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Re: What would you do if your doctor said no backpacking? Hi Victor, I feel your pain. This is really tough and it would be very difficult for me as well. Remember, life has many facets and making decisions that could cut life short or leave you di... |
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Re: Re: Re: Thru-hiking with a 3 month old baby? I certainly understand what others have said above and I made some assumptions that seem to be true- mainly that resupplies are frequent and near towns so items like fresh food, local health care, ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Thru-hiking with a 3 month old baby? I would highly recommend that these parents try some shorter trips first (which I assume they're doing). I'd also recommend trekking poles for dad to add safety and stability. |
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Re: Re: Thru-hiking with a 3 month old baby? My first multi-day backpack with our son was at 11 months but we were hiking with him at 3 weeks and car camping at 3 months. That said, my longest with Henry (who is now 2 1/2 and has been on 7... |
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Re: Re: New MLD Dyneema X Colors I think that green is a really cool color. So many ultralight items are grey (or cuben plastic baggy). :-) I would definitely prefer the green. |
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Re: GG Lightrek 3 weight bearing limit I've reviewed most of the poles reviewed here at BackpackingLight. I've broken several poles along the way, including the original Lightrek 1 (review on this site). However, my go-to pole... |
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Re: 2-person tent recommendations Great reviews of many of the tents listed on this site. My personal favs are the Six Moon Designs Refuge (or Refuge X), the Tarptent Squall 2, and the Gossamer Gear/Tarptent Squall Classic. T... |
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Tarptent Rainshadow Hi Mike, Here is our Rainshadow review: http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/tarptent_rainshadow_2_tent_review.html You're lucky- you don't need a membership fo... |
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Re: bamboo bamboo Yes- you're talking about Calfee bikes. Very cool stuff! |
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Re: Komperdell bamboo poles Here is our review of these poles: https://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/process Enjoy! |
All Reader Reviews by Doug Johnson
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Backpacking Light Firelite SUL-500 Cookpot I've found this mug to be well-sized for solo trips and after a lot of field use, it's proven to be very durable. My first gen pot came with the sloppy lid but BPL was very quick to replace... |
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clif shot bloks/jelly belly sport beans various flavors These products both taste good and give good calories. That said, it's important to look at the ingredients: Clif Blocks Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Brown... |
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Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 BPL has the following reviews related to this tent: * Double Wall Tent Review Summary *
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Golite Sun Dragon shoes I just got off 3 days of backpacking on the Olympic Coast with these shoes and I love them! In my size 11-11.5 they weight 14.9 oz (compared to 13.1 oz for my Inov8 FlyRoc 310s). That's pretty... |
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Gossamer Gear NightLight 3/4 Here's our review of the Nightlight pad. If you're going Su... |
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Black Diamond Ion I once liked this light but its day has passed and there's been no updates. The Petzl e+lite weighs the same, is much brighter, is much more versatile, and has longer batterly life. The Petzl... |
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Lighten Up DVD with Glen Van Peski . I've watched this DVD at least 6times now...even though I'm a seasoned UL and SUL backpacker, I've learned a lot from this DVD and really enjoy it. I've also shown it to a couple of f... |
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Big Agnes SL3 I'm not so enthusiastic about this tent. Here's my review: Big Agnes SL3 review... |
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Jocalat bars (by Larabar) Chocolate If you haven't tried Larabars yet, you should. They are so darn good. So it's not suprising that when Larabar decided to make the new Jocalat chocolate-based energy bar, they'd stick wit... |
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Big Sur Bars Original All 3 varieties of Big Sur Bars are delicious. They taste like a soft, healthy cookie and remain soft when the temp drops (although like all bars they will freeze). They also pack 680 calories i... |
