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Richard Gless (rgless) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Richard Gless
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Re: Concerning the mesh panel I've had two external frame packs and one internal frame pack with a mesh panel in the back. I've never had any trouble with the mesh wearing out in any of them. One of the external frame... |
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Kibbe Lake and Many Island Lake No fires allowed at Kibbe Lake - no camping within 1/4 mile of lake last time I was there (2007). Good fishing in early season on standard attractor dry flies although the fish always seemed just ... |
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ZPacks Cuben Fiber Rain Jacket/Vapor Barrier Jacket Jacket has been sold. |
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Cuben Anthony, Sent you a PM. Richard |
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Would you do me the favor of lending your opinion? I like it. +1 |
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FS: ZPacks Cuben Fiber Rain Jacket price drop Price reduced to $100. |
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Red alert ? fraud(versus slacking) According to his original post he leaves for AK on 6/1 at noon. You may have to be a little patient. He's been on the site for couple of years. |
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One Headlamp to Rule them All? Ken, I'll have to get one of these. Pretty cool. Thanks for the link. Richard |
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One Headlamp to Rule them All? I actually had a chance to see this product (bosavi headlamp) at my local climbing gym. A rep (one of the digital lighting engineers) was there to show it off and solicit ideas. The light was inc... |
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To Kindle or not...that is the question I've carried a Kindle for up to a week with no issues. I made a thin bubble wrap envelope as a lightweight case to protect it. I don't throw it around or abuse it. The Kindle, especially ... |
All Reader Reviews by Richard Gless
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ZPacks Hexamid solo tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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ZPacks Hexamid Solo Tarp and HexaNet Seeing the stars at night is one of my favorite parts of backpacking so I wanted a two wall tent, bug net inner and rain fly outer. My first solo UL tent attempt was a Eureka Solitaire – too hard... |
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Snow Peak LiteMax Snow Peak LiteMax Stove I bought a Snow Peak LiteMax this spring (2009) to replace my MSR Pocket Rocket and have been really happy with it, having used it for about 20 days now. Pros: 1. W... |
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Black Diamond Orbit I saw this advertised in Backpacker Magazine (yes, I still subscribe. Every once in a while I find something useful), and thought I’d check it out. I picked it up at REI since I was going on a hike ... |
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Therm-a-Rest Neoair I recently bought size small ThermaRest NeoAir Pads for both my wife and I. We were particularly interested in reducing pack weight while retaining or improving comfort. My wife went from a ThermaRe... |
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Merrell Chameleon Wrap GoreTex XCR About twelve years ago as part of my journey to lighten my backpacking load I went from my second pair of Galibier Mountaineering boots (really heavy) to a pair of relatively lightweight Merrell leath... |
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Backpacking Light Ti Esbit stove I've used my BPL Esbit stove for 2-3 day solo trips for two years now. I think its a great compromise of lightweight and efficiency. You do have to recognize the stove's limitations and use ... |
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Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt I purchased the Jack's R Better Mt. Rogers Quilt in large part based on the review by Shane above. I'd been looking at the possibility of using a quilt to cut weight for some time, and when J... |
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Therm-A-Rest Pro Lite 3 It's interesting how some products work for some people and not for others. I've tried the TorsoLite and the POE UberLite. They are just too short for me (I'm 5' 11"). On duff ... |
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Zpacks Z1 I have to agree with all of Jonathan's comments. I bought this pack after seeing it mentioned on BPL and checking it out on the web. It only took about a week to arrive after I ordered it. ... |
