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Ryan Jordan (ryan) - BPL Staff
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All Forum Posts by Ryan Jordan
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Seam Strength, Cuben Fiber Brendan -- I feel ya, man, but there's more here. The seam holes above indicate an area where a change in seam type would be of more benefit than a change in material. The seam in ques... |
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Epic vs. HMG Porter 4400 I love the Epic's concept. Harness packs and dry bags make great packrafting kit. But the Epic seems to carry its loads pretty low, the beavertail harness just doesn't have the oomph ... |
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McHale Belts +1 Dave. The McHale Guide Harness the best load-carrying belt/lumbar construction for the weight that I've ever used. I don't know if there's intellectual property protection there o... |
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Salvation in Skykomish Companion forum thread to: Salvation in Skykomish |
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Porter 4400 Backpack Review Companion forum thread to: Hyperlite Mountain Gear Porter 4400 Backpack Review |
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Experienced Packrafters Needed Calling Experienced Packrafters traveling to Montana this year! Backpacking Light is developing a comprehensive video instructional series in 2013 called Learn to Packraft! and we are looking fo... |
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dry downs... Some of it is window dressing, and I can't sort out how / why some makers have spent the money for it (marketing?). Then there's this other one I've tried that is nothing short of re... |
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Re: My bad, fam Babak -- totally cool. I'm sure with some further communications we'll get this figured out well enough. Thanks for your patience! |
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Patagonia Down Parka Hello Everyone, I deleted the thread without an explanation because I did not have an explanation to give - yet, and I needed some time to do some homework. I do not know all of the facts beh... |
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Re: replacing raingear? I think it would be fine for occasional trail or in camp use. If your trek involves a lot of hiking or some bushwhacking you'd better think twice. |
All Reader Reviews by Ryan Jordan
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Jolt Gum You guys are rookies. Look at the times at which you are posting. I consumed four pieces of Jolt two hours ago and look at me, still going strong at 2 am. There is a weird flavor to it, but I ca... |
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Mike Clelland! GOO Energy Gel I've used Mike's, and made my own per his recipe. It's nasty. The color, I mean. Like a pukey green. But then again, that may very well provide some of its social appeal when hiking or skiing in... |
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) OK, I'm partial. I grew up in Seattle. For a kid who dreamed about the wilds endlessly, my Dad taking my family from our home in the burbs to Capitol Hill was a real treat for me. I have fond me... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher If you love to WALK and you haven't read this book then you are (1) not only missing out on a rite of passage that qualifies you to even claim that you're a backpacker, (2) but also ignoring what may ... |
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Black Diamond Winter Bivy I have a few Epic bivies, one from Oware, one from BD (Lightsabre) and one from Bibler (this one, the Winter Bivy). They are both great in the summer, especially in rainy weather, where the Epic treat... |
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ULA Equipment I've known Brian Frankle for a few years. Recently, Brian made backpacks for us for the Arctic 1000 expedition. He was very attentive to our feedback, delivered on time, made adjustments as needed, an... |
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Six Moon Designs Essence Welllll, I must say, I think PJ did a fine review above, but if you're looking for additional reading insight, I don't think I can follow up. I feel like the local coffee shop guitar player with a bad... |
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ULA Equipment Relay I love the Relay. It's my favorite pack for multi-day mountain running because it's so small (tucks into the lumbar) and shaped so well (hourglass) for running. Improvements could be made by adding... |
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Montrail Vitesse This is my go-to shoe for all of my longer unsupported/no resupply treks where I absolutely cannot have a shoe fail en route. I've worn through about six pair of Vitesse now, all of them had more t... |
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Inov8 Mudclaw O'330 Far and away my absolute favorite light shoe for what the Brit's call "fell running" but what I might call "tundra" trekking. It's great in soft ground (tundra, mud) but abysmal on trails and slickroc... |
