moderator for the JohnMuirTrail@YahooGroups.com for 2011-2013. I organized groups (without charge) for the JMT, 2008-2011 for the hike I participated in (from 5 to 8 people). I'm doing a JMT 2012 group hike again. See my Google Profile for more and top links on a variety of topics (click on "My Website URL above"). City Upstate New York State NY Country USA My Website URL https://plus.google.com/104440166440169700478/about My PDF Gear List My gear list as of 4/3/2010

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All Forum Posts by Roleigh Martin

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	Re: How do you walk downhill like a Sherpa? Bob, I found a posting of yours that does a descent description. If you care to elaborate please do. Here is your earlier posting: "Re: Walking Technique? on 03/19/2011 12:52:18 MDT ...	In Post-Trip Reports » Ever get a bruised knee bone from doing a long hike? August 23, 8:05pm
	Anyone use Chi Walking to improve hiking? I've posted the above trip report problem elsewhere. Another hiker said he had a similar problem until he started walking according to the advice given in Chi Walking. Link Also at the Ch...	In Post-Trip Reports » Ever get a bruised knee bone from doing a long hike? August 23, 8:00pm
	How do you walk downhill like a Sherpa? Bob, Thanks. Can you please go into detail, carefully describing how to walk downhill like a Sherpa. Thanks! Roleigh	In Post-Trip Reports » Ever get a bruised knee bone from doing a long hike? August 23, 7:59pm
	Re: Knees I'm 62.	In Post-Trip Reports » Ever get a bruised knee bone from doing a long hike? August 23, 4:48pm
	Ever get a bruised knee bone from doing a long hike? I did fine on my 2012 3rd full-thru JMT hike for the first 16 days of hiking but on the 17th and 26th day of hiking the ordinary schedule is to do about 4-5 miles uphill then 10-11 miles downhill (...	In Post-Trip Reports » Ever get a bruised knee bone from doing a long hike? August 23, 12:48pm
	Re: Bad Elf -- weighs .4 oz Bad Elf, I emailed them and heard back: "Just Skyped our engineers and the weight of the elf is .4oz. Best Regards, John?	In GEAR » Gaia GPS / iPhone Verizon users: Vote for my suggestion! June 18, 12:14pm
	Re: Re: But in the CDMA iPhone... Douglas, what a fantastic link. I enjoyed the list of apps compatible with it. http://bad-elf.com/compatible-apps/ Any idea how much that plug-in weighs? Do you use it yourself? What is yo...	In GEAR » Gaia GPS / iPhone Verizon users: Vote for my suggestion! June 17, 10:27pm
	Re: This thread is drifting Andrew, you're still stuck with Edge-receiving seeking though. That burns a battery down.	In GEAR » Gaia GPS / iPhone Verizon users: Vote for my suggestion! June 17, 8:37pm
	Re: This thread is drifting I want the same feature for the ATT Iphone too. This is a great idea, Jack! I emailed Apple asking for a GPS-only mode or backpackers but have been ignored. I recommend all email apple asking fo...	In GEAR » Gaia GPS / iPhone Verizon users: Vote for my suggestion! June 17, 8:05pm
	Re: Granite Gear Blaze A.C. 60 Review David, I thought of that too. I miss the old Nimbus Ozone pack, the best pack GG ever made. It has a very long extension collar. Removing the lid from the Nimbus Meridian leaves you with a pack ...	In Editor's Roundtable » Granite Gear Blaze A.C. 60 Review May 10, 8:11am

All Reader Reviews by Roleigh Martin

	Review	Category
	zpacks Company I have bought many items from Zpacks, including some new items he started carrying as a result of my orders, such as the large size pack cover; the 1000 cu inch zero pack; and he provided a customized...	In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service) November 16, 10:49pm
	MSR Mountain Safety Research HyperFlow microfilter Thanks to these reviews mentioning the problems and the recall issue, I called MSR up and found out I had a problem element and I was mailed a replacement. I won't be able to determine how good i...	In Hydration - Water Treatment March 25, 2:02pm
	Leukotape P Sports Tape Andrew Skurka spoke in Minneapolis today at the Outdoor Expo and I took down his notes on foot care and found some links, including this thread. He recommends shoes that keep your feet cool (he u...	In First Aid and Survival Gear & Accessories April 26, 11:31pm
	Bear Boxer 101 Contender Can you please provide a link for the Bear Boxer 101 Contender? Thank you. Never mind -- I found the link, I presume it is here: http://www.bareboxer.com/products.htm	In Miscellaneous Products May 23, 6:43pm

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