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Chris W (simplespirit) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale WNC
About Me I backpack and packraft, and sometimes teach both. I bicycle and ride a motorcycle. Sometimes I run. Sometimes I do Yoga. I have wilderness medical and whitewater rescue training. I can be a bit of a gear junky, although I seem to read more and buy less these days.
CityAsheville
StateNC
CountryUSA
My Website URLhttp://getlostoutfitters.com
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All Forum Posts by Chris W

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Bikes
I'm both a mountain biker and backpacker and I disagree somewhat. Responsible bikers don't tear up trails because we don't ride on wet ground or skid out in turns. Horses have far more ...

In Editor's Roundtable » An Ultralighter Paddles on the Dark Side: Packrafting a Remote Canyon "Heavy" Style
June 26, 8:20am

Upsizing
I usually wear a half to a full size larger.

In GEAR » How much bigger do you buy your shoes?
June 25, 8:47am

Feed
Should be really easy, basically the same query as the recent posts page but formatted as xml.

In Community Support Forum » RSS Feed?
June 24, 4:42pm

Legs and Core Temps
I always use my legs to regulate my core temp by putting them out of the bag (usually just 1) if I get too hot. I believe you'll lose heat slower through them than your arms and obviously slowe...

In GEAR » uninsulated legs = heat drain?
June 24, 3:52am

Expired
Yeah, that confirms his hosting has expired, not the domain name itself.

In GEAR » Hey Brian -- What Happened to ULA Website?
June 23, 8:53am

ULA domain
I show it was renewed Jun 21 so Brian probably has it set to auto-renew. The site contintues to work fine for me so my guess is there are some ISP DNS issues. http://www.networksolutions.com/who...

In GEAR » Hey Brian -- What Happened to ULA Website?
June 23, 8:08am

Works for me
The site looks fine to me at the moment. Maybe they fixed it?

In GEAR » Hey Brian -- What Happened to ULA Website?
June 23, 4:46am

Depends
The Marmot bags seem to be pretty well rated as far as reviews go. The biggest differences I see are the Marmot is rated at 15 degrees where the WM is 20 (we all know WM is conservative), the WM is...

In GEAR » Helium $ or Ultralite $$? Cost Incentive?
June 20, 6:44pm

Sold
DR is sold. Thanks

In Gear Swap » FS: Tarptent Double Rainbow
June 18, 5:46pm

Shirt
I have an Ibex Outback L/S shirt and I love it for cooler weather. I was fine in the low teens with only it and a MontBell Thermawrap (synthetic) on my torso.

In GEAR » Reccomendations for 1/4 zip baselayer
June 18, 1:35pm

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