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Mary D (hikinggranny) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Some Neo Air Issues to Vent Martin: "I've had it down to 14F with a 1/8 pad and was plenty warm. " Me: The NeoAir "gets too cold for me when the temp goes below 40*." These opinions dramaticall... |
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Tarptents for the tall? I'm anything but tall; in fact, I'm 5'3" so have the opposite problem from you big folk. Nevertheless, I really like Franco's idea. It will show you if you're going to ... |
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Sleeping in the Colder Weather Brian--"they have masks for, I don't know, probably aimed at snowboarders, that are reversable with one side a death's head mask or flames or something kind of cool looking. I just sor... |
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TGO Challenge clothing list questions RE polypro glove liners: The problem is that for even the most minor in-camp tasks, you have to remove your gloves if they are thick. Nice thick warm gloves are great when you are wearing them, b... |
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Affordable packrafts are overdue Keep us posted on the Seyvelor. There's a fellow who posts on a Portland-area hikers forum who has one that he uses for dayhiking into lakes. He has a lot of fun with it. |
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wood burning stove restrictions It's not just the scarring effects of fire and smoke that is the problem but the scarcity of wood--even twigs--at high elevations. For example, in Wyoming's Wind Rivers, many popular spots... |
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Carrying pills? I use the itty-bitty ziplock bags you find at craft stores (usually in or near the bead section). I put a label in the bag with the pills which includes the name, amount of active ingredient, the ... |
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Do you filter? I wouldn't trust even a bubbling spring in a popular camping area. I had a friend get giardia (confirmed by laboratory tests) from the two nights he used a spring bubbling out of the ground. ... |
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Sleeping in the Colder Weather I use a polypropylene fleece balaclava. If the air gets cold enough, I pull it over my mouth and breathe through it, making sure my mouth is next to the opening of my sleeping bag hood so I'm ... |
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Cold weather baselayers for those who sweat regardless of exertion level?" Roger is correct; if she's sweating in cold weather she is wearing too much. Normally in 40*F weather I'm hiking in my shirtsleeves. The warm stuff comes out as soon as I stop and goes ba... |
All Reader Reviews by Mary D
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a short NeoAir in late May of 2009 from REI (using the 20% off coupon, which made it a less exorbitant purchase). The prospect of an air mat that was considerably lighter than my POE Insu... |
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Gossamer Gear ThinLight insulation pad 1/8" approx. 2 oz. So far I have found several uses for the 1/8" GG Thinlight pad: (1) Dog sleeping pad (cut to 36" long). It's just right for my 80-lb. dog who sleeps curled up in a ball. He's ... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets I used these back in the mid-1980's to disinfect drinking water (that's about all that was available then other than filters or boiling). After one month, using them only on weekends, I broke... |
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Big Agnes Pumphouse Multi-Use Dry Sack and Pad Pump I purchased a Big Agnes Pumphouse soon after they came on the market in the summer of 2007. It is advertised on the BA web site as a "...pad pump, dry sack, stuff sack, pillow, water carrier, ba... |
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack In the past, I've read in a number of places (including Jim Wood's excellent article on "Keeping Your Critical Gear Dry") that these sacks have failed the submersion test. This prob... |
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Pacific Outdoor Products Insul Mat Max-Thermo My POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo, but I got the old model on closeout) just finished its second backpacking season. I'm in my early 70's so these old bones and joints ain... |
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Big Agnes Clearview I know that this pad is supposedly the same thickness as my POE InsulMat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo). However, it has more tubes, which seem to make it effectively thinner. The Clearview has t... |
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SteriPen Adventurer My big complaint with the Steripen Adventurer is that I could not work the switch! It's fine for those with big strong hands (the kind who regularly open jars for their SO), but not for me (I can... |
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Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo (e) in June of 2007 and used it through two backpacking seasons. First of all, I need to point out that my Labrador retriever backpacks with me (he's part... |
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Backcountrygear.com I am a relatively recent convert to lightweight backpacking (I didn't know all this wonderful stuff existed--you'd never know it from a trip through REI or by reading Backpacker) and this is m... |
