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jerry adams (retiredjerry) - BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale	Oregon and Washington
About Me	I started hiking about 45 years ago. My first backpack was 40 years ago. I currently try to do one backpack trip of 5 nights every month (which can be tricky in the winter) 20 to 50 miles. Mostly I stay around Mount Hood, Columbia Gorge, Mount Adams, Goat Rocks, and the Olympic Peninsula. In recent years I have shifted to lightweight - my pack weight without food and water is about 15 lb (7 kg). I make a lot of my own gear - silnylon tarp-tent, bivy, synthetic bag, simple bag style pack. My sleeping pad is a Therm-a-Rest air mattress.
City	portland
State	oregon
Country	usa

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	Re: Re: Survivorman "If I'm carrying my wallet on a hike, I keep it in a ziplock" My wallet is a ziplock : ) I cut it down a bit and sealed it	In GEAR » Survival Equipment October 27, 5:57pm
	Sewing Machine Maintenence How often do you need to maintain your sewing machine? I remember my mom use to have this book that showed where to clean and arrows to spots where to put a drop of oil. I asked the Janome de...	In Make Your Own Gear » Sewing Machine Maintenence October 27, 10:15am
	DWR coating If the DWR coating wets out, then the WPB membrane quits working. In that case, why even bother with the WPB membrane? Just get a good DWR. Everyone talks about the technology behind WPB mem...	In Editor's Roundtable » Field Testing Air Permeable Waterproof-Breathable Fabric Technologies – Part 2: Are There Detectable Differences Under Real World Backpacking Conditions? October 27, 8:20am
	seattle fabrics Seattle Fabric used to sell 1.1 ounce silnylon that was aluminized. It's in my bivy bottom. I don't know if it makes any difference. Now they sell some 1.9 ounce silnylon that's ei...	In GEAR » wow, it's hard to prevent condensation under a tarp October 26, 6:21pm
	Re: who's pushing I'de like some federal land so I can make a Copper mine	In Chaff » Conservation lands generate billions of $ for national economy, study finds October 26, 12:58pm
	Re: New Clelland! Video I don't think Donna (and Mike)are wrong - different ways to accomplish the same goal	In GEAR » New Clelland! Video October 26, 10:48am
	Re: New Clelland! Video Great video! Mike has excellent ideas But, all the layers of fabric are not weight/warmth efficient - short sleeve shirt, long sleeve shirt, wind shirt, dri-ducks Better to have just long sl...	In GEAR » New Clelland! Video October 26, 9:45am
	Re: Guyline tripping prevention with kids? Get a tent without guylines Like a tipi	In GEAR » Guyline tripping prevention with kids? October 24, 2:28pm
	Re: WPB jacket repair If you put a patch on that wasn't breathable it wouldn't make any difference. A small area, especially if it's not on your shoulders or head.	In Make Your Own Gear » WPB jacket repair October 24, 12:24pm
	Re: Re: Misguided and Sometimes Self Serving Cops of the World Exactly - it's too easy to make war - no risk If you have to risk your own people, then you'll think twice On the other hand, of course it's better not to have to risk your own pe...	In Chaff » The events of Oct. 20 in Libya October 23, 1:29pm

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