BPL Community Profile
Ryan Hutchins (ryan_hutchins) - BPL Forum Member
|
|
You cannot send this user a personal message (PM) because they have not specified a PM email address yet.
All Forum Posts by Ryan Hutchins
 |
Re: Re: Read about the latest NOLS instructor lightweight seminar Chris can you expand on your argument? It would be hard for anyone to compare NOLS and BPL without having taken a course with both, and since I haven't I can only rely on information from ... |
||
|
Re: Re: Read about the latest NOLS instructor lightweight seminar Greg, Base weight and skin out weights are calculated differently. And at NOLS we are focusing on base weights of 8-12 pounds. Obviously this does not include consumables or clothing worn. Typ... |
||
|
Read about the latest NOLS instructor lightweight seminar http://nols.blogs.com/nols_news/2010/02/nols-instructors-lighten-packs.html.html Great Seminar with awesome folks. NOLS continues to lead the industry in lightweight backpacking skills educati... |
||
|
2 LW courses in the field UPDATE We ran 2 LW courses this summer out of the Rocky Mountain location, NOLS Southwest has 2 more lightweight courses running right now, woohoo! Running another instructor seminar first week o... |
||
|
Re: SPOT 2 "Someday I'm going to take a trip with just my headlamp, map & compass and some Micropur tablets." I leave the compass behind most of the time too. Based solely on the 1st... |
||
|
MMMV -yup! >frequent measurable precip and soils that retain moisture. It's another classic YMMV question/answer.< Clearly a YMMV issue. I guess I ask b/c I have camped all over the country and ... |
||
|
Why use sil-nylon on the bottom of a bivy? I've built a few bivys in the past out of various materials, from full WB coated materials to 3 layer sympatex. Last year I whipped together a drawcord bivy out of 1.1 oz uncoated ripstop for ... |
||
|
Thanks well done Mike. "I want to share this with friends, so I'll get on the phone and pester them to join me, and they'll tell me how wonderful it sounds." I think this is the be... |
||
|
tp? I like that there are ideas being shared to MYOG. Will I run out and replace my MontBell trowel with a sheet of titanium and a hammer to build my own? Probably not right away, but it is nice for ... |
||
|
soaking wet feet I simply bring some big plastic bags for my feet in camp. I am always drying a pair of socks (on my body) that I can put on then the bags over those and the wet shoes over the bags. I then dry bo... |
All Reader Reviews by Ryan Hutchins
Showing 1 - 10 of 15
|
Page: 1
2
|
Lighten Up! by Don Ladigin This is the first resource I hand folks when teaching about lightweight backpacking skills. It provides insights and entertainment, while allowing space to make decisions, which I believe to be integ... |
||
|
BackpackingLight.com I just got off the phone W/ Karen from BPL Customer service. She was really helpful in helping me out w/ a leaky torso-lite. She was quick to return my initial call (even though I missed her return ... |
||
|
Bozeman Mountain Works Torsolite Pad I have about 4 weeks of camping with this pad under my back at night. It is pretty comfortable. I like the 1" thickness and the small packed size. Having said that, I'm a pretty big fella ... |
||
|
Petzl e+LITE Overall I like the E-Lite as a versatile headlamp. The small size and weight are awesome. I agree the switch could be better, but I like that it basically locks when off so it can't be turned on ... |
||
|
GoLite Hut 1 I have used the GoLite Hut 1 on a number of trips now both short and extended. The longest was a twelve day trip this summer. I encountered heavy rain for 11 out of twelve days of that trip. The ... |
||
|
Montrail Hardrock I just picked up a pair of hardrocks for a 12 day trip into the Absoroka mountains of Wyoming. The trip was short notice so I had zero miles on these shoes prior to heading out. The shoes held up w... |
||
|
Antigravity Gear .4 oz pepsi style alcohol stove http://www.antigravitygear.com/proddetail.php?prod=ALCBCS I used this stove briefly - over 5 days in the Idaho back country during the summer. the stove is incredibly light and simple to use. I f... |
||
|
Mont Bell I returned a VERY old pair of MontBell gore-tex rainpant to the store in Boulder while living there. The Gore-tex was delaminating. I had cut all the tags out of the pants and they were seriously ha... |
||
|
GU Energy Gel I really like GU (flavor dependant of course)! I have used it on mountaineering routes and backcountry skiing as well as road biking. I have found that it can work for sustained energy if you keep... |
||
|
Petzl Tikka I have used a number of tikka headlamps since they came out, from the original to the plus. They work well and are, in my opinion, the new classic, much as the behemouth old school petzl headlamps we... |
