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All Forum Posts by Eric Blumensaadt
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PROPER SKIS Many backcountry skiers are on fairly short and wide tele skis, even 180 cm.! My "on piste" (ski area) skis are Atomic TM 22 skis at 190 cm. and even they are too short & wide f... |
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For SHAME! Sullying the Moment with such salacious talk! (And how did you say the space was with you wife in there too?) :)~ |
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AA battery SteriPen Jennifer, Their Classic and the just introduced Traveler both use FOUR AA batteries.(!) Maybe that's too heavy for you - it is for my taste. I thought they had one with just two AA batteries... |
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Wood Burning I see no evidence that this stove, in woodburning mode, is the efficiency equivalent of the Caldera Cone Inferno which, like the BushBuddy, RE-circulates hot air for far more efficeint use of fuel ... |
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BIKE RACKS I dunno why you don't want bike racks and panniers. Standard Blackburn rear rack & panniers AND front rack and panniers are much, much safer than a pack on your back. Panniers keep cent... |
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Upping MicroPur tablet efficiency To get Katadyn MicroPur tablets to work faster put a tablet in the bowl of your spoon and grind it into powder with, say, the end of your knife handle. This will drastically cut down the time i... |
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DR rain porch conversion Couldn't one make a wedge-shaped silnylon "gore" W/ matching zippers on each side (W/ zipper flap on one side of the wedge)? Open the vestibule and zip in the new "extender&q... |
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Sticker shock Well, that's about the price (Stateside) of a Garmin Oregon 500C, which I was going to recommend. :( I have a Garmin Colorado 300 which is "OK" but has issues in some features, lik... |
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Layers to get... Jo, Buy the following layers 1. Inner Layer > polyester long johns in medium weight (maybe light weight for bottoms)Poly pro sock liners, Vapor Barier Liner (VBL) and medium socks 2. Mi... |
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Quilt?? I disagree regarding the use of quilts as a sleeping bag supplement. I think the best insulating supplement to a sleeping bag is not a quilt but a jacket of down, pile or synthetic fill like Climas... |
All Reader Reviews by Eric Blumensaadt
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Allen and Mike's Backcountry Ski Book "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book" is the very best book on teh eop I have ever read - and I've read most of them in the last 40 years of backcountry skiing and ca... |
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REI Kimtah Recently got the REI Kimtah eVent parka and on a Ruby Mountains, Nevada backpack found it to be as good a wind jacket as it is a rain parka. The sale price was $159.95 which is 30% off the regular ... |
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Eddie Bauer Down Sweater I purchased an Eddie Bauer Down Sweater (their term) on sale this summer for $89. It was reviewed by Will Riveted in his extensive articles of light down jackets and got a favorable, "middle-o... |
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Thermarest Trail Pro Regular I won my Trail Pro regular at a Sierra Club Outings leaders training seminar, otherwise I would not have spent the money B/C I seldom car camp. But now I have an alternative for a winter ski camping m... |
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Brunton Crux I bought the Brunton Flex because of its wider burner ring for better heat distribution so I wouldn't get a hot spot on the bottom of my pot when cooking. I was not aware that there was a Brunt... |
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tarptent moment I give the Moment a "5" because I feel it is currently the best solo single wall tent design. It has great quality, innovative design and excellent attention to detail. My previous solo ... |
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Carbelas GORE-TEX® PacLite® Rainy River Parka Cabela's Rainy River GTX PacLite parka (and pants) are THE bargain in good quality, lightweight, breathable rainwear at the 2010 regular $99. price. The Taslanized fabric is a matte finish, unlike... |
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Vargo Triad XE The XE version of Vargo's Triad is an improvement in several ways. 1. After I complained of the original removable alcohol burner being too small the company owner responded by making it larger... |
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Brunton Flex This is the newer version of the Prumus/Brunton Crux canister-top stove and appears to have corrected faults reported by Crux owners. First the number of fold-out pot supports has increased from 3... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a Regular (72") Neo-Air mattress from REI in April of '09. In backyard "camp" testing at 40 F I found it to be definitely more comfortable than either my lightweight ... |
